NoeHill Travels in California
El Dorado County Points of Interest
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The marker is concealed by the landscaping at the base of the leaning utility pole.
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23 October 2022
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Carson Trail Marker 69: Placerville
3071 Benham Street
Placerville
3071 Benham Street
Placerville
The plaque reads:
Carson Trail - Placerville
"This is called 'Dry Diggins'...More gold has been raised (here) than in any other part of California. Here we made a final stop and unloaded our wagons & felt of a truth that we had at last reached the gold mines." - P. C. Tiffany, Aug 25, 1849
The Carson Trail and the Johnson Cutoff Trail intersected here. The inscription for Johnson Cutoff Marker 30 is on the other side of this T-marker.