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Prairie City was a gold-mining community that once sat on the
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in the
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foothills, near present-day
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in
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. The mining village was first announced in June 1853 in the ''
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''. A July article mentions that the city has about 1500 inhabitants. What was left of the town is believed to be covered in river rocks, from gold dredging of the
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in the early 1900s. When construction was being performed for the freeway on-ramp near an
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building, a few bodies were unearthed during construction. Though the names of these people are unknown, it is assumed they were Prairie City residents. Their skeletal remains were re-buried in the Mormon Island relocation cemetery, south of
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Present day

The general site of Prairie City is a
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(#464). The Folsom subdivision Prairie Oaks was named for it, because it is believed that the city once stood in this general area.


See also

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Prairie City History, pictures
{{California Gold Rush Former settlements in Sacramento County, California Mining communities of the California Gold Rush American River (California) California Historical Landmarks