Near Galt in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Aleck Blue

1839 - 1934

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2022

1. Aleck Blue Marker

Inscription. The ancestral land given to Miwok headman Aleck Blue at this cemetery by employer and friend Pio Valensin for the burial of himself and his lineal descendants is now recognized as rows 14 thru 18 oof the eastern side. Aleck was well known for his healing, his leadership as a medicine man and for maintaining the traditional ways of the Miwok people.

Erected 2013 by Galt-Arno Cemetery District.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Science & Medicine.

Location. 38° 19.552′ N, 121° 19.142′ W. Marker is near Galt, California, in Sacramento County. It is on Arno Road ¼ mile east of California Highway 99, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Galt CA 95632, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Metro,

in the Sacramento Valley,

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Murphy’s Corral (approx. 3.9 miles away); St. Luke's Episcopal Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); George A. Lippi and Joseph F. Smith (approx. 5.1 miles away); Galt Water Tower (approx. 5.1 miles away); Don Ray Building (approx. 5.2 miles away); Rhoads School (approx. 5.7 miles away); Old Elk Grove (approx. 5.9 miles away); The Lincoln Highway (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Galt.

More about this marker. The marker is located within Hicksville Cemetery, on the right side of the path just as one enters the cemetery.

Also see . . .
1. Alexander “Aleck” Blue. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on March 5, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Galt-Arno Cemetery District. Website homepage (Submitted on March 5, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Aleck Blue Marker - reverse side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2022

2. Aleck Blue Marker - reverse side

Alexander “Aleck” Blue image. Click for full size.

via Find A Grave, unknown

3. Alexander “Aleck” Blue

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2022

4. Aleck Blue Marker

The Blue family plots are roughly 120 feet away from the marker, not quite visible here in the background (rows 14-18, although within the cemetery there are no apparent row numbers visible).

Blue family burial plots image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2022

5. Blue family burial plots

The photo shows the burial area for the Blue family. Most of the grave markers are set horizontally on the ground rather than vertically, and so there are more burials here than would be apparent from the photo.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 663 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 18, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 3. submitted on March 5, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4. submitted on March 18, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 5. submitted on March 19, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.