Near Tennant in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Yreka Trail - Are Yet On Butte Creek
Photographed By Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016
1. Are Yet On Butte Creek Marker
Erected 2008 by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number Y-9.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the California Trail, the Trails West Inc., and the Yreka Trail series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is October 9, 1853.
Location. 41° 38.508′ N, 122° 1.37′ W. Marker is near Tennant, California, in Siskiyou County. Marker is on Tennant Road, 0.8 miles north of Forest Road 44N25, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Macdoel CA 96058, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Yreka Historic Trail (approx. 2.1 miles away); Yreka Trail - Near a Little Lake (approx. 2.4 miles away); Yreka Trail-Splendid Pine Timber/Yreka Trail-To a Swamp (approx. 3 miles away); Yreka Trail - Out of Danger (approx. 3.8 miles away); Yreka Trail - Up Butte Creek (approx. 4.1 miles away);
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More about this marker. This marker location designates a split of two trail routes: the original 1852 route that left this marker location and headed southwest and then south for 16 miles to Harts Meadow; and the 1854 route which replaced the 1852 route as a shorter and easier route. This newer route traveled west/northwest and then southwest towards Marker Y-10.
Regarding Yreka Trail - Are Yet On Butte Creek. Trails West, Inc. sells a driving guidebook titled A Guide to the Yreka Trail which provides maps and additional history on the Yreka Trail as it passed through designated marker locations. Purchasing this guidebook prior to visiting the Yreka Trail markers is highly encouraged to gain a better experience of the history of this historic trail.
Photographed By Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016
2. Are Yet On Butte Creek Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2020. This page has been viewed 141 times since then and 9 times this year. Last updated on June 20, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 20, 2020, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
