The California State Park and Recreation Commission voted 7–0 to temporarily renamed the Folsom Lake State Recreation area long known as Negro Bar during its quarterly meeting last Friday in Sacramento. The new name is “Black Miners Bar,” at least for now. … Originally, Negro Bar was a large gravel bar on the south side the American River just west of Folsom’s Rainbow Bridge. The bar was originally named to recognize the African American gold miners who found success in the discovery of gold there during the 1849 California Gold Rush. For a few years, it rewarded the prospectors with a steady yield of coarse gold dust.