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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.
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of miners.
The City Council voted Tuesday night to remove the noose after listening to emotional comment from residents, CBS 13 Sacramento reported.
Some argued that it is part of the history of the town, but others said it is violent and gives the city a bad reputation, the station reported.
The council’s vote was unanimous.
The decision comes amid a reconsidering of images of nooses in the context of racial injustice and the history of violence against Black people in America.
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A town in California has voted to remove a hanging noose from their logo after gaining the nickname ‘Hangtown” during The Gold Rush.
The city council of Placerville were mostly united in supporting the makeover of their logo after emotional testimony from local residents. They said the connotations of racism and violence towards Black people gave the wrong impression of the town.
However, some people thought the logo represented a history of the town and ought to be saved.
The logo in question shows a miner cleaning gold with a noose in the background hanging on a tree. Written next to the image is “City of Placerville”, “Old Hangtown” and “1854” the year that the town was incorporated. Its nearest major city is San Francisco, a two hour drive away.