Condemned Bar, California

39°19′46″N 121°11′48″W / 39.32944°N 121.19667°W / 39.32944; -121.19667

Former settlement in California, United States

Condemned Bar

Location in California

Coordinates: 39°19′46″N 121°11′48″W / 39.32944°N 121.19667°W / 39.32944; -121.19667CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyEl Dorado

California Historical Landmark

Reference no.572

Condemned Bar is a former settlement, in El Dorado County, California. It is in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The former town is now under Folsom Lake. A Historical Landmark marker was built at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The former mining town of the California Gold Rush is registered as California Historical Landmark #572.^[1]

Negro Hill

Also at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is California Historical Landmark #570, Negro Hill. Negro Hill, California, also called, Negro Flat, was a former historic mining town also under Folsom Lake, 38°41′53″N 121°06′33″W / 38.698°N 121.1093°W / 38.698; -121.1093. African-American miners worked the area from 1849 to 1852. At its peak in 1855, the town had a population of 400, of all races. The town had a boarding house and a church, but with the gold gone, the town was gone by 1870.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Condemned Bar". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
^ "Negro Hill, #570". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
^ "The Negro Hill Area - Instructional Materials (CA Dept of Education)".
^ Blacks in Gold Rush California by Rudolph Lapp, New Haven Books 1977