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

First Permanent Residence in Indian Valley

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 5, 2013

1. First Permanent Residence in Indian Valley Marker

Inscription. Site of the first permanent residence in Indian Valley. Built by Jobe T. Taylor in February 1852.
This maker made from the millstones brought around Cape Horn in 1856 for the first flour mill in the Pacific Northwest, located in Taylorville, Plumas County, California.

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Erected by Plumas Parlor No. 228 N.S.G.W. Nov. 6, 1938

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Chimney

Erected 1938 by Native Sons of the Golden West, Plumas Parlor No. 228.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1852.

Location. 40° 4.516′ N, 120° 50.518′ W. Marker is in Taylorsville, California, in Plumas County. It is on Arlington Road (Main Street) near Anne Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Taylorsville CA 95983, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Taylorsville Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Taylorville General Store (about 500 feet away); Taylorsville Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Peter Lassen

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(approx. 5½ miles away); Oakland Camp (approx. 7.1 miles away); Bransford & McIntyre Store (approx. 7.3 miles away); Sincerity Lodge 132 F.&A.M. (approx. 7.3 miles away); Bransford & McIntyre Warehouse (approx. 7.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Taylorsville.

More about this marker. This marker is located in front of the Jobe T. Taylor Elementary School.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 5, 2013

2. First Permanent Residence in Indian Valley Marker

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 5, 2013

3. First Permanent Residence in Indian Valley Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 542 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 20, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.