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CHL No. 572 Condemned Bar - El Dorado

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NO. 572 CONDEMNED BAR - These historic mining towns, and other mining camps of the gold rush era now inundated by Folsom Lake, are commemorated by the nearby Mormon Island Memorial Cemetery. Here were reburied the pioneers whose graves were flooded when the lake was formed by Folsom Dam.

Location

Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, Green Valley Rd, 0.1 mi NE of El Dorado-Sacramento County line, 4 mi NE of Folsom (On the north side of the intersection of Green Valley Road and Shadowfax Lane)
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Notes

In 1954, the Army Corp of Engineers relocated the graves from No. 572 Condemned Bar to the Mormon bar Relocation Cemetery. ------ 38°41'52.1"N 121°06'33.8"W

CHL No. 572 Condemned Bar - Stae plaque Missing