Placerville, California
El Dorado County · Population 10,747 · Card no. 10300
The El Dorado County seat, a Gold Rush town once called Hangtown for a triple hanging in 1849.
- The town's high school teams are still the Hangtown Bruins and a dummy hangs downtown.
- Hangtown Fry, eggs with oysters and bacon, was reputedly invented here.
- John Studebaker built wheelbarrows here before founding his car company.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.