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

South Road - Hot Creek

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016

1. South Road - Hot Creek Marker

Inscription. "Road good ... Still crooking round the inlets of lake, make 8 miles and camp at a fine bold spring but not cold."

Virgil Pringle, Oct 2, 1846

Erected by Trails West Inc. (Marker Number A-52.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Applegate Trail, the California Trail, and the Trails West Inc. series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is October 2, 1846.

Location. 41° 56.251′ N, 121° 50.772′ W. Marker is near Dorris, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Dorris Brownell Road 2 miles west of Sheepy Creek Road, on the left when traveling west. The marker is across the road from the entrance to D Ranch. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dorris CA 96023, 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

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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: Dorris Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Applegate Trail (approx. 5.1 miles away in Oregon); a different marker also named Applegate Trail (approx. 5.1 miles away in Oregon); Resolving the Oregon Question (approx. 5.1 miles away in Oregon); Western International History (approx. 5.1 miles away in Oregon); The 42nd Parallel (approx. 5.1 miles away in Oregon); Picard California (approx. 6.9 miles away); South Road - Forks Of The Yreka Trail / Yreka Trail - The Trail Forks (approx. 7.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dorris.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016

2. South Road - Hot Creek Marker

Historic D Ranch image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016

3. Historic D Ranch

The marker is across the road from the D Ranch entrance.

Dorris Brownell Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016

4. Dorris Brownell Road

Photographed by Alvis Hendley, October 10, 2016

5. Dorris Brownell Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2020, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. This page has been viewed 381 times since then and 12 times this year. Last updated on June 20, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 20, 2020, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.