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Folsom is home to Folsom Lake College, Folsom High School, Vista del Lago High School and a historic downtown district. Folsom is also home to the largest private employer in the Sacramento area, Intel. The Folsom Plan Area allows the construction of 11,000 homes resulting in 25,000 additional residents enlarging the city of Folsom by one-third.
Folsom site or Wild Horse Arroyo, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 29CX1, is a major archaeological site about 8 miles (13 km) west of Folsom, New Mexico. It is the type site for the Folsom tradition , a Paleo-Indian cultural sequence dating to between 11000 BC and 10000 BC .
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a historical site preserving an 1895 alternating current (AC) hydroelectric power station—one of the first in the United States. Before the Folsom powerhouse was built nearly all electric power houses were using direct current (DC) generators powered by steam engines located within a very few miles of ...
The COVID-19 pandemic delayed progress and compelled the society to pursue a new direction for the museum, Folsom History’s executive director said.
Folsom History Museum: Folsom: Sacramento: Sacramento Valley: Local history: website, operated by the Folsom Historical Society, exhibits about Folsom's native people, the discovery of gold and the formation of mining camps, ethnic groups who contributed to this area, the formation of the town, railroad, prison, powerhouse, and later efforts at ...
The COVID-19 pandemic delayed progress and compelled the society to pursue a new direction for the museum, Folsom History’s executive director said. | Published August 1, 2024 | Read Full Story ...
Folsom is a village in Union County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 56 at the 2010 census , down from 75 in 2000. The town was named after Frances Folsom , the fiancée of President Grover Cleveland .
A Folsom projectile point. Folsom points are projectile points associated with the Folsom tradition of North America.The style of tool-making was named after the Folsom site located in Folsom, New Mexico, where the first sample was found in 1908 by George McJunkin within the bone structure of an extinct bison, Bison antiquus, an animal hunted by the Folsom people. [1]