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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190K_plumas-county-honor-roll-world-war-two-and-korea-and-vietnam_Portola-CA.html
Two memorial panels have been placed in front of the Veteran's Memorial Hall in Portola
Daniel Herrmann · Lee Johnson · Palmer Johnson · Fred R. Kabkee · O. Jean Kampschmidt · Kelly E. Kimes · Howard Ki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190G_sierra-valley-history_Portola-CA.html
This marker is made up of four panels. They are presented left to right.
Agriculture in Sierra ValleyA few years after James Beckwourth settled on what he called the War Horse Ranch just west of here in 1852, more ranches and farms were establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190F_round-lake-mine_Portola-CA.html
This gold mine, part of the Johnsonville Mining District, was initially prospected during the Gold Rush but not fully developed until 1914. A stamp mill was built here in 1915 to extract the gold. Only a few feet of ground surface were gold bearin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190E_beckwourth-trail-the-road-forks_Portola-CA.html
"Beckwiths House (is) the first house that I have seen since I left (Ft.) Laramie... at Beckwiths House the roads fork, the left hand goes to 76 & Maryesville, the right hand is called Beckwiths rout to Maryesville." - John F. Freeman, Sep 13, 1852
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190D_james-p-beckwourth-ranch-and-trading-post_Portola-CA.html
Beckwourth, a mountaineer, trader, and Crow Chief, discovered and promoted this emigrant trail. In 1852, near this site, he established the first waystop for emigrants between here and Salt Lake City.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM190C_step-back-in-time_Portola-CA.html
Long before settlers and ranchers came to Sierra Valley, native people of the Washoe and Maidu tribes hunted deer and collected plants here, perhaps on the very spot you are standing. The Washoe traveled fro the east, over Beckwourth Pass, from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM127E_jim-beckwourth-trading-post_Portola-CA.html
Established 1852
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1277_james-p-beckwourth_Portola-CA.html
This monument dedicated to the memory ofJames P. BeckwourthBorn in Virginia, the son of a Southern planter and a negro slave, Beckwourth was a trapper, scout and mountain man. He explored the west with Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Peter Lassen. Jam…