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Near Butte Meadows in Tehama County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Lassen Trail - The Narrows

— Ishi Monument —

 
 
Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 18, 2015
1. Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker
Inscription.
"There is an immense abyss on either side, we could look down thousands of feet. The side of the ridge seeming almost perpendicular" - Charles Glass Gray, Sep 29, 1849
Guidebook available
Trails West Inc., P.O. Box 12045, Reno, NV 89510

 
Erected 1998 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number L-54.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Native AmericansRoads & VehiclesSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Trail, the Lassen Trail and Burnett Cutoff, and the Trails West Inc. series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is September 29, 1849.
 
Location. 40° 10.433′ N, 121° 40.005′ W. Marker is near Butte Meadows, California, in Tehama County. Marker is on Forest Service Road 27N08 (Lassen Trail) near California Route 32, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Forest Ranch CA 95942, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bruff's Camp (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lassen Trail - Bruff's Camp (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lassen Trail - Unrecognizable Emigrants (approx. 3.4 miles away); History of the Lassen Trail (approx. 3.4 miles
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away); Welcome to the Ishi Wilderness (approx. 3.4 miles away); Lassen Trail - Mill Creek Overlook (approx. 3.8 miles away); Lassen Trail - The Last Summit (approx. 5.3 miles away); Katie Thompson – Mattie Thompson – Josie Campbell (approx. 8.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Butte Meadows.
 
More about this marker. There are no signs identifying Forest Service Road 27N08 or Lassen Trail. This marker is approximately 20 miles from the intersection of Highway 32 and FS 27N08.
 
Also see . . .  The Story of Ishi - A History of UCSF. In August of 1911 a starving native-American man walked out of the Butte County wilderness into Oroville and became an instant journalistic sensation. He was identified by UC anthropologists Alfred Kroeber and T. T. Waterman as the last of a remnant band of Yahi people native to the Deer Creek region. (Submitted on August 26, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.) 
 
Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 18, 2015
2. Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker
This monument to <i>Ishi</i> is located near the Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 18, 2015
3. This monument to Ishi is located near the Lassen Trail - The Narrows Marker
Plaques on the <i>Ishi</i> monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 18, 2015
4. Plaques on the Ishi monument
"Ishi ... May your spirit caress the winds of these mountain tops and ... Grandfather look upon your People forever."
It was a Yahi Indian born to this land.
"May you always rest well, our Yahi Brother."

Redding Rancheria, Pit River Cultural Committee and Beverly Ogle

Smaller plaque below
"May we never forget" ...
Enterprise Tribe • Nor-el-muk Tribe • Mechoopda Tribe • Berry Creek Tribe • Mooretown Tribe • Lassen National Park • California Attorney General • Smithsonian Institute Repatriation Office • Butte County Native American Cultural Committee
... and all other who helped during this most difficult time.
<i>Ishi</i> image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer
5. Ishi
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 794 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 26, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.

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