By Mike Roberts | Village Life staff writer

The third annual Clarksville Day celebration brought the old town site to life.

ELLEN COTHRIN - told stories of growing up on the family ranch, Cothrin Station, just five miles south of El Dorado Hills, near what is now appropriately called Cothrin Ranch Road, where Latrobe Road crosses Deer Creek. The railroad which bypassed Clarksville went through Cothrin Station to Latrobe and on to Placerville . Mother Lode News photo by Mike Roberts