#0426 Site of Stone and Kelsey Home

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#0426 Site of Stone and Kelsey Home

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Intersection of Main St and Bell Hill Rd, Kelseyville

Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.

38.97838,-122.843424

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State plaque

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Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County

Built by Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey on land purchased from Salvador Vallejo. Constructed by forced Indian labor causing such resentment and culminating in murder by Indians of both Stone and Kelsey in the Fall of 1849. Their remains are beneath this monument.

Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by the County of Lake. Dedicated May 30, 1950.

Registered 3/16/1949

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