Culture

A bicentennial-era interview with Joe Kola captures Smith Flat’s pioneer roots — mines, wagon roads, the Smith Flat House and...

A countywide sweep on Jan. 30 netted drug offenders, DUI suspects, and multiple felony violators from Placerville to Tahoe.

A walk-in vault. Rare minerals. Legendary geology. Placerville’s newest exhibit honors George Wheeldon, the “Indiana Jones” of El Dorado County...

Seventy-eight years ago, a toddler stood at Sutter’s Mill during the Gold Discovery Centennial. Today, he hopes to return for...

Long before dams and canals, wooden flumes carried water—and wealth—across El Dorado County. Here’s how they worked in 1855

Gold Discovery Day returns to Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park on Jan. 24 with gold panning, living history, demonstrations,...

Placerville’s 1852 Victorian storefronts aren’t museum pieces—they’re working businesses keeping Gold Rush history alive on Main Street.

A rare 1885 Bergstrom pipe organ in Placerville faces an uncertain future as restoration costs near $200,000 and no permanent...