Est. 1864

The youngest town acquisition of El Dorado County owes its origin to the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad. They established a station for neighboring Amador County at this crossing of the roads. The town started on the completion of the railroad. It was platted by Chief Engineer F. Bishop. He named the town after B. Latrobe, the civil engineer in charge of building the first railroad in the United States.

Dedicated January 26th 2008 by

E. Clampus Vitus Chapter 49

James W. Marshall

Marker is on South Shingle Road near Elvira Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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