NoeHill Travels in California
El Dorado County Points of Interest
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The forest is still recovering from the Freds Fire which burned approximately 7,700 acres in the Eldorado National Forest and on private timberlands in October 2004.
18 October 2022
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Johnson Cutoff Marker 16: Halfway House
Forest Service Road 11N99
Forest Service Road 11N99
The plaque reads:
Johnson Cutoff - Halfway House
"We came to what is called Halfway House, and found a long steep descent, but we got down without difficulty, and nooned near an excellent spring (Granite Springs)"
J. Robert Brown, Sep 30, 1856
The marker is located in the Eldorado National Forest in El Dorado County. The county is spelled with two words (El Dorado). The national forest is spelled with one word (Eldorado).