If you have trouble playing the video, please click on the "expand screen" icon in the upper right corner, and then click on the arrow to start the video. More videos about the Museum's exhibits and artifacts will be added. We hope you enjoy getting a glimpse of the Museum while we are currently closed. Take a Virtual Tour of the El Dorado County Historical Museum with Mary Cory, director and curator. The tour is in two parts, totaling about 23 minutes. Find out about JAMES MARSHAL "DISCOVERER OF GOLD" through the artifacts and documents in the Museum's Collections, a virtual tour hosted by museum curator, Mary Cory. Women were involved with transportation-based businesses early on in El Dorado County's history. Watch this video to learn about several women who were successful business women. Watch WOMEN OF INFLUENCE, Women making history in El Dorado County, CA. A virtual tour hosted by museum curator, Mary Cory. Watch THE ROAD TO TAHOE, part of the "Touch the Past" series produced by the County Library and the County Museum in 2014. This video presents a short history on the history of an important transportation corridor through El Dorado County. It was called the PLACERVILLE-CARSON CITY WAGON ROAD, then THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, and now HIGHWAY 50. Watch GREEN GOLD, part of the "Touch the Past" series produced by the County Library and the County Museum in 2014. This video is about the lucrative logging and lumber industries in El Dorado County, after the Gold Rush was over. Watch the GOLD RUSH, part of the "Touch the Past" series produced by the County Library and the County Museum in 2014. This video is based upon a book of the same name, matching historical photographs with current photographs of the same view, with information about these buildings and sites in Placerville's history. The book Placerville: Then & Now can be purchased ($25 plus sales tax) from the County Museum by emailing us at museum@edcgov.us. To see more videos about El Dorado County History, visit the El Dorado County Historical Society's website here: https://www.eldoradocountyhistoricalsociety.org/?page_id=781 |
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