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TREE
HISTORIC SOOT
HANGMANS TREE
HISTORIC SPOT
FALE MIXED DRINKS
HANGMAN'S
TREE
MURRAY'S
82 HISTORIC MURAL
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PLACERVILLE, CALIF 260CT.'71
GERVIES
PLACERVILLE, CALIF
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Hangman's Tree Historical Spot locates site of the
old tree from which the name Hangtown was
derived.
1971
Hi: Greetings from
Placewille a fruit-processing
+ limbering center, situated
near the American River.
Founded in 1848 after the
discovery of gold at nearby:
+ became a supply
Coloma & became a
mines
Center for the area's
It was first known as " Hang-
town",", because of the "Hanging man's
Tree where many men were hanged for various crimes
at the site of Elstner's Hay. Yord. Incorporated a city in
1854 + renamed Placerville, 340192 on July 1, 1861, it became the
western terminus of Pony Express, until October 26, 1861.
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mr. Chas. Lehner
104-21 Roosevelt Ave.
Corona, New york
11368