Sloat Mill Site

(Thought to have been named for Commodore John Drake Sloat of Bear Flag Revolt fame)

Several ranches were established in Long Valley during the 1800s. In 1912, the Sloat Lumber Co. cut the first boards in its new sawmill, allowing the ...

Sloat Towne Hall

The Sloat Towne Hall is the only remaining public building in Sloat. It was built in 1935 as a union and meeting hall, and was donated by the United Independent Workers’ Union to the community in 1956.

The town of Sloat ...

Feather Publishing Co.

Marker on Left:

Feather Publishing Co.

A tradition of newspapers serving Plumas County since 1866

Dedicated September 15, 1978

Marker on Right:

Commemorating 125 Years of Journalism

Serving Plumas County

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Crescent Street (State Highway 70 / 89) and ...

Battle of Trent's Reach

In a daring attempt to attack the Federal supply base at City Point, 11 warships of the James River Squadron ventured downriver on the night of January 23, 1865. Confederate land batteries fired against Fort Brady as the darkened warships ...

Congregational Church

The church was purchased from J. M. Pike at a cost of 12,000 dollars and dedicated on June 23rd 1866 by the Rev. Mr. Beckwith of San Francisco. The first minister was the Rev. M. A. Starr; however, the church ...

Nathaniel J. Frederick House

(Front text)

Nathaniel J. Frederick (1877-1938), educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist, lived here from 1904 until his death. This house was built in 1903 by Cap J. Carroll, a prominent businessman and city official whose daughter Corrine married ...

Confederate Grand Assault

“All was disorder and excitement; the field was full of men running for their very lives, and it was almost impossible to make any resistance to the tide of humanity pressing down upon us.”

John E. Stewart, 44th New York

General James ...

United States Colored Troops

Civil War Memorial Monument

African Americans have served in every war since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, more that 180,000 African Americans comprising 170 units served in the Union Army and 29,511 served in the Union Navy. Nearly 700 ...

Salvation Army Building

Built 1946

Historic and Current Address:

126 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The 1749 Foundation

Below this concrete cap sits the stone foundation Beavertail's 1749 lighthouse.

Initially built to provide safe passage into Newport's colonial harbor, it was designed and built by Peter Harrison, "America's first architect," who later designed the Redwood library, Touro Synagogue and ...