Folsom is named for Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff, and laid out the town called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Folsom laid out a town initially called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Folsom is named after Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff.
Folsom is named after Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff. Folsom laid out a town initially called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Folsom is named after Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff. Folsom laid out a town initially called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills.