Turning Water into Gold

The Rising Tide of History in the Trinity Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area

By 1956 the Gold Rush was only an echo along the river now covered by Trinity and Lewiston Lakes. The abandoned remnants of fevered mining activity ...

Fort Gillem

Named in honor of Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.

Enlisted as a Private in the 17th Infantry in 1910 at Ft. McPherson, Georgia and returned after 37 years of service spanning the globe from China and Siberia to Europe and ...

Site of First Cabin

On this site was built

the fist cabin and

Weaverville named

July, 8 1850

Marker is on Court Street east of Main Street (California Highway 299), on the left when traveling east.

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South African War Memorial

South face of pedestal:

To the memory and in honour

of the

Canadians who died defending the Empire

in the South African War, 1899-1902

South face of obelisk:

Paarderberg

Dreifontein

Johannesburg

Diamond Hill

Belfast

Relief of Kimberly

Relief of Mafeking

Harts River

.

East face of obelisk:

Natal

South Africa, 1901

South Africa, 1902

West face of obelisk:

Cape ...

The Beadle’s Tower

Bettelturm

[Marker text in German:]

Hier stand der innere Torturm der südlichen Doppeltor-Anlage, im Volksmund Bettelturm genannt(Büttel = Gerechtsknecht). Erstmals 1340 erwähnt, wurde der Turm schon im 1756 wegen Steinfraß und morschem Fundament wieder abgebrochen.

Geschichte für alle - historischer Verein in Gerolzhofen, ...

The First School in Camas

1882

The first school in Camas (La Camas) was built prior to 1882. It was replaced by a four room school (with inside plumbing) in 1886. The first school remained on the school grounds until 1907. In 1907 the then Columbia ...

Dingolshäuser Gate

Dingolshäuser Tor

[Marker text in German:]

An dieser Stelle stand das Ost-Tor der äusseren Stadtmauer, das sogenannten Dingolshäuser Tor. Um 1470 unter Bischof Rudolf von Scherenberg errichtet. 1670 nach den Schwedenkrieg erneuert. 1882 wurde das Torhaus für den Bau einer breiteren Strasse ...

Sgt. John F. Conner, Sr.

In Memory of Sgt. John F. Conner, Sr.

Who gave his life in line of duty.

“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

St. John 15:13

Marker is on North 2nd Street (Business ...

Hallie Daggett: Sophisticated Lady and Hardy Pioneer

Hallie Morse Daggett was a refined woman educated in San Francisco, however, her deep love for her childhood home at the Black Bear Mine near Sawyers Bar drew her back to the mountains. She knew how to hunt, fish, ride, ...

Hudson Bay Trail

Hudson Bay Trail

Originated 1836

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Howell Road and Center Street and Diggles Road.

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