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Vintage Folsom
The above photo is of Nathan Hawk. He was born in 1827 in Indiana. His father was William Hawk and his mother was Margaret Hawk. They moved about quite a bit during ...
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Vintage Folsom
The above photo is of the old Folsom Dam that was conceived by Horatio Livermore in the 1860s. A fish ladder can be seen in the lower left of the photo. In 1882, convict labo ...
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Folsom A to Z: Alfred John Relvas
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Folsom A to Z: John Sutter
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Vintage Folsom
Above is a circa 1875 photo from "Shades of Folsom" of Edgar Brown. Brown was born in 1840 and died in 1941. He supervised the vineyards and the Brandy Distilling operati ...
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Vintage Folsom
The above photo is of a special medal designed and produced by the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia. They minted 3,000 medals, 2.25 inches in diameter, of silver, and each weighing j ...
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Folsom A to Z: Townsend family
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Vintage Folsom
The photo above is of George Trejo, taken in 1941-1942, standing in front of the Rumsey Grocery and Hardware Store truck.
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Folsom A to Z: John Ellis Wool
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Folsom A to Z: Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
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Vintage Folsom
Prairie City was located in the northeast corner of Sacramento County near the El Dorado County line. By 1900, the town would be completely gone, due to more permanent settlements ...
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Folsom A to Z: Oliver D. Avaline
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Folsom A to Z: John Bidwell
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Folsom A to Z: Philip (Phillip) Charles Cohn
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Local writes book about EDH development
Carl Kowall has the notable distinction of being one of the first eight residents of El Dorado Hills, and one of the men who helped create what is today one of the Sacramento Regio ...
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Vintage Folsom
The above photo is of Dr. George T. Hesser's home at the corner of Reading and Figueroa Streets. The home was built in 1890 and Dr. Hesser and family lived there from 19 ...
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Folsom A to Z: Stephen Decatur, Jr.
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Vintage Folsom
The above photo is of the Livermore Saw Mill, also known as the American River Land and Lumber Co in Folsom circa 1897. The canal that was used to float the logs to the mill ...
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Folsom A to Z: Early fruit processing
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Folsom A to Z: Gold discovery
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