Placerville Then and Now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Video from the El Dorado Historical Museum.
This video featuring images from the El Dorado County Historical Museum's collection is part of a series created in collaboration with the El Dorado County Library in 2014. It is based on the book published in 2013, which pairs historical photographs of buildings and businesses in early Placerville with modern photos taken of the same location, c. 2012.
The El Dorado County Historical Museum seeks to preserve and interpret the county’s rich history through exhibits and archives, and has a large collection of historical photographs depicting early Placerville and other communities around the county. Located in Placerville, the El Dorado County Historical Museum’s Research Room is open to the public with a large collection of local historical photographs, maps, records, newspapers, ledgers and other historical and government archival material. museum.edcgov.us
Growing up in Sacramento Country from 1952, on, we owned property near Placerville, where I spent many days roaming the hills with my best friend and our .22 rifles. We thought we were some sort of frontiersmen. I always loved Placerville and won trophies at the Placerville night MX races that were held at the Country Fairgrounds. I have lived out of state for 22 years now. I sometimes feel very homesick for Placerville and El Dorado County.
Well, I to once roamed the hills myself. It's not possible anymore to do like we did in the 70's and even the 80's. So many houses now out were used to roam as kids with our rifles. I was born, raised, and still here 54 years old, and I can tell them the good old days are gone. It's all private property after property. Now the Bay Area people are moving up by the tons. The place I have always called home is disappearing year after year.
I grew up in Placerville and restored our first Victorian there. The video mentioned the Ohio House and it burning down in 1921, we had the back bar from it's saloon in our house for years. The story went, when the fire broke out, the patrons tried to carry the bar out of the building, but it was bolted down so they picked up the ornate two piece 10ft tall back bar and cabinet instead. We moved up 49 to Nevada City about 30 years ago, restoring more houses.
I enjoyed that very much thank you for the effort and the time you took to make this
You live 5 minutes from my house, we both live in somerset
Most of the important memories of my life are from Placerville! Thank you for sharing your research! It brings back a lot! :) That place shaped my life and influences me to this day!
Great video then and now love the history 🏆
Really nice production and writing. Enjoyed learning a bit about the background of one of the true pioneer settlements of 'Alta California'. Hope to visit again someday!
I lived in Cupertino, CA from birth 1951 to '85, then moved to Placerville until Jan 2023. Love CA but it had gotten so expensive, ridiculousness over new laws, EV push, forced power outages, water/sewer & all utilities expenses were ridiculous, roads had gotten so bad. The state takes alot of money with no accountability for infrastructure upkeep. Homelessness and crime was a big problem when I left and worse now.
And yet you're so homesick that you're watching videos of Placerville just a little over a year later...
Thank you for posting, Great memories, would love to return.
I lived there for over 40 yrs. Luv P’ville!!!!
I have fond memories of staying there while working for Endwave in Diamond Springs. Beautiful country and very nice people.
Thank you for posting. Love the area, my Great Aunt and the family enjoyed living there, always an interesting visit.
Very nice video.
Briefly lved in Placerville in 1964, while working on a irrigation project in Amador County, running river water into Plymouth.
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Nicely done. I used to live just outside Placerville for a couple of years back in the nineteen eighties. Recognize some of the buildings.
This is nice. I always thought Placerville was some fictional town because it seemed to be mentioned in passing in about every old TV Western.....it was like we just came from Placerville...or we're going through Placerville.....or this guys from Placerville....but we never ever saw Placerville.....so it's nice to know it actually existed and /or still exists.....
I learned how to parallel park there! LOL! I love your dedication to the history of Placerville. I grew up in Hangtown! :)
It is so sad what CA has become today. As a native of northern CA, I fled the East Bay Area in 2014. It is sad what a once beautiful place of history and beauty has become. They ruin everything!
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD....... There's gold in them there hills i tell y'all !!!!!
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Definitely informative.
Love it!
I grew up down the hill from there
My last name is Rupley and my family’s name has strong history there
My 4x great grandpa and his brother was a 49 there
They came back to Ohio very wealthy
John walk down this memory lane with me. Old blue and pickled vegies too.
Towns and neighborhoods are still burning to the ground today.
To all those that know this place , I got a real picture from this place back in 1871. I would like to sell it .
The tree died in a fire, thats why they cut it down.
Hangtown
San Andreas ca
Parking lots. 😝
Turning "purple" as they remove the noose from Ol Hangtown, cuz it's racist.... smdh....
Society of self-absorbed narcissists. If I don't like it, it needs to be destroyed.
So the theme is let's destroy amazing buildings to make parking lots
Building decay and become dangerous
It has soldiers in the background.