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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4L_foresthill-school-bell_Foresthill-CA.html
The first Foresthill School was established in 1858. This plaque presented on 100th Anniversary.P.T.A.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKI_compressed-air-engine_Foresthill-CA.html
This engine, powered by compressed air, began operation in the late 1880's and ceased around 1909. The engine was used to remove gold ore from the Red Point Mine, located approximately 12 miles north-east of Foresthill. This area, mined heavily fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKH_foresthill-general-store_Foresthill-CA.html
First structure in Foresthill. Built in 1857, it served the early miners and residents for over 110 years. It was a general store and early stop on the Auburn-Foresthill-Georgetown stage run.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTKG_st-josephs-catholic-church-bell_Foresthill-CA.html
Cast in Sheffield by Naylor Vickers and Co. -1859 - E. Riepe's Patent no 1027, arrived in Boston 1862 then shipped around the Horn to San Francisco via boat to Sacramento and by six horse team to Forest Hill. Miners raised $3,500 to pay for it and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJV_foresthill-protestant-cemetery_Foresthill-CA.html
This cemetery started in the early 1850's during the gold rush. The earliest monument is dated 1858. This plaque erected January 1994 Donated by the Foresthill Cemetery Committee and Ruhkala Monument Co., Rocklin
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7P5_yankee-jims_Foresthill-CA.html
Gold was discovered here in 1850 by 'Yankee Jim,' a reputed lawless character, and by 1857 the town was one of the most important in Placer County. The first mining ditch in the county was constructed here by H. Starr and Eugene Phelps. Colonel Wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM47G_michigan-bluff-to-last-chance_Foresthill-CA.html
A historic section of the Western States Trail through the Sierra Nevada. Michigan Bluff-Last Chance Trail.The Michigan Bluff to Last Change section of the Western States Trail was built in 1850 and later became a maintained toll-trail, perhaps…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM477_michigan-bluff_Foresthill-CA.html
Founded in 1850 and first known as Michigan City which was located on slope one half mile from here. In 1858 town became undermined and unsafe so was moved to this location and renamed Michigan Bluff. Leland Stanford, who gained wealth and fame in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43K_pioneers-of-deadwood_Foresthill-CA.html
Native Sons of the Golden West are proud to donate this plaque to commemorate the Pioneers of Deadwood Placer County, California Those gold seekers developed a mining community here along the El Dorado Trail which also served such other early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41V_forest-hill_Foresthill-CA.html
Gold discovered here in 1850 in which year the first "Forest House" built. In 1852 the Jenny Lind Mine found which produced over million dollars in gold while the mines in this immediate vicinity produced over ten million dollars up to 1868. Town …
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