Higgins Point, California Explained
Higgins Point is a former mining camp in El Dorado County, California.[1] It was located a half mile west of the center of Salmon Falls.[2] The place was named for the first person to open a store there, an Australian named Higgins. Rich diggings of gold were discovered by Mormons at Higgins Point in 1849.[3] Higgins Point was the first part of Salmon Falls to be laid out as a town, starting in 1853.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Upton, Charles Elmer . Pioneers of El Dorado . 1906 . Placerville, Calif., C. E. Upton . The Internet Archive . 94-95.
- Web site: Gudde . Erwin Gustav . California gold camps : a geographical and historical dictionary of camps, towns, and localities where gold was found and mined, wayside stations and trading centers . 2024-02-16 . worldcat.org . University of California Press . 156 . en . Berkeley.
- Book: Sioli, Paolo . Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County . Paolo Sioli . The Internet Archive . 1883 . Oakland . 202.
- Book: Bancroft, Hubert Howe . History of California . The History Company . The Hathi Trust . 1890 . VI . San Francisco . See footnote 4 on page 352..
