Condemned Bar is a former settlement, in El Dorado County, California. It is in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The former town is now under Folsom Lake. A Historical Landmark marker was built at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The former mining town of the California Gold Rush is registered as California Historical Landmark #572.
Negro Hill Also at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is California Historical Landmark #570, Negro Hill. Negro Hill, California, also called, Negro Flat, was a former historic mining town also under Folsom Lake, . African-American miners worked the area from 1849 to 1852. At its peak in 1855, the town had a population of 400, of all races. The town had a boarding house and a church, but with the gold gone, the town was gone by 1870.Blacks in Gold Rush California by Rudolph Lapp, New Haven Books 1977
See also California Historical Landmarks in El Dorado County List of flooded towns in the United States
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