Condemned Bar!

Condemned Bar
Landmark #572 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: I couldn’t find much information about Condemned Bar, other than it was the home of one of the first bridges in the lower half of El Dorado County, and miners here were, for a while, averaging $25 in gold per day, about $752 by 2016 standards!

How can I Help the Helpers? HERE’S HOW:

  • Volunteer with the Folsom Historical Society!
  • Donate to the Folsom History Museum!
  • Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!
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:
All visible remnants have been moved to Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery, 0.2 miles south of Green Valley Road, on Shadowfax Lane! Rumor has it that the ruins can still be seen from the dam when the lake gets low!

From Los Angeles: ~411mi (662km) — 6.9hrs
From Sacramento: ~26mi (42km) — 0.5hrs
From San Diego: ~530mi (853km) — 8.9hrs
From San Francisco: ~114mi (184km) — 1.9hrs

When should I go? Whenever the mood strikes you!

Condemned Bar

Condemned Bar

Condemned Bar

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