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

Yreka Trail - No Water

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 19, 2020

1. Yreka Trail - No Water Marker

Inscription. "After noon we drove on until night and no water to be seen anywhare; so we pitched camp and stayed all night without water; in the morning we hitched up and pushed on for water"
-James Baron, Aug 9, 1855

Erected 2012 by Trails West, Inc. (Marker Number Y-4.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. 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 August 9, 1855.

Location. 41° 45.94′ N, 121° 51.683′ W. Marker is near Macdoel, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Red Rock Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Macdoel CA 96058, 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

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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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Yreka Trail - One Very Steep Stony Hill (approx. 4.8 miles away); Yreka Trail - Over Rocky Roads (approx. 5.2 miles away); Yreka Trail - Quite Stony Today (approx. 5.3 miles away); Yreka Trail - Quite a Stream (approx. 7.1 miles away); Yreka Trail - Willow Springs (approx. 7.2 miles away); Yreka Trail - Out of Danger (approx. 8.2 miles away); Yreka Trail - Up Butte Creek (approx. 8.2 miles away); South Road - Forks Of The Yreka Trail / Yreka Trail - The Trail Forks (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macdoel.

More about this marker. This marker is part of the 1854 trail split from the original 1852 route. This 1854 section of the trail was an easier route than the 1852 route as it passed through Red Rock Valley. If you look closely behind the fence in the near distance, you will see a small swale with rocks piled on either side which is an original section

Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, June 19, 2020

2. Yreka Trail - No Water Marker

View of marker with 1854 trail remnant located behind the fence line.

of the trail.

Regarding Yreka Trail - No Water. 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 Douglass Halvorsen, June 19, 2020

3. Yreka Trail - No Water Marker

Looking at a small swale of an original 1854 Yreka Trail remnant as it heads west (on private property behind the fence and near marker Y-4).

Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 20, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. 2. submitted on June 22, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. 3. submitted on June 20, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.