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Do you have a feeling that you've just been hanging around watching the world drift by lately? This used to be a common occurrence in the small town of Placerville in the California Mother Lode. Actually the town used to be named Hangtown in recognition of the town's tough stance on crime. The town is so proud of this heritage that they left this guy hanging around to remind everyone not to engage in any nefarious activities. Rough place....
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In the days of 1849, when this city was called Hangtown, vigilantes executed many men for various crimes. This was the site of Hay Yard, on which stood the 'Hangman's Tree.' The stump of the tree is under the building on which the plaque is placed. Location: 305 Main St. Placerville
Placerville, in the California Gold Country, was once called Hangtown. An effigy of a man being hung is roped from the second floor of a building where the Hangman's Tree bar, an historic spot marks the spot of the town hangings. Gold was discovered in this region, and the wild west atmosphere created a dire need for laws to regulate criminals and those who took what they wanted, including lives. Hangtown was one of the first places where justice was delivered with a rope from a tree. It was initially called Dry Diggins but changed its name to Hangtown for the many hangings that meted swift justice to offenders during the mid 1800's.
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A friend visiting from Mexico joined me for a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. On the way back we stayed in Placerville, a small town that had its heydays during the California gold rush in the 1850s. The town earned its historical name Hangtown because of the numerous hangings that had occurred there.
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Placerville, CA
In the days of 1849, when this city was called Hangtown, vigilantes executed many men for various crimes. This was the site of Hay Yard, on which stood the 'Hangman's Tree.' The stump of the tree is under the building on which the plaque is placed. Location: 305 Main St. Placerville
Placerville, in the California Gold Country, was once called Hangtown. An effigy of a man being hung is roped from the second floor of a building where the Hangman's Tree bar, an historic spot marks the spot of the town hangings. Gold was discovered in this region, and the wild west atmosphere created a dire need for laws to regulate criminals and those who took what they wanted, including lives. Hangtown was one of the first places where justice was delivered with a rope from a tree. It was initially called Dry Diggins but changed its name to Hangtown for the many hangings that meted swift justice to offenders during the mid 1800's.
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The Tadich Grill is an American seafood restaurant located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1849, it is the oldest running restaurant in California. Based in the Financial District, the restaurant sits on 240 California Street. The dining experience features Croatian-style cooking techniques that include grilling seafood over mesquite- and charcoal-broilers for varying flavor profiles and uniform broiling.
The original restaurant opened in 1849 as a coffee stand on Clay Street in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Nikola Budrovich, Frano Kosta, and Antonio Gasparich, three immigrants from Croatia, who launched their restaurant as "Coffee Stand". The establishment was renamed "New World Coffee Stand", following a move to the New World Market, a local market place in San Francisco.
In 1887, their restaurant was purchased by and renamed after John Tadich, a Croatian hailing from Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar. In 1928, Tadich sold the restaurant to another Croatian family, the Buichs. In 1967, the restaurant moved to its present location at 240 California Street; this was after Wells Fargo bought the Clay Street location for redevelopment. The current space is one-third larger than the original, and the Buiches worked with contractors to recreate the Art Deco interior design that the Clay Street space had. All of the moldings and woodwork were copied, and the original Clay Street bar was moved to the present location. The restaurant reopened within one month of moving.
In 1925, Louis Buich implemented Croatian-style cooking at the Tadich grill, requiring chefs to use a mesquite broiler for cooking seafood. The restaurant's use of the grilling technique became popular, and in a single day the restaurant can go through four 40-pound bags of mesquite charcoal. Little has changed in regards to the restaurant's cooking methods, and the restaurant has had only seven chefs since 1925 (as of 2011). After operating at several locations in the previous century, the restaurant's last move in 1967 was to a location on the California Street cable car line.
In 1999, R.W. Apple called the restaurant, "old-fashioned, a nostalgic shrine to local piscine tradition." According to Apple, the restaurant's best known dish is cioppino, a seafood soup created in San Francisco, and other California seafood specialities like Petrale sole and sand dabs. Herb Caen, longtime columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, was a fan of Tadich's version of the Hangtown Fry, a Gold Rush era combination of scrambled eggs, bacon and oysters. In The New York Times, Sadie Stein wrote in 2013 that the restaurant is "Festive without being stuffy, it offers a taste of the San Francisco of yore while embracing the present day." The restaurant operated a branch in Washington, D.C. from 2015 to 2018
CP<-7, 2/1/78; Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe 44-ton #102 makes its delivery at Placerville, passing the old SP freight house on right. Dave Stanley photo ©2022
Placerville, which started as Old Dry Diggins soon became known as Hangtown as a series of hangin's came along for a bunch of murderers and thieves that stole other's gold. By 1854 it as the third largest town in California surpassed only by San Francisco and Sacramento. Now it is El Dorado's county seat.
