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| Landmark #571 | El Dorado County | Visited: August 14, 2016 | Plaque? NO. 🙁 |
| What is it? | The only traces of this landmark are in the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: These historic mining towns, and other mining camps of the gold rush era now inundated by Folsom Lake, are commemorated by the nearby Mormon Island Memorial Cemetery. Here were reburied the pioneers whose graves were flooded when the lake was formed by Folsom Dam.
OTHER TIDBITS: Well that doesn’t say much! This town was founded in 1850 by Mormon miners, who named it after the nearby waterfalls on Sweetwater Creek! At its height, over 3,000 people lived here! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Folsom Lake State Recreation Area Green Valley Rd 0.1 mi NE of El Dorado-Sacramento County line 4 mi NE of Folsom, CA 95762 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~411mi (662km) — 6.9hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
