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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7S_schulze-house_Coloma-CA.html
This house was built in 1916 by Charles Schulze for his daughter Daisy, who visited Coloma occasionally. Schulze had been a miner, blacksmith, teamster and mason. In 1886 he fell heir to the Sierra Nevada House and became a hotelkeeper. He died in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7R_kane-house_Coloma-CA.html
Tom Kane was born in Coloma of Irish parents. He built this house for his bride, Julia, in 1886. He died 5 years later, and Julia lived here for many years afterward. In 1934 Ralph Hikens owned the house and operated a store and post office in one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7P_dukeharts-barbershop-and-bathhouse_Coloma-CA.html
In the 1850s a black man known only as "Dukehart" operated a barbershop that straddled the creek at this location. Typical of many barbershops of this period, Dukehart's establishment also provided hot baths for his customers. The water was carrie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7O_the-san-andreas-fault_Coloma-CA.html
The San Andreas Fault is the largest earthquake fault in North America. It passes through this point and alongside the tip of the small peninsula straight ahead.
In this area, during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the west side of the fault…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7N_papini-house_Coloma-CA.html
This home is located near the site of an 1853-1864 bakery and confectionery store and owned and operated by Luther Davis. The impressive Davis home was located on the hill, some 100 feet behind the bakery. Both were dismantled after 1885. This str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7K_american-house-hotel_Coloma-CA.html
Located on this corner in 1853 was a sturdy, well proportioned 2-story hotel known as the American House. The proprietors, Marchant and Crocker, were proud of their hotel with its healthful location on "Piety Hill" opposite the Court H House. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB75_odd-fellows-hall_Coloma-CA.html
Built in 1854 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, this hall was also shared with religious organizations of the Coloma community. The I.O.O.F. was only one of the many fraternal lodges that were active during the 1850s in Coloma and in most m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB73_county-courthouse_Coloma-CA.html
When El Dorado County was organized in 1850 as part of the new State of California, Coloma was named the county seat. County offices were housed in simple frame structures until 1856, when a fine court house was built here on the public square. Ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6T_coloma-schoolhouse_Coloma-CA.html
In 1885 Coloma's three private school schools enrolled 187 pupils; two years later one large public school held 234 children. That school was housed in the original El Dorado County Courthouse on this site. The courthouse burned in 1915, and this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA76_wintermantels-miners-hotel_Coloma-CA.html
A large pentagon-shaped structure was built here in 1849. In 1850 it became the Roger's Hotel, one of Coloma's first major hotels. Ownership changed hands several times until 1852 when it became known as Wintermantel's Miner's Hotel. A sign on the…