1 1200 13 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/9abcfa97ed84ca79b0cc6aecb8ba6d09.JPG b6047ca54770ce2bb3dea460b6abd1f2 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/5d9488cdd171e3da656ded8c0eb831f1.JPG fa042aa95b59dbfe2690804fc55207d9 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 Plumas 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>#0184 Peter Lassen Marker (Site of Lassen Trading Post)</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On North Valley Rd, 4.5 mi E of Greenville<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B008'59.6%22N+120%C2%B052'47.2%22W/@40.149881,-120.879769,980m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">40.149881,-120.879769</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Peter Lassen <br />Site of Trading Post 1851<br /><br />Dedicated by Plumas Pioneer Parlor No. 210, N.D.G.W., Plumas Parlor No. 228, N.S.G.W. October 26, 1930 <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description: </span></h4> In the summer of 1850, Lassen and a companion, Isidore Meyerwitz, went to Indian Valley and selected a suitable location for a ranch, where they erected a log cabin in 1851 to house their trading post. In 1855 Lassen moved to Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, where he resided as a miner and farmer until he was killed from ambush while prospecting in 1859. <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/fb9f79fa70f5c669cd85f04cca8ff9de.JPG 508d9716f77326bd86235d69c31bb81c http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/74dba84757804843259cb902e48b84b7.JPG f6f611f0297ffd3eb90c0a11562a57ef http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/39513c17d6cd83a206e3e996597a0099.JPG aeb075ecdb17af1dea4a16c3232902bd http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/ede049f5ad75fb62a85c1d424182ceb1.JPG 0adf81ba14f7c6c879f92d94213d9ba7 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e9c62c698bbf9adf3416c9973df5127e.JPG 73c686bf4aa92b6659c5029f6c04eb08 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/6ee6dd92c8e0333f00827faac33f57db.JPG d3db731d3d163da23ba0addc806c593d http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/94495d6fc298fd83dd3286ac95705639.JPG 98f7523902e81d7b8ec6d34202e5e1fd http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/4f847aaa2e6bab4006986d2ce0f4b615.JPG e141ad1ee70ee9b5739e1ffbe984ae8a http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a514e2348c3c1417b5659e6cbf20a1a2.JPG 7e437822acd283601d9dc588532496f3 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/61472b3c7b08ea7b6ed06201c6fdf211.JPG da0b478e9112d3d337783d0dfd822210 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/29473d4cefab734de087dbd6ccaa3229.JPG 80574d5b7a36c14a08c83f0247bc56ee 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 Plumas 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>#0196 Jamison City, Eureka Mills, Johnstown, and the Famous Eureka Mine</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> This landmark commemorates a number of different sites in one.<br /><br />Jamison City: <br />Located next to the Plumas-Eureka State Park campground <br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B044'34.3%22N+120%C2%B042'04.5%22W/@39.74287,-120.70124,993m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.742870, -120.701240</a><br /><br />Johnstown: <br />Located a short distance past the park headquarters on Johnsville Road<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B045'38.8%22N+120%C2%B041'43.9%22W/@39.760766,-120.695525,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.760766, -120.695525</a><br /><br />Eureka Mine and Mills:<br />Located at the park headquarters<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B045'25.2%22N+120%C2%B042'00.5%22W/@39.756999,-120.700126,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.756999, -120.700126</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Two state plaques:<br /><br />One located at the junction of Hwy 70 and 89 in Blairsden<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B047'04.2%22N+120%C2%B037'11.5%22W/@39.784491,-120.619869,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.784491, -120.619869</a><br /><br />One located on Hwy 89/70 N of Mohawk Hwy Rd<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B047'18.4%22N+120%C2%B038'02.7%22W/@39.788451,-120.634089,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.788451, -120.634089</a> <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Jamison City, Eureka Mine and Mill, Johnstown<br /><br />Along the Pioneer Trail lies Jamison City and mine, large producer and famous for its 52-pound nugget. Eureka Mill and mine yielded $17 million to Cornish miners and others. Johnstown, now Johnsville, is a well-preserved '49er town.<br /><br />Department of Public Works - Division of Highways <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/bc05510736f097482fef7cf34cd14377.JPG f52a85827e2faec360f1852514d512ea http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/3d9bef6a38023283ce8f7f20cee99444.JPG 45028f47406c2591437d45014064ee9e http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d2aa2ec45231ecdda8f266be7a4d9f95.JPG 24a586165ab00bc4190f36c9137b467a 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 Plumas 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>#0197 Buck's Lake</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Past Buck's Lake Lodge Marina, on rocks at edge of lake in campground, end of Buck's Lake Rd<br /><br />Nothing remains of the ranch and townsite, as it is under the current lake.