Meadow Valley in Plumas County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Meadow Valley Historical Site

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

1. Meadow Valley Historical Site Marker

Inscription. Here early residents of what was then an isolated valley created their own cultural center. On land deeded by Richard Jacks, through subscription and donated labor, they constructed the first public school of the area. Across the way shortly thereafter, again by community efforts, they built “the Philomathean Hall” to house a library and to be the scene of debates, theatricals, concerts and other forms of creative expression. Theirs was indeed a splendid isolation.

Erected 1971 by E Clampus Vitus, Las Plumas del Oro Chapter No. 8.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list.

Location. 39° 55.815′ N, 121° 3.661′ W. Marker is in Meadow Valley, California, in Plumas County. It is on Bucks Lake Road just south of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2512 Bucks Lake Road, Meadow Valley CA 95956, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Shasta Cascade

and in the Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spanish Ranch (approx. 1.4 miles away); Spanish Creek Mines

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); Feather Publishing Co. (approx. 5.9 miles away); Plumas County Veterans Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); Elizabethtown (approx. 6 miles away); Forest Stationers (approx. 6 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); Goodwin Law Office (approx. 6 miles away).

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

2. Meadow Valley Historical Site Marker

Old Meadow Valley Elementary School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

3. Old Meadow Valley Elementary School

Meadow Valley Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

4. Meadow Valley Cemetery Marker

Located at the end of Cemetery Road is the Meadow Valley Cemetery. Dedicated to the memory of
the pioneers of the Meadow Valley Region
Flag pole installed by the American Legion Dewey McElroy
Post 304, Las Plumas del Oro No. 8 EC
and VFW Kenneth M. Hayes Post 3825
September 10, 1994

Meadow Valley Cemetery, Marker and Flagpole. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

5. Meadow Valley Cemetery, Marker and Flagpole.

Meadow Valley Cemetery Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

6. Meadow Valley Cemetery Sign

Meadow Valley Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 30, 2012

7. Meadow Valley Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,155 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 18, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.