Category: Cemetery History

Information from the May 2026 Cemetery Tour: 2026 Pilot Hill Cemetery Tour – Bacchi Family Story

Information from the May 2026 Cemetery Tour: 2026 Pilot Hill Cemetery Tour – Gene Chappie

Information from the May 2026 Cemetery Tour: 2026 Hoggs Diggins Cemetery Tour

Information from the May 2026 Cemetery Tour: 2026 Coloma Pioneer Cemetery Tour

Information about the cemeteries visited as part of the January 2026 Tour: Lesser Known Cemeteries Tour Package

On Saturday, January 25th, Mike Roberts from Save the Graves led the second annual tour of lesser known, really cool Placerville cemeteries. Thirty guests braved the cold, wet weather to visit six cemeteries: the Placerville Methodist Episcopal  Church and Cemetery, Placerville Old City, Saint Patrick’s, Uppertown, Pioneer Jewish Cemetery and the El Dorado County Hospital […]

“I love this place. It’s the first cemetery I visited in Placerville. That wooden marker leaning on the fence on the way in amazed me. And it’s still there. Right from the start I loved statuary grave markers and all the religious symbology on the headstones… clearly an undiagnosed taphophile. These days I love it […]

Timeline: 1848-early ‘49 – Nearest hospital is in San Francisco. 1849 – Immigrants arrive in force. Four Placerville doctors practice in Placerville. Care is expensive: $16/day. Board and lodging for sick person: $20-$30/day. Death rate is “appallingly high.” 1850 – Drs. Asa Clark and O. Harvey began lobbying for a county hospital. 1855 – County […]

The Placerville Jewish Pioneer Cemetery dates to 1854. Yes, there was an active Jewish community here early. The first known burial was in 1856. The last was in 1968. There are 22 headstones visible, but as with cemeteries of the era, there are likely more burials. Local Jews organized the Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society in […]