Prairie City

Sacramento County · Prairie City Road and US Highway 50 · location approximate

Site of Prairie City, mining town and center of trade in California gold rush days. In July 1853 Prairie City reached the height of its prosperity, and included 15 stores and 10 boarding houses and hotels. Two stage lines operated daily. A $50,000 quartz mill operated here in the 1850's.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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