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El Dorado County Points of Interest

Johnson Cutoff Trail Marker 9: Trout Creek

Marker for the Intersection of the Luther Pass and Johnson Cutoff Trails
21 October 2022
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Johnson Cutoff Marker 9: Trout Creek
Golden Bear Trail

The plaque reads:

Johnson Cutoff - Trout Creek

"Started at 2 P.M. down through [Lake] valley for 6 miles and campt near a small stream here we saw 2 men just commencing to mine gold just found here...Road very good this afternoon" - William Wirt Gilbert, Sep 26, 1853
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