Condemned Bar, California

39°19′46″N 121°11′48″W

Condemned Bar
Former settlement
Condemned Bar Location in California
Coordinates: 39°19′46″N 121°11′48″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado
California Historical Landmark
Reference no.	572

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.^[1]

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, 38.698°N 121.1093°W / 38.698; -121.1093. 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.^[2][3][4]

See also

• California Historical Landmarks in El Dorado County
• Mining communities of the California Gold Rush

References

1. "Condemned Bar". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
2. "Negro Hill, #570". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
3. "The Negro Hill Area - Instructional Materials (CA Dept of Education)".
4. Blacks in Gold Rush California by Rudolph Lapp, New Haven Books 1977