Yeomet (also, Saratoga and Forks of the Cosumnes) is a former settlement and mining town in Amador County, California. It was at the confluence of Middle and North Forks of the Cosumnes River, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Enterprise. The name, reportedly Native American in origin meaning "rocky falls", reflects the rapids upstream from the place. Other accounts place the namesake waterfalls downstream and claim yomet to mean "sounding rock" for the echoing effects there.
It was first settled by Edwin Beebee, John D. Morrison, and E. M. Simpson in 1850, and the three established and ran a trading post until 1859. There was a hotel and ferry to cross the Cosumnes, both operated by E. P. Bowman. A post office operated at Yeomet from 1854 to 1861. The settlement prospered with gold miners for a number of years before it faded.
References
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 483. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Sioli, Paolo (1883). Historical souvenir of El Dorado County, California : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men & pioneers. Georgetown, Calif.: Cedar Ridge Pub. p. 198. ISBN 9780965876322.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1975). California gold camps : a geographical and historical dictionary of camps, towns, and localities where gold was found and mined, wayside stations and trading centers. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 379. ISBN 9780520261440.
- Allen, William Wallace; Avery, Richard Benjamin (1893). California Gold Book: First Nugget, Its Discovery and Discoverers, and Some of the Results Proceeding Therefrom. Donohue & Henneberry, printers. p. 172.
Further reading
- "Yeomet - Amador County Ghost Town, California". www.amadorgold.net.
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