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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7P5_yankee-jims_Foresthill-CA.html
Gold was discovered here in 1850 by 'Yankee Jim,' a reputed lawless character, and by 1857 the town was one of the most important in Placer County. The first mining ditch in the county was constructed here by H. Starr and Eugene Phelps. Colonel Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7P1_historical-auburn-fire-house_Auburn-CA.html
Erected in 1891 by the volunteer firemen of Auburn Hook and Ladder Company No.2 with funds raised by public subscription. Dedicated May 21, 1892. In continuous use until 1954
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM767_newcastle_Newcastle-CA.html
Regular freight and passenger trains began operating over the first 31 miles of Central Pacific's line to Newcastle on June 10, 1864, when political opposition and lack of money stopped further construction during that mild winter. Construction wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74Y_rocklin_Rocklin-CA.html
Central Pacific reached Rocklin, 22 miles from its Sacramento Terminus, in May, 1864, when the railroad established a major locomotive terminal here. Trains moving over the Sierra were generally cut in two sections at this point, in order to ascen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM74Q_roseville_Roseville-CA.html
Central Pacific graders reached Junction, now Roseville, on November 23, 1863, crossing the line of the California Central, which began building northward from Folsom in May 1858. That line was abandoned in 1868. CP's track reached Junction April …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM72D_colfax-freight-depot_Colfax-CA.html
Built circa 1880 by Central Pacific Railroad Company. Constructed of wood using Standard S.P. design known as Freight House #2. Exhibiting the Victorian era stick style. This building is the only freight depot of this type remaining in Placer Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM729_schuyler-colfax_Colfax-CA.html
Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was asked by President Abraham Lincoln on April 14 to take a message to the miners of the west, that their prosperity is the prosperity of the Nation. These may have been Lincoln's last wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM726_virginiatown_Newcastle-CA.html
Founded June 1851 - Commonly called 'Virginia.' Over 2,000 miners worked rich deposits. Captain John Brislow built California's first railroad, 1852, to carry pay to Auburn Ravine, a distance of one mile. Site of Philip Armour's and George Aldrich…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6KJ_pioneer-express-trail_Granite-Bay-CA.html
Between 1849 and 1854, Pioneer Express riders rode this gold rush trail to the many populous mining camps on the American River bars now covered by Folsom Lake. - Beals, Condemned, Dotons, Long, Horseshoe, Rattlesnake, and Oregon - on the route to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM47G_michigan-bluff-to-last-chance_Foresthill-CA.html
A historic section of the Western States Trail through the Sierra Nevada.
Michigan Bluff-Last Chance Trail.The Michigan Bluff to Last Change section of the Western States Trail was built in 1850 and later became a maintained toll-trail, perhaps…