2019 Presentations

Mollie Carpenter
1866 – 1923
Editor and Publisher

One of a very small band of pioneer female journalists who eventually became editor and publisher…

William Craddock

1859 – 1920

Miner

A blacksmith and a teamster who hit pay dirt and took home a 37 pound gold nugget. His Vulture Claim is now… 

Carlo Celio 1833 – 1918         

Maria Celio 1832 – 1890

Pioneer Dairy Farmers

Two Swiss immigrants who were dairy farmers, loggers, and town owners. The very roots of a pioneer… 

Christina Reeg Bayne Duffy

1871 – 1956

Business Owner

One of the first female business owners on Main Street in Placerville and a descendant of an… 

Frank P. Fausel

1881 – 1903

Miner

A miner when an underground tragedy struck him down just a few days before his 23rd birthday…

Jesse Christian Henningson

1876 – 1952

Miner and Entrepreneur

Came from Germany and then worked tirelessly as a successful trucker, lumber mill worker, and miner… 

Johanna Pinther Kane
1861 – 1938
Suffragette

Led America’s first Suffragette march a century ago, which fueled a movement leading to the passage… 

John A. Raffetto

1864 – 1954

Banker, Businessman, Hotelier

A pioneering businessman and local banker. You may have even stayed in one of his hotels, among them the…