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B052'45.0%22N+121%C2%B010'34.3%22W/@39.879158,-121.176192,984m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.879158,-121.176192</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque. I can only assume this plaque location made sense at some point in time. <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Bucks Ranch Hotel and Store<br /><br />Original location one hundred yards north east<br /><br />Haven of pioneers, Pack train diversion point for miners to Feather River points. Stage station. Express and post office. 1850 – 1852 Emigrant Trail. Destroyed by fire Jan. 13, 1928<br /><br />Dedicated to the memory of pioneers by Plumas Pioneer Parlor No. 219, N.D.G.W. Quincy Parlor No. 131, N.S.G.W. Aug 9, 1931<br /> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> This was the site of a ranch established by Horace Bucklin and Francis Walker in 1850. Later came a large hotel, post office, and express office. The site is now inundated by Buck's Dam and Reservoir. <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/b2b9ec1378b7e99f5645a37d860a716e.JPG 88f438be6a502f2f43e9bcbcd633bc44 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0d3853fc791021becb73e9b506a1f5ea.JPG c474668dd191304465a03680e9ea460c 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 Plumas 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>#0212 Pioneer Grave (Grizzly Creek)</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> On Buck's Lake Rd, 3.5 mi W of Buck's Lake<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B051'49.5%22N+121%C2%B013'36.6%22W/@39.863763,-121.226837,984m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.863763,-121.226837</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> P. Linthiouh<br /><br />Died Sept, 1852, Age 19.<br /><br />O.H. copied from tree, carved by comrade, 1852.<br /><br />By Plumas Pioneer Parlor No. 219, N.D.G.W., Quincy Parlor No. 131, N.S.G.W. Dedicated Aug. 9, 1931. <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> The legend, as told by the pioneers: 'The lad was returning to Marysville from a trip to the mines, he, having packed a trainload of provisions to the mines, was returning with gold dust. He was murdered and robbed. Later a comrade carved his name, age, etc., on a tree. P. Linthiouh, died September, 1852, age 19. <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 Graves http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d1493f10cc30a185394b78c22e9c0b5c.JPG 953d11f7c4b561078e122b464479f7cf http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0761f3811fd3518f7609ab5d35bf4f0f.JPG 1aaa5c7c40082a9f0404e671797357fe 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 Plumas 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>#0213 Rabbit Creek Hotel Monument</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> North of intersection of Main and Church Sts, La Porte<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B040'58.2%22N+120%C2%B059'04.9%22W/@39.682839,-120.9852372,249m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMznCsDQwJzU3LjUiTiAxMjDCsDU5JzA0LjciVw!3b1!8m2!3d39.6826389!4d-120.9846389!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d39.6828393!4d-120.9846899?hl=en">39.682839, -120.984690</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Rabbit Creek House<br /><br />Built 1852 by Eli S. Lester, the first building in town included a hotel, trading post and two barns.<br /><br />Dedicated by Frank C. Reilly Chapter No. 5976 E Clampus Vitus July 27, 1996 (6001) <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> La Porte, first known as Rabbit Creek, was one of the most important settlements in the southern part of Plumas County. In the fall of 1852, Eli S. Lester built the Rabbit Creek Hotel, the first house in town. <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/75539c6e797b956491f95c346d778602.JPG a23b8142855ba695345b756c3bd9f285 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/dc5ff52506ddde9273529c8e78102872.JPG 5d0e505a80044338da071c91e5ca70a1 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d0fc8c067fe74f327fcf6deef3dfba54.JPG 12320b0b7b9297072fa2b182f17bd535 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 Plumas 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>#0231 Elizabethtown</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> At the end of Purdy Lane off of Hwy 70, north of Quincy. At the cul-de-sac, follow the trail between the houses for a few hundred feet to a clearing, and the plaque is on the hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B057'47.1%22N+120%C2%B057'25.8%22W/@39.96309,-120.957171,983m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.963090,-120.957171</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Elizabethtown<br /><br />Dedicated to Pioneers of Plumas County, to the founders of Elizabethtown and Elizabeth Stark Blakesley, for whom this town was named. Sept. 1852. <br /><br />Erected by Plumas Pioneer Parlor No. 219 N.D.G.W., Quincy Parlor No. 131 N.S.G.W. Sept. 9, 1927 <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Tate's Ravine was named in the spring of 1852, when Alex and Frank Tate discovered gold there. Lewis Stark and his family came across the plains to settle here in September 1852. A very rich mine was opened up and the place grew in population. Soon the miners wanted a new name for the settlement, so they called it Elizabethtown in honor of Stark's daughter, the village's only unmarried woman. <p></p> Registered 6/20/1935 