Eldoradoville was a
gold mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, ...
town in
Los Angeles County, located in the
San Gabriel Mountains. Established in 1859, after gold had been discovered in the river in 1855, Eldoradoville at its peak population had three stores and six saloons.
It was washed away on January 18, 1862, in the
Great Flood of 1862.
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
/ref> One historian described it as "the Downieville of the south—a rough and tough miner's town."East Fork Road
East Fork Road, located in the San Gabriel Mountains above the city of Azusa, California, is a road that gives access from State Route 39 into East Fork and other small townships, including Camp Williams, and Julius Klein Conservation Fire Camp ...
, where the Eldoradoville Campground is located at an elevation of 1866 ft.
References
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
Former settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Former populated places in California
Populated places established in 1859
1859 establishments in California
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