Grave of Adeline Carson Stilts
In sight of this location is the grave of Adeline Carson Stilt, daughter of scout, guide and explorer Kit Carson. Called “Prairie Flower” by her father, and considered to be his favorite child, she came to the gold site of “Mono Diggins’” with her husband in about 1858. She died in the winter of 1859, at the age of 21, at the home of her friends, known as the Wilson Ranch.
Marker is on Three Flags Highway (State Highway 395) south of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
