Placer County Legal Records, 1851-1856

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Placer County (Calif.)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Records of court cases, public administrator's reports, road overseer's reports, bonds.

Biographical / historical:

Placer County was created April 25, 1851, from parts of Sutter and Yuba Counties. It was an important mining county and was given its name because placer mining was the principal method of mining for gold there. Auburn is the county seat.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176