1 1200 6 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/4c92e55c6691308a1149e78deab9e5a7.jpg 3f2dff6acb47261472320eeb403db478 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d9c7a7fbd06e935c39921e67cd6e0933.jpg 292b6f095a23b09bbe65391b7073341b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7be6db2799cfdf3e2cff96c5684da773.jpg 6b74a7188824de698e1b65722009a4a8 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/393c84159789c8cd273ce203105d9701.JPG fa349d5df638bf77f4dd98179547ce22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alpine County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0240 Marklee's Cabin Site</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On Hwy 89, near park, just south of County Courthouse, Markleeville<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /> <p jstcache="141" jsinstance="*0" class="section-hero-header-title-subtitle"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B041'37.7%22N+119%C2%B046'43.3%22W/@38.6938,-119.7792288,226m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d38.6938!4d-119.778683?hl=en"><span jstcache="142">38.693800, -119.778683</span></a></p> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Jacob Markley<br /><br />On September 12, 1861, Jacob Markley staked out a land claim of 160 acres, a parcel that included this site. Markley erected a 16 by 20 foot log cabin somewhere near this plaque, covering it with shakes made from local Sugar Pine. He also built a bridge over nearby Markleeville Creek and began collecting tolls from the mule team and foot traffic headed south over the bridge to Silver Mountain. <p>Over the next year and a half, Markley began selling off lots in his new town of “Markleeville” and took in a partner, selling a half-interest in his land claim to Henry W. Tuttle. The tiny settlement blossomed from a few small shanties and wagon tops into a bustling new town with 168 buildings.</p> <p>On May 14, 1863, Markley was shot outside the front door of his cabin during a dispute with his partner. Tuttle claimed the shooting was in self-defense. The jury agreed with him, exonerating Tuttle of the murder.</p> <p>Markley’s body was carried to a hill overlooking the town that bears his name — likely becoming the first burial in today’s Markleeville Cemetery.<br /><br />Dedicated on April 9, 2016 (6021) By the Snowshoe Thompson Chapter #1827 of The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus 60th Anniversary</p> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Jacob J. Marklee recorded his land claim of 160 acres on June 23, 1862, in Douglas County, Nevada, but after the boundary survey his claim was in California. During the rush to the Comstock Lode, the town of Markleeville was built upon Marklee's land - the Alpine County Courthouse now occupies the site of his cabin. <p></p> Registered 6/10/1936 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/83c347d5c2df14dc8eb9401d4dde49b7.JPG 8bec1d802e1e313ce9b583575cc22fbb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alpine County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0315 Kit Carson Marker</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On State Hwy 88 (P.M. 5.2), at the snow park parking lot<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B041'41.6%22N+119%C2%B059'21.9%22W/@38.694885,-119.989431,1007m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">38.694885,-119.989431</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> On this spot, which marks the summit of the Kit Carson Pass, stood what was known as the Kit Carson Tree on which the famous scout Kit Carson inscribed his name in 1844 when he guided the then Captain John C. Frémont, head of a government exploring expedition, over the Sierra Nevada mountains. The original inscription was cut from the tree in 1888 and is now in Sutter's Fort, Sacramento.<br /><br />Erected by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1931. <p></p> Registered 7/12/1939 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/337348f6d0c9a52ace255f532c3404c5.JPG 68f104906091e0306f1d7b4a01287bde http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f3eb72ac1ea6fd05e3fa3d2d709ad97d.JPG 5fcbc43f8ae043644c3bf7ff968ee855 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alpine County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0318 Ebbett's Pass Route</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Ebbetts Pass on Hwy 4 (P.M. 18.5)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B032'39.4%22N+119%C2%B048'43.6%22W/@38.544274,-119.812123,1010m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">38.544274,-119.812123</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private sign <p></p> <h4>Sign text:</h4> Historical Landmark - Ebbett's Pass<br /><br />Named after Major John Ebbett and pointed out in 1853 to surveyor G.H. Goodard who referred to it as a "route of great promise - probably the best one for a transcontinental railway." <br /><br />No emigrant train used this route but a stage road was completed here in 1864 to serve mining region of Silver City. <br /><br />Stanislaus National Forest <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> The Emigrant Trail through Ebbetts Pass, discovered by and named after 'Major' John Ebbetts, was opened up in the early 1850s, but no wagon road went that way until 1864, when a toll road, under the name of Carson Valley and Big Tree Road, was completed to help open up the Comstock Lode in Nevada. <p></p> Registered 7/12/1939 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/3026a943982bde1fc3a026505cafb0cc.JPG 3ec56c1cae601a7da464fffa689bb19f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0378 Memorial to Pioneer Odd Fellows</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> About 500 ft S of State Hwy 88 (P.M. 5.3) on Red Vista Rd<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B041'31.7%22N+119%C2%B059'15.2%22W/@38.692136,-119.987548,1008m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">38.692136,-119.987548</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque is located on a rock, a few yards off of Red Vista Rd, as shown in the map. <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> F - L - T<br /><br />At this point in August 1849, a group of Odd Fellows nearing their goal, the California gold mines, paused in their struggle up these granite walls to paint on this and adjacent boulders their names and the three links of the Great Order They so dearly loved.<br /><br />Pioneers of California, Pioneers of the Brotherhood of Man, We Salute You. <br /><br />Your bodies have blended with the dust of the West. Your spirit lives and inspires. Dedicated to their memory, by the Grand Lodge of California, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, May 1941 <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> On some large rocks near Carson Pass, a group of pioneers inscribed their names and the emblem of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1849. <p></p> Registered 1/3/1944 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f4f93056f6f3cc793ccb47dc909b3bde.JPG 19cad749d0bbcce2b3ab152054efbd2c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alpine County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0661 Old Emigrant Road</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Near Lake Caples, on State Hwy 88 (P.M. 2.4)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B042'10.7%22N+120%C2%B002'11.9%22W/@38.702973,-120.036639,1007m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">38.702973,-120.036639</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Old Emigrant Road<br /><br />Here the Old Emigrant Road of 1848 swung down across the meadow now covered by Caples Lake (Twin Lakes) and climbed along the ridge at the right to the gap at the head of the valley. From this summit (9,460 feet) it descended to Placerville. This rough and circuitous section became obsolete in 1863 when a better route was blasted out of the face of the cliff at Carson Spur.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Silver Lake Camper's Association, July 11, 1959. <p></p> Registered 11/5/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/3fe6dc2cb7d2a2a0148349a4b5f6a4f9.JPG 6917ae5fcae1f0328927f74c3fafdeb4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alpine County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0805 Pony Express Remount Station at Woodfords</h2> <h4>Site information:</h4> On Old Pony Express Way, 0.1 mi N of junction of State Hwys 89 and 88, Woodfords<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B046'34.9%22N+119%C2%B049'21.9%22W/@38.776373,-119.822759,1006m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">38.776373,-119.822759</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> The Pony Express<br />Woodfords<br /><br />During the initial five weeks of its operation in 1860, an important remount station of the famous Pony Express was located a few feet from here at Cary's Barn.<br /><br />This monument erected by the Historical Society of Alpine County.<br /><br />National Pony Express Centennial Association; Dwight D. Eisenhower - Chairman, Waddell R. Smith - President, Sherrill Halbert - Director at Large. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Woodfords became a remount station of the Pony Express on April 4, 1860, when Warren Upson scaled the mountains in a blinding snowstorm and made his way down the eastern slope of the Sierra on his way to Carson City. Five weeks later the Pony Express was rerouted by way of Echo Summit and Luther Pass. <p></p> Registered 6/28/1965 pony