Street Scene in Placerville

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RA HO COFF ROOM ELECTRIC FINE FOODS HANGMEAN TREE PITTSBU WH PAIN BARK AMERICA CLEGNE w IMURRAY'S BLUB inES VICTOR BELL TRACYS CEDAR

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PLACERVILLE, California, is the county seat of El Dorado County. With the discovery of gold at nearby Coloma on Jan. 24, 1848, the lure of easy wealth brought a small army of outlaws known as the Owls. One night three of them held up a Frenchman by the name of Cail- loux and stole 50 ounces of gold dust at the point of a knife. Captured, the three culprits were tried and hanged from a great oak. Thus the town acquired the name of Hangtown. Placerville is not only known as the main stop for the Overland Mail, The Pony Express and over- land telegraph but was where such men as Mark Hopkins, Philip D. Armour and John Studebaker laid the founda- tion for their success . . . M.P. Photo-color by Merle Porter Published by Royal Pictures - Colton, California AC-271 6972