Site information:

At intersection of Oregon Gulch Rd and Oregon City Trail

39.592512,-121.528847

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Oregon City

Entering California over the Applegate and Lassen trails, a party of Oregonians, captained by Peter H. Burnett, arrived here in autumn of 1848 to establish the town of Oregon City. Burnett, little more than a year later, became the first civil governor of California. Oregon City, for a time, continued to prosper as a gold mining and supply center and then declined into virtual oblivion.

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the California Heritage Council, Butte County Historical Society, Schoolmates Club and Mr. James Lenhoff. May 8, 1966.

Registered 6/28/1965