Rescuing, Preserving, Researching, & Displaying our County’s Rich History
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2026 EDCHS PROGRAMMING & EVENTS CALENDAR
January 31 - Steel Tracks, Tall Timber: Stories from the Narrow Gauge Logging Era
February 28 - Walking History Tour: Lost Chinatowns of El Dorado County
March 14 - Walking History Tour: Placerville’s Main Street Merchants
March 28 - Walking History Tour: Georgetown, Pride of the Mountains
April 18 - 2026 Historic Home Tour: Spring Street–Coloma Street Historic District, Placerville
May 2 - May Day Ball at the IOOF Lodge - Fundraiser in support of the conservation of the historic Morning Star Lodge
May 23 - Walking History Tour: Veteran’s of Placerville’s Union Cemetery with researcher Joseph Connolly
June 6 - Pioneer Vintners of the Sierra Foothills, Part II: The Origins of El Dorado County Wine, 1870–1940
June 27 - Mid-Century Modern El Dorado: Mid-century Architecture in El Dorado County
July 11 - Retracing the Emigrant Trail in El Dorado County (presented in partnership with the Oregon California Trails Association and Smokey Ridge Ranch)
July 25 - Annual Summer Potluck
August 22 - A Healing Hand: The Goat Doctor of Mosquito Road — (presented in partnership with Save the Graves)
September 19 - A History Submerged: Gold Rush Communities Beneath Folsom Reservoir
October 23 & 24 - Whispers of the Past: Macabre Tales of Uppertown Placerville
December 5 - The First Christmas in Coloma
December 18 - Annual Holiday Luncheon
*All ticket sales are donations, the net proceeds of which support the EDCHS in its mission to honor the people who came before us by rescuing, preserving, researching, and displaying El Dorado County’s rich history, and to ensure that its significance will be appreciated for generations to come. Donations also help to support the operations and maintenance of the Society’s historic Fountain & Tallman Museum. If you would like to donate a different amount, please call us at our Fountain & Tallman Museum.
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE
EL DORADO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Become a member: Join Us!
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, at the Fountain & Tallman Museum in Placerville, and/or by emailing us at contact@edchs.org.
