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 EraSOLD OUT!
February 28 - Lost Chinatowns of El Dorado CountySOLD OUT!
March 14 - Walking History Tour: Placerville’s Main Street MerchantsSOLD OUT!
March 28 - Walking History Tour: Georgetown, Pride of the MountainsSOLD OUT!
April 18 - 2026 Historic Home Tour: Spring Street–Coloma Street Historic District, Placerville SOLD OUT!
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: Gold Star Veterans of Placerville’s Union Cemetery with researchers Cindy Oswald and Joseph Connolly SOLD OUT!
June 27 - Mid-Century El Dorado: A Walking History Tour of Mid-Century Architecture in El Dorado County SOLD OUT!
July 11 - Retracing the Gold Rush Emigrant Trail in El Dorado County (presented in partnership with the Oregon California Trails Association and Smokey Ridge Ranch) SOLD OUT!
July 25 - Annual Summer Potluck & Picnic
August 22 - A Healing Hand: The Goat Doctor of Mosquito Road —joint fundraiser presented in partnership with Save the Graves SOLD OUT!
October 23 & 24 - Whispers of the Past: Macabre Tales of Placerville’s Spring Street-Coloma Street Historic District
November 14 -By Popular Demand: Lost Chinatowns of El Dorado County - An intimate reprise of our sold-out spring walking history tour
December 12 & 13 - The Festival of Trees: 175 Years of Christmas Traditions
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.
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.
