French Camp

Here was the terminus of the Oregon-California Trail used by the French-Canadian trappers employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company from about 1832 to 1845. Michel La Framboise, among others, met fur trappers here annually where they camped with their families. ...

French Army Encampment

General Rochambeau's troops camped here in August 1781 en route to the Battle of Yorktown.

Marker is on Valley Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org