Piety Hill

Piety Hill (HM1O9W)

Location: Igo, CA 96047 Shasta County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 30.06', W 122° 31.392'

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The townsite is located along Cloverdale Rd. for 0.7 of a mile. Established in 1849, the town grew quickly to 1,500 residents, including 600 Chinese closeby. The Hardscrabble mine began operations in 1853, served by the Dry Creek Tunnel and Fluming Co.'s twenty-two mile long ditch constructed by Chinese labor. When the Hardscrabble's hydraulic operations threatened to destroy the town in 1866, may white residents moved across Conger Gulch to the newly established town of Igo. The Chinese population remained engaged in both mining and vegetable gardening. The town was saved from destruction by the passage of the anti-debris act which limited hydraulic mining. The Chinese stayed until the early 1920's when the last two residents died. In 1907, the water rights of the Dry Creek Tunnel and Fluming Company transferred to the Happy Valley Land and Water Company which extended the ditch system providing agricultural water for the Happy Valley area. Behind this monument is the extension ditch.
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HM NumberHM1O9W
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
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Year Placed2010
Placed ByOno Grange #445, E Clampus Vitus, Trintarianus Chapter # 62 with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 28th, 2015 at 9:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10T E 540400 N 4483474
Decimal Degrees40.50100000, -122.52320000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 30.06', W 122° 31.392'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 30' 3.6" N, 122° 31' 23.52" W
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Area Code(s)530
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 14201-14389 Cloverdale Rd, Igo CA 96047, US
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