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Placerville City Council affirms Old Hangtown nickname after removing noose from logo
Sacramento Bee 5 hrs ago Vincent Moleski, The Sacramento Bee
May 2 Placerville City Council members last week unanimously voted to approve a resolution affirming the Gold Rush-era nickname Old Hangtown, a little over two weeks after they agreed to remove a noose from the city s logo.
The city has been facing heightened scrutiny for the past year over its historical connection to vigilante executions during the mid-19th century, with critics arguing that the city s branding is racially insensitive.
Criticism intensified last summer, when a series of large-scale protests against racism and police brutality swept the nation following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In July, Placerville City Council members deferred action regarding the city s logo until this year. Earlier this month, the council again took up that same discussion, voting to remove the sym
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Two weeks after Placerville opted to nix a noose depicted on its city logo, officials affirmed that the area’s Gold Rush-era name, “Hangtown,” won’t be going anywhere.
City Council members voted unanimously to recognize that “Old Hangtown” and “Old Dry Diggins,” another moniker tied to the majority-white town’s mining past, are historically significant.
The decision arrives amid continuing acrimony over how to present the area’s Wild West origins. Three nooses were recently found hanging in the city, including two that weren’t removed because they were on private property and did not rise to the level of a crime, according to Placerville police.
Two weeks after Placerville, California, opted to nix a noose depicted on its city logo, officials affirmed that the areaâs Gold Rush-era name, âHangtown,â wonât be going anywhere.
City Council members voted unanimously to recognize that âOld Hangtownâ and âOld Dry Diggins,â another moniker tied to the majority-white townâs mining past, are historically significant.
The decision arrives amid continuing acrimony over how to present the areaâs Wild West origins. Three nooses were recently found hanging in the city, including two that werenât removed because they were on private property and did not rise to the level of a crime, according to Placerville police.