Adventure 051, Site 115 – City of El Dorado

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 115 – City of El Dorado

California Landmark Number: 486

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 40.953′ N

Longitude: ,120° 50.917′ W

Address: 6187 Main Street, El Dorado CA 95623

Description:

A little ways down the road from the Pony Express marker is the marker for the City of El Dorado. It was a city of vibrant gold finders at one time and that is what this plaque commerates.

NO. 486 EL DORADO (ORIGINALLY MUD SPRINGS) - El Dorado, 'The Gilded One,' was first known as Mud Springs from the boggy quagmire the cattle and horses made of a nearby watering place. Originally an important camp on the old Carson Emigrant Trail, by 1849-50 it had become the center of a mining district and the crossroads for freight and stage lines. At the height of the rush its large gold production supported a population of several thousand.
Location: N side of intersection of Pleasant Valley Rd and Church St, El Dorado



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• Noehill
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB.org)
  
• Waymarking
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  
• WayMarking (WAY)