441 Main St Placerville, CA , 95667 Phone: (530) 622-1151 Website The Oldest Hardware Store West of the Mississippi. The Fausel Family has continuously operated Placerville Hardware for the past 60 years.
In the first 50 years, the name and owners changed 6 times, but little else has changed. Wood floors, 4 rolling ladders, original nail bins and holes to sweep the gold dust into still remain.
Machne 1 designs are:
1) Hangman's noose "Hangtown California"
2) Placerville Bell Tower
3) Gold panner
4) Placerville Hardware logo "Historic Placerville Hardware", "Est 1952"
Machine 2 designs are:
1) Signage reads “Placerville Hardware”, Est. 1852, Placerville, CA
2) “Placerville, CA”, horse and rider, “Pony Express 1850”
3) “Hangtown”(T and O create a gallows), “Placerville, CA”
4) “Placerville”, image of a quail and poppies, “1850, California “
04/28/22- Machine #1 rolls short. New machine 2 rolls fine. PAT
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