Condemned Bar, California
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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.{{cite ohp|572|Condemned Bar|2012-10-07}}
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, {{coord|38.698|-121.1093|region:US-CA|display=inline}}. 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.{{cite ohp|570|Negro Hill, #570|2012-10-07}}{{cite web | url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/im/negrohill.asp | title=The Negro Hill Area - Instructional Materials (CA Dept of Education) }}Blacks in Gold Rush California by Rudolph Lapp, New Haven Books 1977
See also
- California Historical Landmarks in El Dorado County
- List of flooded towns in the United States
- {{C|Mining communities of the California Gold Rush}}
References
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Category:Former settlements in Yuba County, California
Category:Mining communities of the California Gold Rush
Category:California Historical Landmarks
Category:Former populated places in California
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