Judging by the looks of the place, the only room service is in dime bags...
I'd sure love a Hangtown Fry...
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The Bell Tower stands in all its illuminated glory under clear skies for probably the last time in 2022.
This dashing looking fellow is a master of dozens of acoustic instruments. Joe Craven has been a feature performer at California -music festivals for decades. He is a true craftsman and performs both solo and with a band. He has many u-tube videos that are fun to watch, dozen of CDs that he appears on. Sometimes he is banjo man , then next he is playing a penny whistle, fiddle, mandolin, kazoo,or the bones. This photo was from the Hangtown Halloween Ball in Placerville, CA.
The shopping season is officially under way and it looks like this guy isn't going to make it through to Cyber Monday. Too much Wild West for him! His name is George.
Considering this town was once called Hangtown during the days of the California Gold Rush, this is the site of where the Hangman's Tree was. The roots are under this building. For the longest time, this mannequin hung from a branch of the tree that was attached to this building. And there was a bar here called The Hangman's Tree.
In 2008, the bar closed and this building was red tagged for demolition as it was deemed unsafe. The mannequin was to be taken down and there was some uproar about it. The night before the bar closed, someone apparently stole the mannequin. Here we are 3 years later and it has just recently reappeared. It's still a mystery as to who stole it and who climbed up and put it back. It is said that some of the buildings in the area have ghosts including this one.
I hope this building can be restored and saved. And I hope the town mascot can stay.
If anyone happens to have a pic of the of the old Hangman's Tree Bar, I would love to see it!
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Boy, it was hot in Placerville, which was a waypoint on our way back home with access to the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historical Park. We stayed at the historic Cary Inn and ate at Heyday Cafe before we turned in for the night praying for cooler temperatures.
No creo que existiera en los tiempos en los que el famoso árbol del ahorcado estuviera en funcionamiento pero está situado frente al sitio donde se encontraba éste. Lo que sí compartió en el tiempo con el Hangman´s Tree Lounge.
Panorámica de 2 tomas verticales.
Panorama of 2 vertical shots.
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The annual Hangtown Halloween Ball held in Placerville, Ca had the usual share of creative and crazy costumes.
Lots of short skirts, hot pants, sexy or crazy stockings, and even two gold miners who lost in all and had to wear a couple of beer barrels with suspenders. Party on.
Having fun camping at the Hangtown Halloween Music Festival. This gender switching are fun,friendly and cozy having a blast. Maybe he is going as
a prom queen and she has yet to put on her tuxedo. Its all fun and a welcome chance to mock and flirt with the traditional masculine and feminine in all of us For more this happy click this link. www.facebook.com/john.hammond.3557440/videos/116380794366...
Hot Dog man was having fun dancing at the Hangtown Haloween Ball in northern California this weekend. I did not see any dancing hamburgers or french fries. It is a terrific music festival. He must know I like mustard on my dogs but when I was a kid I was a ketchup and sweet relish fan. More costumes to come. Cheers and be kind. For Dancing hot dog music click the link! flic.kr/p/LdbFow
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Karl Straub of Hangtown Two (+ 1 this particular evening) in performance at a Camarllo Concerts production in Bethesda, MD on February 17, 2017. We enjoyed an evening of marvelous straubinical music consisting of chord changes, toe-taps and truly gorgeous three-part harmonizing punctuated with the high wit one has come to expect from the Hangtown gentlemen.
Karl and Eric Brace have created an "Americana folk opera" Hangtown Dancehall. It is the story of two young lovers, Betsy and Ike, who leave their Missouri home for California during the Gold Rush. The tale originated with a song Eric remembered from his childhood in Placerville, California, the epicenter of the Gold Rush, and known in the 1850s as Hangtown. Eric, Karl, and Kevin Cordt on trumpet treated us to an intimate evening of vignettes from that story. To learn (and hear) more, please go to: redbeetrecords.com/hangtown-dancehall-tale-california-gol...
If you're interested in learning more about Karl, Hangtown Two or simply like "clicking" on shit, please visit Karl Straub's Stupid Goddamn Website: www.karlstraubmusic.com/