Rescuing, Preserving, Researching, & Displaying our County’s Rich History
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Membership is open to all households, businesses, and organizations, whether current or former residents of El Dorado County, or whose families lived in El Dorado County. Donations can be made here on our website (coming soon), at the Fountain & Tallman Museum in Placerville, and/or by emailing us at contact@edchs.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2024 EDCHS Events Calendar
MAY 5, 2024 - Spill the Tea - A Victorian tea with Mrs. Gertrude Thompson
MAY 18, 2024 - Experience the historic El Dorado Western Rail Road
JUNE 21, 2024 - Relive the Bullion Bend Stagecoach Robbery!
JULY 10, 2024 - EDCHS Annual Summer Potluck
JULY 20, 2024 - Historic Handicraft, Fiber Arts and Quilt Show
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024 - California Impressionist Art in El Dorado County & Beyond - Tilden Daken
OCTOBER 26, 2024 - Whispers of the Past - Macabre tales of Placerville’s Cedar Ravine Historic District
NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Dare to Tread at Murderer’s Bar!
NOVEMBER 30, 2024 - A Victorian Christmas with John & Jane Blair
DECEMBER 20, 2024 - EDCHS Annual Holiday Luncheon at Sportsman’s Hall
2025 EDCHS Events Calendar
JANUARY 2025 (Date TBD) - The Hangtown Fry: A Placerville Classic
FEBRUARY 22, 2025 - An Evening with Placerville’s Beloved 19th Century Reverend C.C. Pierce (Event to benefit the Federated Church's restoration fund for the historic M.E. Church)
APRIL 2025 (Date TBD) - Placerville’s Bedford Avenue Historic District Home Tour
MAY 2025 (Date TBD) - Pioneer Vintners of the Sierra Foothills: The Origins of El Dorado County Wine
JUNE 2025 (Date TBD) - A Legacy Etched in Stone: Historic Masonry Structures of El Dorado
JULY 2025 (Date TBD) - EDCHS Annual Summer Potluck
AUGUST 2025 (Date TBD) - Dress Your Finest, with William Hill Combellack
SEPTEMBER 2025 (Date TBD) - Caves, Kilns, and Quarries of El Dorado County
OCTOBER 2025 (Date TBD) - Hanging Justice: A Retrospective on the Last Legal Hangings in El Dorado County
OCTOBER 2025 (Date TBD) - Whispers of the Past - Macabre Tales of Placerville’s Bedford Avenue/Clay Street Historic District
DECEMBER 2025 (Date TBD) - The First Christmas in Coloma: A Pioneer Holiday Celebration
DECEMBER 2025 (Date TBD) - Annual EDCHS Holiday Luncheon
