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

Hilt War Memorial

 
 
Hilt War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2015
1. Hilt War Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In honor
of our veterans
who sacrificed their
lives in World War II
Alphonse, L.G. • Baugartnere, W. • Bernheisel, T.L. • Capello, A.F. • Clark, J.J. • Dunaway J.S. • Dutro, W.E. • Harris, Wm • Ladd, J. • Mottern, R. • Russell, F.S. (Korea)

 
Erected by American Legion, Hilts Post 327.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 59.749′ N, 122° 37.314′ W. Memorial is in Hilt, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Hilt Road near King Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 908 Hilt Road, Hornbrook CA 96044, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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 Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically,
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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: Hilt, CA (here, next to this marker); Siskiyou Pass (approx. 5.3 miles away in Oregon); Siskiyou Mountain Wagon Road (approx. 5.4 miles away in Oregon); a different marker also named Siskiyou Mountain Wagon Road (approx. 6.3 miles away in Oregon); Founding of the American Legion (approx. 6.8 miles away); Cottonwood (approx. 6.9 miles away); Bradford Ripley Alden (approx. 7.2 miles away); Cottonwood Basin (approx. 7.2 miles away).
 
More about this memorial. This marker is at the Hilt Church
 
Hilt War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2015
2. Hilt War Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 816 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
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Jul. 31, 2026