Dedicated to
Pioneers of Plumas County
To the
Founders of Elizabethtown
and
Elizabeth Stark Blakesley
for whom this town was named
Sept. 1852 — — Map (db m143430) HM
Built in 1876, it is one of the first permanent structures in the Quincy Business District. Businesses of this site included Cohn Bros. Dry Goods, U.S. Post Office, I.O.O.F. Lodge, E.C.V. Hall, National Forest Supervisors office, Quincy Hardware and . . . — — Map (db m56386) HM
Donated by: Plumas Nat. Forest
Built by: Company 989 C.C.C, 1935
Dismantled & Rebuilt by Reserve Navy Mobile Construction Battalion – 2 “Sea Bees” — — Map (db m56501) HM
Mr. J.B. Nash, often referred to as “The Father of Recreation” was Superintendent of the Oakland Recreation Dept. from 1917-1926. He recognized the value of people working and playing together in a camp setting & loved the outdoors. In . . . — — Map (db m66158) HM
Built in 1914 as “Harvey’s Place” by Harvey Egbert. During Prohibition Ed Dory ran the Quincy Dairy Store & some slot machines here. Zola & Plumas “Plumie” Stokes bought the saloon from Egbert in 1947. In 1989 Plumie sold the . . . — — Map (db m56529) HM
(Panel on the left)
On behalf of the grateful people of Plumas County, this memorial is dedicated to all our veterans and those whose names are engraved on these tablets, who made the ultimate sacrifice for us all.
Dedicated May 29, 2006 . . . — — Map (db m66185) HM
This is the original pioneer school house Erected in 1857
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Trustees – J.W. Thompson & J.C. Church
Teacher – Mr. S.A. Ballou – Nineteen scholars — — Map (db m143431) HM
Millions in gold were taken from the Spanish Creek Mines between 1851 and 1905. To supply the miners the small town of New Boston sprang up at the mouth of Wahponsey Creek. Complete with a toll gate, apple orchard and gardens, in the 1870’s it was . . . — — Map (db m56530) HM
Built in 1879, this was the home of Plumas County Judge and State Assemblyman Greenleaf Greeley Clough and his family for nearly a half a century.
In 1927 it became the home of Louis Archibald “Arch” Braden, elected to nine . . . — — Map (db m56401) HM
The 1851 Spring Garden Ranch sat on the Beckwourth Trail one mile west. About 1900 the town grew on the present site. At one time there were 500 people here.
Located on the railroad, it served mines, mills and ranches for many years. — — Map (db m56552) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m66160) HM
This picturesque cemetery dates to the 1850s. Within it’s hallowed grounds sleep many pioneers of Plumas County and particularly Indian Valley, some of whom are:
Jobe Terrill Taylor, founder of Taylorsville; Abbie Fort, African-American beekeeper . . . — — Map (db m56646) HM
To honor the men and women who have fought, and those that have died in the War on Iraq. To remember their courage and especially their sacrifice while doing their duty.
In memoriam Private First Class Jason Poindexter, 2nd Platoon, Echo Company, . . . — — Map (db m66161) WM
This is the site of the
Old Lake House
Erected by Judge Charles F. Lott in 1870 in connection with the diversion of the lake water to his mine at Gravel Range.
This monument was built for his daughter, Cornelia Lott Sank by her husband, and . . . — — Map (db m175884) HM
"We beheld a large valley spread out before us, surrounded by majestic mountains covered with pine and snow. Six miles down the valley brought us into camp on the banks of a branch of Feather River." - Jacob S Hayden, Aug 19, 1853 — — Map (db m148730) HM
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