Culture
Sunnyside Lodge: A Summer Day on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore in 1955
In July 1955, Sunnyside Lodge on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore buzzed with wooden boats, summer travelers and lakeside dinners. Here’s...
Friends of the Rubicon to Hold Annual Planning Meeting in Placerville
Friends of the Rubicon will gather in Placerville on March 21 to plan stewardship projects on the legendary Rubicon Trail...
Placerville Main Street in the 1920s: When Horse Wagons Met Automobiles on America’s First Transcontinental Highway
Before the expressway and before Highway 50 bypassed downtown, every traveler to the Sierra passed directly through Main Street in...
Vintage Sierra Sign Linked to Hell Hole and French Meadows Surfaces in El Dorado County Find
A newly surfaced vintage Sierra road sign connected to Hell Hole and French Meadows is stirring memories — and controversy...
Smith Flat’s Living Memory: Joe Kola’s Oral History of Mines, Wagons and the Smith Flat House
A bicentennial-era interview with Joe Kola captures Smith Flat’s pioneer roots — mines, wagon roads, the Smith Flat House and...
El Dorado County Arrest Blotter: Drugs, DUIs, and Felony Violations on Jan. 30
A countywide sweep on Jan. 30 netted drug offenders, DUI suspects, and multiple felony violators from Placerville to Tahoe.
George Wheeldon Mineralogy Exhibit to Debut in Placerville This February
A walk-in vault. Rare minerals. Legendary geology. Placerville’s newest exhibit honors George Wheeldon, the “Indiana Jones” of El Dorado County...
From Gold Rush Centennial to Bicentennial Dreams: A Coloma Witness Remembers 1948
Seventy-eight years ago, a toddler stood at Sutter’s Mill during the Gold Discovery Centennial. Today, he hopes to return for...
