Welcome to the Placer County Historical Society

Our mission is: To promote interest in the history of Placer County; to discover, collect and make accessible historical facts; to mark places of historical interest, and to sponsor the Placer County Museum.

The Society was incorporated in 1920 and reactivated in 1947. Its' Articles of Incorporation were used to accept money and artifacts for the operation of a Placer Co. Museum which led to the opening of the first "Gold Country Museum". This museum was turned over to Placer County which resulted in the establishment of the Placer County Museums Dept. This department now oversees six museums.

Presently the Historical Society:

places plaques on historic sites
interviews "old timers", placing their information in the Auburn Placer County Library for reference
supports the Museums Dept. and publishes/republishes historical materials
bi-monthly dinner meetings where various topics of historic interest are presented by qualified speakers

The Landmark Committee has placed markers on historic buildings and sites including the Scott's Store and the Newcastle Grange Hall in Long Valley, The Pullen House, Odd Fellows Lodge, Bank of California, in Auburn; Mount Pleasant Hall on Mt. Pleasant Road near Lincoln, as well as assisting Colfax Historical Society with their marker project. Interviews contained in the Oral History Collection number over 175. The Old Stage Coach and lumber exhibit in the Placer County Courthouse Museum were financed by donations from the society among many other donations to the Museums Department over the years.