Near Chester in Plumas County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Stump Ranch

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 1, 2012

1. Stump Ranch Marker

Inscription. Stump Ranch, a stage stop on the Red Bluff – Susanville Wagon Road, was also the road’s caretaker. It may have changed hands in an 1890’s poker game. The name arose after 1880’s logging left a field of stumps. So it could be recorded as swamp land in 1869, surveyors worked from a horse drawn wooden boat. J.C. Tyler, the road’s agent, charged tolls: $1 for a horseman, $10 per 8 horse hitch, 16¢ per head of cattle and 10¢ for sheep and hogs. The road and ranch have seen many a cowboy, pioneer, Indian, logger, gold prospector, outlaw, drover, and Civil War vet heading for California.

Erected 1999 by E Clampus Vitus, Las Plumas del Oro Chapter No. 8, Vigilante Outpost No. 1911.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Notable Places • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.

Location. 40° 21.837′ N, 121° 22.62′ W. Marker is near Chester, California, in Plumas County. It is on Section Old Red Bluff Road (County Route 311). This markers is 4 miles up Section Old Red Bluff

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Road (Plumas County Road 311), and 2 miles beyond the end of the paved road at Domingo Springs, from the intersection with Warner Valley Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chester CA 96020, 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1848 – Lassen Trail – 1849 (approx. 7.3 miles away); Dave Stratford 1945 – 2001 (approx. 8½ miles away); Chester Veterans Memorial Plaza (approx. 8½ miles away); "Dinky" (approx. 8.6 miles away); Olde Towne Corner Store (approx. 8.7 miles away); Char's Beauty Salon (approx. 8.7 miles away); Chester Library (approx. 8.7 miles away); Mt. Lassen Club (approx. 8.7 miles away).

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 1, 2012

2. Stump Ranch Marker

Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chester.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 1, 2012

3. Stump Ranch Marker

Domingo Springs image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 1, 2012

4. Domingo Springs

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 1, 2012

5. Domingo Springs

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,276 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 24, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.