Eldoradoville
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| Eldoradoville | |
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  Location in Los Angeles County
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| Location | East Fork San Gabriel River |
| Coordinates | 34°13′47″N 117°46′11″W / 34.2297°N 117.7698°WCoordinates: 34°13′47″N 117°46′11″W / 34.2297°N 117.7698°W |
Eldoradoville was a gold mining town, in Los Angeles County, located in the San Gabriel Mountains. Established in 1859, Eldoradoville at its height of population had three stores and six saloons. It was washed away on January 18, 1862, in the Great Flood of 1862.[1] [2]
The site of Eldoradoville is on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River, on the north side of East Fork Road, where the Eldoradoville Campground is located at an elevation of 1866 ft.
References
- ↑ "The Great Floods of the San Gabriel Mountains" by Cecile Page Vargo, Explore Historic California, February 2005]
- ↑ Federal Writers Project, David Kipen, Los Angeles in The 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels, University of California Press, 2011, p. 303
External links
- MICHAEL WARREN, California’s First Gold Rush from www.goldgold.com
- East Fork always wins in battle with man, San Bernardino Sun, 01/05/2009
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