{"id":1192,"date":"2021-05-22T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T05:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2021\/05\/22\/georgetown-junction-historic-crossroad-on-the-lincoln-highway\/"},"modified":"2021-05-22T22:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T05:45:33","slug":"georgetown-junction-historic-crossroad-on-the-lincoln-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2021\/05\/22\/georgetown-junction-historic-crossroad-on-the-lincoln-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown Junction &#8211; Historic Crossroad on the Lincoln Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid_8 alpha posts\">\n<nav id=\"breadcrumbs\"><\/nav>\n<div class=\"mbf clearfix block block-system\">\n<div id=\"node-6604\" class=\"node node-blog single_post mbf clearfix\">\n<div class=\"meta mb\">by Placerville Newswire \/ May 22, 2021<\/div>\n<pre>Img: Old Postcard Original<\/pre>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Georgetown Junction then became a cut-off road for travelers headed to Georgetown rather than Placerville.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187810928_4197564640301966_7159680686208913951_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpss_copy\">Content retrieved from: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitsenberger.com\/blog\/tag\/Johnson%27s+Cut-Off+Trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/inedc.com\/14\/georgetown-junction-historic-crossroad-lincoln-highway<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgetown Junction then became a cut-off road for travelers headed to Georgetown rather than Placerville. 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