Near Montague in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

All Roads Lead to Ager Stage and Freight Stop

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, October 21, 2013

1. All Roads Lead to Ager Stage and Freight Stop Marker

Inscription. Here along the Oregon-California Stage Road of 1856, a new road east to Linkville, now Klamath Falls, was built in 1876.
With the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad in 1887, Jerome B. Ager saw a need for a hotel, general store, saloon and dance hall to accompany the existing stage and horse barns. .
Ager became a railroad staging and freighting hub, providing services and supplies for travelers and local communities. .
Activities slowed in 1909 with the completion of the railroad line from Weed to Klamath Falls. In 1941 the town of Ager faded away and soon after the general store closed.

Erected 2008 by E Clampus Vitus, Humbug Chapter 73 & Umpqua Joe Outpost 1859.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1856.

Location. 41° 51.956′ N, 122° 27.679′ W. Marker is near Montague, California, in Siskiyou County. It is at the intersection of Ager Beswick Road and Hornbrook Ager Road on Ager Beswick Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5415 Ager Beswick Road, Montague CA 96064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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 11 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: Klamathon (approx. 3.3 miles away); Founding of the American Legion (approx. 5.7 miles away); Cottonwood Basin (approx. 5.8 miles away); Bradford Ripley Alden (approx. 5.8 miles away); Cottonwood (approx. 5.9 miles away); Wilkes Expedition (approx. 7½ miles away); Pioneer Stage Drivers (approx. 7.8 miles away); Montague (approx. 10.2 miles away).

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, October 21, 2013

2. All Roads Lead to Ager Stage and Freight Stop Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,323 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on June 8, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.