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0c653a808eda118a41ef541576bcbd65.jpg 3d26c1ca07d913862c6c284d3d9a0c40 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/6a56d40af1d29245e5c0f581d401f43f.jpg 1361bb5542a2d72a2c9b6d71705022f8 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/af23f749e98653b62d4c436986c33a46.jpg ed5543e50f7447c65afd43b48d3eb8d2 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 Plumas 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>#0336 Beckwourth Pass</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Beckwourth 's Pass, S side of State Hwy 70 (P.M. 95.8), 1.5 mi E of Chilcoot<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B047'30.0%22N+120%C2%B006'49.0%22W/@39.79167,-120.113618,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.791670,-120.113618</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Emigrant Trail<br /><br />Beckwourth Pass, Elevation 5221<br /><br />Lowest pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Discovered in 1851 by James P. Beckwourth<br /><br />Dedicated to the discoverer and to the pioneers who passed along this trail by the Las Plumas Parlor No. 254 N.D.G.W. May 1937<br /><br />No desert’s waste nor redskins bold could swerve them from this western stand, naught could their courage e’er dismay in onward trudging day by day. A.W. Wern <p></p> Registered 8/8/1939 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/de45fdff71279bcc8a20c88a67e0b0b3.JPG 9dbd4712db8e36f1ecf2d2d9febfb66b http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d17838522db44d2a697df27ed7b7a3c6.JPG 919e9acec07ac9a9cf8cd9e7f678edaf http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/d1d07c0b0bbfd65963056bda843c62f3.JPG 8caf3bdf6abd85f2c807e02512d21df8 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e4c0db3d2f88a9341cfff5dfb33364fb.JPG 43431eb94cce10b5b44067907c0ba283 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 Plumas 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>#0337 Rich Bar</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> State Hwy 70 (P.M. 18.8)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B000'33.1%22N+121%C2%B011'27.7%22W/@40.009198,-121.191023,989m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">40.009198,-121.191023</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Rich Bar<br /><br />Gold first found here July 1850 by miners coming over the mountains from the Yuba Diggins. Much production during early ‘fifties along this east branch of the Feather River’s North Fork. Here “Dame Shirley” (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) wrote her “Letters from the California Mines,” one of the foremost classics of the gold rush.<br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Las Plumas del Oro Chapter of E Clampus Vitus. September 13, 1957 <p></p> Registered 8/8/1939 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/885a5698a6bf2c07fa6aa5859294993b.JPG a131026b2a0fae21ad04ce0a7134ab82 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/79265db86e356ad496b5005fb1692013.JPG a5d903f5f01af5425ac4661520a47cfe 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 Plumas 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>#0479 Site of American Ranch and Hotel</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> 355 Main St, Quincy<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B056'12.6%22N+120%C2%B056'43.4%22W/@39.936837,-120.945397,990m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.936837,-120.945397</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> No plaque, but there is a state sign <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> James H. Bradley in 1854 built the American Hotel, the first sawed-lumber house in Quincy. On March 18, 1854, three commissioners met there to form a new county from a portion of Butte County, and the hotel became the county seat of Plumas County until a more suitable location could be found. Plumas Lodge No. 60, F. &amp; A.M., instituted May 1, 1854, met in an upstairs room in the hotel until their new Quincy temple was completed in 1855. <p></p> Registered 11/9/1950 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/ca9795e4516b1317fdb476e0079cfce7.JPG 771d2e4716d3bf190875c6635834d2bf 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 Plumas 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>#0480 Site of Plumas House</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> SW corner of Main and Court Sts, Quincy<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B056'12.1%22N+120%C2%B056'55.9%22W/@39.936685,-120.948859,990m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">~39.936685,-120.948859</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> No plaque <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> The first and second Plumas Houses were built on this site. The second was built in 1866 by James and Jane Edwards. This hotel, the center of Quincy's social and business life for more than thirty years, burned to the ground on June 23, 1923. <p></p> Registered 11/9/1950 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/34745babfaeb11bfec99572c703e44c6.JPG 01ecf092718ecebe648cd288d03bbae4 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a7ef0ee63409aca2e02665157de97f29.JPG 67ff85d88d1573ea173eadf9baf7bbaa http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/5331fc5ee1613fd0e0de52595470f41e.JPG 63683ba944a24d266f172178784679bc http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/7ecd1fc7d353a5a3792d99f42b5dd2ee.JPG 14802b90f5c2cb1b195a0671ebf7d85a 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 Plumas 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>#0481 Spanish Ranch and Meadow Valley</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Two locations are commemorated with this landmark:<br /><br />Spanish Ranch is located S side of Spanish Ranch Rd, about .2 mi from Oroville-Quincy Hwy<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B056'55.8%22N+121%C2%B003'02.8%22W/@39.948823,-121.051646,399m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMznCsDU3JzAxLjAiTiAxMjHCsDAzJzI1LjEiVw!3b1!8m2!3d39.9502778!4d-121.0569722!