Placerville Founder’s Day & 57th Annual Wagon Train
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From Thursday, June 8 2006 - 11:00pm To Sunday, June 11 2006 - 5:00am Every day
June 10 - Help celebrate the city of Placerville’s Founder’s Day from over 150 years ago, just a few miles from where gold was first discovered in Coloma, California. Historic Main Street in Placerville closes to host living history exhibits, fire engine displays, hands-on demonstrations, gold-panning period games, contests and music, stagecoach rides, a working saloon, a decorated wheelbarrows display, antique farm equipment, cowboy poetry and more. Street Faire from 2pm to 6pm. then, a Street Dance will close out the day from 7pm to 10pm Historic Main Street, Placerville. Free to the public. www.placerville-downtown.org For more information contact: Placerville Downtown Association (530) 672-3436
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