Georgetown Junction<\/p>\n
At this historic and well-known landmark the immigrant trail left the American River and ascended the summit of the mountains to the north following them toward a point of Sec M:1 near the U.S. Forest Station just east of the 18th Milestone.<\/p>\n
The Georgetown Junction once had a toll house, where a stone chimney left from those days stood well into the 20th Century. It seemed to be a popular place to take a photograph for Lincoln Highway and early Highway 50 for travelers.<\/p>\n
At its earliest, Georgetown Junction was where Johnson\u2019s Trail left the river and climbed high up to Peavine Ridge, and eventually down to the river and a crossing at Bartlett\u2019s Bridge.<\/p>\n
Later, after 1858 the state took over control of the road and built a new trail leaving the river further west at Silver Fork and the Sugar Loaf House site.<\/p>\n
Georgetown Junction then became a cut-off road for travelers headed to Georgetown rather than Placerville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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