Folsom is named for Joseph Libbey Folsom who purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff, and laid out the town called Granite City, mostly occupied by gold miners seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Folsom is named for Joseph Libbey Folsom. This Joseph Libbey Folsom purchased Rancho Rio de los Americanos from the heirs of a San Francisco merchant William Alexander Leidesdorff. Folsom is laid out the town. This town is called Granite City by gold miners. This was mostly occupied. These gold miners are seeking fortune in the Sierra Nevada foothills.