Fort Jones in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 11, 2017

1. Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Erected
by
Ft. Jones
Boy Scouts
May 30, 1913,
to our
soldiers
burried here

Erected 1913 by Fort Jones Boy Scouts.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 41° 35.398′ N, 122° 50.096′ W. Memorial is in Fort Jones, California, in Siskiyou County. It can be reached from Cemetery Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Jones CA 96032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on California’s Modoc Plateau,

in the Shasta Cascade,

and in the Klamath Mountains.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and specifically in the Pacific Northwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sgt. James Bryan (approx. ¼ mile away); Fort Jones (approx. half a mile away); “Fort Jones House” (approx. 1.1 miles away); World Wars Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Fort Jones War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Jones (approx. 1.2 miles away); Meamber School (approx. 6.8 miles away); Site of the First Church in Scott Valley (approx. 7.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Jones.

More about this memorial. Marker is located in Fort Jones Cemetery

Regarding Veterans Memorial. I found the spelling of the word 'BURRIED' interesting and wonder if it was intentional since I've never seen it spelled that way.

The famous grave of John King Luttrell who was a U.S.

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Congressman is buried near this memorial. He was a Sergeant of Arms for the California State Assembly during the American Civil War from 1861-1865.

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 11, 2017

2. Veterans Memorial Marker

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 11, 2017

3. Veterans Memorial Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 248 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 19, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.