(This actually happened in Placerville in 1849, and it’s how we got the Hangtown fry, which is served all over Northern California today.) “We found the large dining hall furnished in the best ...

Placerville, formerly called “Hangtown,” is only about 8 miles from Coloma, where the first gold that sparked the Gold Rush was discovered. When Cary House was built in 1857, replacing a hotel ...