Higgins_Point,_California Knowpia

Higgins Point
	Map with Higgins Point in red text.
Location	El Dorado County, California
Coordinates	38°45′16″N 121°04′10″W / 38.7545°N 121.0694°W

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.^[2] 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]

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^ Upton, Charles Elmer (1906). Pioneers of El Dorado. The Internet Archive. Placerville, Calif., C. E. Upton. pp. 94–95.
^ ^a ^b 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". worldcat.org. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 156. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ Sioli, Paolo (1883). Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County. The Internet Archive. Oakland: Paolo Sioli. p. 202.
^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). History of Caliornia. Vol. VI. The Hathi Trust. San Francisco: The History Company. See footnote 4 on page 352.

[1] Upton, Charles Elmer (1906). Pioneers of El Dorado. The Internet Archive. Placerville, Calif., C. E. Upton. pp. 94–95.

[CGN-2] 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". worldcat.org. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 156. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

[3] Sioli, Paolo (1883). Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County. The Internet Archive. Oakland: Paolo Sioli. p. 202.

[4] Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). History of Caliornia. Vol. VI. The Hathi Trust. San Francisco: The History Company. See footnote 4 on page 352.

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