Hangtown

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PHO MURRAY'S FISHING S& HISTORIC MURAL TOBACCOS SOUVENIR Stationery Sporting Good BEA'S BEAUTY SALON 8A 27 00 RAFFLES KERY CALIFORNIA US 50 SO RAFFLE OFFEE S PR 49 STATE HIGHWAY LUNCH NOW BEING SERVED HANGTOWN... PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA The name "Hangtown," which still persists as a nickname, was no doubt acquired because of the many hangings which took place in 1849. Historical records reveal how swiftly justice was dealt the "49" crimi- nals. A court procedure was held on main street with the crowd constituting the jury. All were passed the same sentence, with the scaffold a tree, which later had to be removed to make way for modern Main Street The roots he hidden under a building diagonally across the street from the Raffles Hotel. DRI DU Frashers FOTOS F5746

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