NoeHill Travels in California
El Dorado County Points of Interest
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18 October 2022
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Johnson Cutoff Trail Marker 24: Fresh Pond
Old Carson Road
Pollock Pines
Old Carson Road
Pollock Pines
The plaque reads:
Johnson Cutoff - Fresh Pond
"Camping place called [Fresh] Pond at foot of Junction Hill, very long and steep." John McTurk Gibson, Sep 7, 1859
"We got some whisky [sic] for the cattle and drank it ourselves. It is the first I have had" - John W. Powell, Sep 7, 1859