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From: Chuck Knuthson <>
Subject: Re: Merchant Jacob ENGELMAN in Greenwood Valley
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:14:43 -0800
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Greg:

Go to this website:
http://www.westernlivingcenter.com/history/history-greenwood.htm

El Dorado County is next door to Sacramento. Coloma, in El Dorado
County, was the site of the gold find in 1848 that began the gold rush.


Chuck Knuthson


wrote:

>New to the list.
>
>My ancestor, Jacob Engelman, was a merchant during the 1850's in the
>Sacramento area.
>At least one of his letters written to the woman who would become my
>great-great grandmother
>bore the address of "Greenwood Valley". While most entries in his ledgers
>indicate that
>his location was Sacramento, there are also some entries that are listed as
>"Greenwood".
>
>He returned to Pennsylvania in 1860 are having made a fairly substantial
>profit.
>
>Can anyone tell me where "Greenwood" or the "Greenwood Valley" is?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Greg
>
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