Leidesdorff Research Center – Black Miners Bar – Groundbreaking Ceremony and Work Day
Black Miners Bar1 ParkWay, Folsom, CA, United StatesIn 1844, Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. acquired Rancho Rio De Los Americanos, 8 Spanish leagues or roughly 35,521 acres as a Mexican Land Grant with the unique added stipulation not to disturb the Native Americans migrations upon his property, part of today's vast American River Parkway. Our California Gold Rush began Winter of 1848 […]