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d39.9488234!4d-121.050766?hl=en">39.948823, -121.050766</a><br /><br />Meadow Valley is located on Bucks Lake Road, near Meadow Way<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B055'49.4%22N+121%C2%B003'40.0%22W/@39.930387,-121.061103,990m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.930387, -121.061103</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque for Meadow Valley and sign for Spanish Ranch. <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Meadow Valley Historical Site<br /><br />Here early residents of what was then an isolated valley created their own cultural center. On land deeded by Richard Jacks, through subscription and donated labor, they constructed the first public school of the area. Across the way shortly thereafter, again by community efforts, they built “the Philomathean Hall” to house a library and to be the scene of debates, theatricals, concerts and other forms of creative expression. Theirs was indeed a splendid isolation.<br /><br />Dedicated by Las Plumas del Oro Chapter, E Clampus Vitus.&nbsp; September 18, 1971<br /> <h4>Sign text:</h4> Spanish Ranch<br /><br />Named for two Mexicans who began a horse ranch here in 1850.<br /> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Miners going to the East Branch, Middle Fork, or North Fork of the Feather River separated at Spanish Rancho, established in July 1850 by two Spaniards, and at Meadow Valley, 2.5 miles from Spanish Ranch. <p></p> Registered 11/9/1950 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/15bcc60a6cc32268e64173bfbf746cc1.JPG 0d1aeda849594c3caa96b0c9dbebdf86 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/a000bc7eead793a607b95ff9ce8472c6.JPG 5bb1b63e8b0977011b730d36b121d882 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/bc5bbe2039d3925e57717de7dece7ec5.JPG d300460873dcca1c6525e7e34ab66a7f 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 Plumas 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>#0625 Pioneer Schoolhouse</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Plumas Co Fairgrounds, 2 mi E of Quincy via E Main St and Fairgrounds Rd<br /><br />Schoolhouse is located on fairgrounds. When I visited, the fairgrounds staff was happy to let me on site to photograph the building.&nbsp; But generally, access restricted to operating hours.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B056'20.1%22N+120%C2%B054'56.2%22W/@39.93893,-120.915611,990m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.938930,-120.915611</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Plumas County's First School House<br /><br />This is the original pioneer school house Erected in 1857 Trustees - J.W. Thompson &amp; J.C. Church Teacher - Mr. S.A. Ballou - Nineteen scholars<br /><br />This plaque was dedicated by Plumas Pioneer Parlor 219, Native Daughters of the Golden West. 1957 <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> In 1857 the residents of the eastern end of American Valley built a school, the first schoolhouse in Plumas County. On July 2, 1857, Mr. S. A. Ballou was engaged as teacher for 19 children. The building is now used for kindergarten purposes (1957). <p></p> Registered 1/13/1958 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/c99e21ea1ea5a68c3bd20717e39279fa.JPG 70ee6bc5480ad2f3a6307ad70f77ece4 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/68b5f6aaecd137ae6ebf41db0f66c215.JPG 16fa3716e532d303fe596fb639ec49db http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/86527ce2dcf44f3d5178f13d982c3e70.JPG 0c99a39632d2238b1a6c0c3d53f11e44 http://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/e88f957dff891517bf42500082e8322a.JPG dc737380b21905b652df2a929506051b 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 Plumas 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>#0723 Pioneer Ski Area of America, Johnsville</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> In front of Museum at Plumas-Eureka State Park, on Graeagle Johnsville Rd, 5 mi SW of Blairsden<br /><br />Plaque and site are located in Plumas Eureka State Park. Access limited to hours of operation.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B045'23.9%22N+120%C2%B041'51.5%22W/@39.756626,-120.697654,992m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">39.756626,-120.697654</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> State plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> Pioneer Ski Area of America <br /><br />The first sport ski area in the western hemisphere was in the Sierra Nevada. By 1860 races were being held in the Plumas-Sierra region. The mining towns of Whiskey Diggings, Poker Flat, Port Wine, Onion Valley, La Porte, Jamison City, and Johnsville organized the earliest ski clubs and annual competitions.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the California Historical Society, Plumas County Historical Society, and the Plumas Ski Club. February 12, 1961. <p></p> Registered 1/18/1960