Folsom CA Landmarks & Monuments
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Located on the banks of the South Fork of the American river, at the mouth of Sweetwater creek. The name of the town was derived from the cataract in the American river near the site of the town, w...
folsomhistorymuseum
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Early in March 1848, W. Sidney, S. Willis, and Wilford Hudson, members of the Mormon Battalion, set out from Sutter's Fort to hunt deer. Stopping on the south fork...
ceres.ca.gov
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The first mining work done in the vicinity of Negro Hill was on the east side, adjoining the river, by a company of Mormons, in the year 1848, soon after, but in the same year, a company of Spaniar...
folsomhistorymuseum
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Gold Rush and Railroad town Folsom became the Western Terminus of the Central...
Waymarking
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Alder Springs, south of this point, marks the old Coloma Road, running between Sutter's...
Ohp
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Prairie City was a gold-mining community that once sat in the California foothills. The Folsom, California...
Enwikipedia
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The forebay is the stone structure in the background, the penstocks are in the silver building, and the generators are in the brick building at right. Lotta porcelain in that yard! The Folsom power...
Insulators
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Bucks Bar, California
(3.5 miles from Folsom)
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Gold Rush town and Western Terminus of the Placerville-Carson Road to the Comstock, Placerville...
Waymarking
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El Dorado Hills, California
(6.3 miles from Folsom)
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At this site on the old Clarksville-White Rock emigrant...
Donaldlaird
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Rancho Cordova, California
(8.2 miles from Folsom)
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Welcome to Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area. Prairie City is situated at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, 20 miles east of downtown Sacramento and three miles south of U.S. 50. ...
ohv.parks