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In 1861, near the intersection of what’s now Alameda and Aliso streets, a mob dragged, stabbed, then hanged 15-year-old Francisco Cota for allegedly killing a shopkeeper. Two years later, a crowd killed Charles Wilkins three blocks away, on the present-day corner of Aliso and Spring streets, right after a judge had found him guilty of murder.
Up Temple, over to Hill Street, next to City Hall, down to La Plaza downtown L.A. hosts multiple sites where at least 35 men met what 19th century chroniclers euphemistically called “Judge Lynch.” But there was nearly no trace of this bloody past when I visited these spots on a Saturday morning. I instead saw homeless people, cyclists on an early sprint, cars looking for the 101 Freeway.
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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