Nobles Trail – Hat Creek Station Marker

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Near Old Station in Shasta County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Nobles Trail – Hat Creek Station

By Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2012

1. Nobles Trail – Hat Creek Station Marker

Inscription. “Drove 5 miles to Hat Creek Station (Old Station). Wild looking place. Signs of Indians. They have been here of late fishing.” Gorman Gates Kimball, Jun 19, 1865

Erected 2006 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number N-41.)

Location. 40° 40.121′ N, 121° 26.796′ W. Marker is near Old Station, California, in Shasta County. Marker can be reached from California Route 44/89, on the left when traveling north. Click for map. This marker is located in the Hat Creek Forest Service Campground between Hat Creek and the main campground road, opposite site 31. Marker is in this post office area: Old Station CA 96071, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Old Station (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Old Station (approx. 0.8 miles away); Old Station Post Office (approx. 1.2 miles away); Nobles' Emigrant Trail (approx. 8.9 miles away); Mt. Lassen/The Noble Pass/The Park Highway (approx. 8.9 miles away); Nobles Trail – Third Nobles Pass (approx. 10 miles away); Hot Rock (approx. 10.5 miles away); Devastated Area (approx. 10.7 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Old Station.

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By Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2012

2. Nobles Trail – Hat Creek Station Marker

Nobles Trail - Trails West. In the spring of 1852, William Nobles convinced the merchants of Shasta City, near present day Redding, California, that he had discovered a viable wagon road to their thriving town. Nobles proceeded to show them the new wagon route that initially branched off the Applegate Trail at Black Rock and headed southwest across the Black Rock and Smoke Creek Deserts to Honey Lake Valley and Susanville. (Submitted on August 6, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)

By Barry Swackhamer, July 12, 2012

3. Hat Creek

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 6, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 72 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 6, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.