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Folsom A to Z: Henry Hopkins Sibley
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Folsom A to Z: Manuel George Trejo
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Folsom A to Z: Folsom Union High School
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Vintage Folsom
The photo above is of Folsom’s Chan’s Market, circa 1940 at 923 Sutter Street. In 1937, George Chan purchased the property and the family store opened its doors th ...
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Vintage Folsom
Pictured is Ada Florance White Curtis. In 1926, Florence moved to Folsom where she became a restaurateur when she purchased the Golden Glo on Sutter Street. The Golden Glo was a fe ...
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Vintage Folsom
Pictured is the locomotive that was originally known as the “Pioneer” that was built in Boston in 1849 and was shipped here to help grade San Francisco’s sand dun ...
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Vintage Folsom
Pictured above is the Methodist Episcopal Church in Folsom in the early 1930s. Today, the church continues to operate at 803 Figueroa St.
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Vintage Folsom
Pictured is a promotional billboard promoting the construction of the “new” Folsom dam, circa 1950s. The current Folsom Dam replaced an earlier, smaller dam that had be ...
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Vintage Folsom
Pictured is an early image of the Folsom Railroad Grounds. The railroad grounds were the commercial center of Folsom in the early days. The Sacramento Valley Railroad built large c ...
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Folsom A to Z: Mary Ballou
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Folsom A to Z: B.T. Collins
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Media Life: Never-before-seen Cash, Folsom Prison images unearthed
When the doors of Folsom Prison swung shut and the heavy metal banged loudly, Johnny Cash famously turned to photographer Jim Marshall and grimly remarked: “That sounds omino ...
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Folsom A to Z: Marshall Collin Farley
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Folsom A to Z: Handy family heritage in Folsom
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Folsom A to Z: Cardinal-Inks
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Folsom A to Z: Eugene P. Kerr was Folsom’s first mayor
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Folsom A to Z: William Alexander Leidesdorff
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Folsom A to Z: Broncho Charles Miller
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Folsom A to Z: Natoma
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View Article636 tombstones transcribed at Folsom Prison Cemetery
The pages of California history are filled with the stories of notorious outlaws, many of whom ended up in Folsom Prison. With good old-fashioned sleuthing that would make Sherloc ...
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