Parade Of Nations

El Dorado Gold 2016 in Placerville, CA Sept. 11-18 opened with a bang!

They appeared in costumes, with banners, flags, horse teams and carriages. Nations from A to Z by the hundreds came in for the panning competition!!!

 

The Colorguard

 

Around the Bell Tower

 

The Crowds Gathered on Main Street

 

The Lawmen and an Outlaw

The Kiwanis Float

The law and the lawless appeared, as did many of Placerville’s costumed (or not) characters. There were “ladies of the night”, hundreds of gold panning competitors from every nation you could name. John Sanders and daughter (Old Town Grill and Smith Flat House Restaurant) and the Fausel family (Placerville Hardware) all joined in to prepare and serve up John’s version of “Miner’s Stew”, a delicious recipe including wild turkey, rabbit, local heirloom tomatoes and vegetables.

 

Local Character Miner Stew

 

Fausel Points the Way

John, Deanna, and Jenevieve

A Cup of Delicious Miner's Stew

Placerville Hardware was Set Up

A Team and Carriage

Michal, Native Daughter of the Golden West.

''Ladies of the Night''

The Team from Slovakia

The Team from Canada

The Team from Australia

South African delegates loved the stew!

See the 63-pg. booklet of the entire gold event on http://www.eldorado2016.com