 Map with Higgins Point in red text. | |
| Location | El Dorado County, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°45′16″N 121°04′10″W / 38.7545°N 121.0694°W / 38.7545; -121.0694 |
Higgins Point is a former mining camp in El Dorado County, California. It was located a half mile west of the center of Salmon Falls. The place was named for the first person to open a store there, an Australian named Higgins. Rich diggings of gold were discovered by Mormons at Higgins Point in 1849. Higgins Point was the first part of Salmon Falls to be laid out as a town, starting in 1853.
References
- Upton, Charles Elmer (1906). Pioneers of El Dorado. The Internet Archive. Placerville, Calif., C. E. Upton. pp. 94–95.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin Gustav. "California gold camps : a geographical and historical dictionary of camps, towns, and localities where gold was found and mined, wayside stations and trading centers". worldcat.org. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 156. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- Sioli, Paolo (1883). Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County. The Internet Archive. Oakland: Paolo Sioli. p. 202.
- Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). History of California. Vol. VI. The Hathi Trust. San Francisco: The History Company. See footnote 4 on page 352.
| Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States | ||
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| County seat: Placerville | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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