Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Foresthill, California

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Coordinates: 39.02402, -120.80688
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In 1858, a church mission was dedicated under the patronage of St. Joseph in the town of Foresthill. The mission was elevated to parish status on July 14, 1861. It had its own church on a two-acre parcel, a separate parish school (est. 1861), and a cemetery east of town (est. 1858) on three acres of land. The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Foresthill was the principle Catholic Church in Placer County at the time. The parochial setting in Foresthill would remain unchanged until 1903 when its parish status was formally suppressed due to declining population and the inability of the community to support a resident priest. Another significant event affecting the Catholic region was the loss of the church by fire in February 1952. All that remains of Foresthill's Catholic Church today is its bell. The bell was cast in Sheffield, England, and shipped to Boston in 1860. From there, it was shipped around the Horn to San Francisco, where it was boated to Sacramento, then pulled by a six-horse team to Foresthill. The local miners had raised $3,500 to pay for the bell, which was quite a sum of money in those days.

The bell is still displayed close to the cemetery.