Cheap Things To Do in El Dorado, California

Community access to this public high school pool is managed by the Sacramento YMCA. More on SwimmersGuide

Inscription. El Dorado, meaning “The Gilded One”, was first known as Mud Springs from the boggy quagmire the cattle and horses made of a nearby watering place. Originally a important camp along the old Carson Emigrant ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Hiram Lodge No.43: Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered in the town of Mud Springs, as it was ten called, May 16, 1854. The Lodge met in rented buildings until the completion of this brick edifice in 1862. On September ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Trading post, emigrant stop, and mining camp of the 1850s. This became one of the remount stations of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here at the Nevada House on April 13, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton changed ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This town, settled in 1848, derived its name from its crystal clear springs. Among the richest in this vicinity its diggings produced a 25 pound nugget, one of the largest in El Dorado County. Its most thriving period ... More on HMDB

The Fausel Family has continuously operated Placerville Hardware, Inc. for the past 56 years. Located in Downtown Placerville, also known as "Old Hangtown," they have focused on superb customer ser... More on Placervillehardware.com

Inscription. Oldest continuously operating hardware store west of the Mississippi River One hundred forty years in business, , Erected 1993 by The Marguerite Parlor #12, Native Daughters of the Go... More on HMDB

Hangman's Tree - Plush seating and good music gives Hangman's Tree a good name. The place usually gets filled up by midnight so ... More on clubzone

Inscription. This city in the days of 49 was called “Hangtown”, This was the site of Elstners Hay Yard on which stood the Hangmans Tree: where vigilantes executed many men for various c... More on HMDB

Inscription. The oldest fraternal edifice in continuous use on the West Coast. Built on this hillside, not on the main street as in the usual practice for the era. It avoided the ravages of fire which razed the town of Diamond Springs ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Erected in 1852 by, Diamond Springs Lodge No.9, I. O. O. F. Oldest building in constant use, By the Odd Fellows in California, Dedicated to the memory of the, PIONEER ODD FELLOWS, Of El Dorado County by, Marguerite Parlor ... More on HMDB