Cameron Building Site

In1852 the Cameron Bros. built a 2 story building. Madam La Batcheler purchased it in 1853 and operated the Golden Gate Saloon. Later known as the Polka Saloon, by 1855, the town lodges of ECV, Masons and Son of Temperance ...

Pioneer Windmill

A wind-driven machine for pumping water. Its use made gardening easier and led to irrigated farming on arid High Plains. With barbed wire, it enabled settlers and stockmen to penetrate region in 1870s.

Town had name “Windmill City” because of some ...

Old Weaverville Fire Station

This building, with its rammed earth wall was constructed by early Chinese settlers.

On January 17, 1910, it was purchased by the Weaverville Fire District and was their fire station until 1949.

In 1979, the local fire district, with funding from the ...

Weaverville / Mountain Charlie

Two plaques are on this monument:

Upper Marker:

Weaverville

This town was created in 1850 by the early miners, merchants, craftsmen and worshippers as the gold mining and commercial center of the area. Here they built of brick, earth and wood the examples ...

New York Hotel

Built in 1854 as a single story frame building, it burned in the town fire of 1859 and rebuilt as a brick two-story. It was gutted in the big fire of 1863 and rebuilt. The hotel was known as the ...

I.O.O.F. Hall

Erected 1856

Purchased by

I.O.O.F. 1865

Dedicated as

Historical

Building

by

I.O.O.F. and

Trinity County

Historical Society

Marker is on Main Street (California Route 299), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Spiral Staircases

The spiral staircases of Weaverville have always been a predominant part of this community’s architecture. The structures became a necessity because of the separate ownership of the upper and lower floors.

This stairway, the first of these landmarks, was built in ...

Blackwell School

Education for local children of Mexican descent dates from 1889, when the former Methodist church became a schoolhouse. The school, named for longtime principal Jesse Blackwell, served hundreds of Hispanic children up to ninth grade. Students were told to speak ...

The Crash of Flight 307

March 7, 1950 at 9:02 PM

During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on the flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain Donald Jones struggled to maintain altitude as he circled around for another attempt. ...

L. T. Lester Home

Built 1904; mantel pieces for 4 fireplaces, 2 marble lavatories bought in Kansas City, Mo. Site of political, social, church gatherings.

Lester—buffalo hunter and cattleman—settled here, 1889; opened first bank, 1900. Active in civic affairs, he helped bring West Texas State ...