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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1I_first-summit_Shiloh-CA.html
Below this ridge is what some pioneers dubbed the "Devils Ladder." A name reflecting the steepness and extreme difficulty that pioneers experienced as they began their ascent over the Sierra Nevada. This climb was usually referred to as the "first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1E_naming-of-carson-pass_Stantonville-CA.html
In February of 1844, John C. Fremont led a group of men over these mountains as they struggled to reach Sutter's Fort. Little did they know that the pass, which lay 20 to 30 feet under the snow beneath them, would be a major route for the Gold Rus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDL9_alpine-hotel_Markleeville-CA.html
Originally built in 1862 as the Fiske House in Silver Mountain City. It was dismantled, board by board, in 1886 by A.M. Grover and a crew of men. Each board was marked and many of the old square nails were saved. It was re-erected on this site and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KF_grover-hot-springs_Markleeville-CA.html
Telltale signs of geologic activity surround Grover Hot Springs State Park. Bold granite peaks to the northwest are the work of immense mountain building forces. Old lava flows cover hundreds of square miles to the east, giving the Markleeville ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM82C_sonora-pass_Arnold-CA.html
The idea of a wagon road through this pass connecting Tuolumne County with mining towns of Mono County was first called to attention by Andrew Fletcher in 1862. The original trail through Sonora Pass was opened for pack animals in September 1862. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RK_kit-carson_Markleeville-CA.html
On this spot, which marks the summit of the Kit Carson Pass stood what was known as the Kit Carson Tree on which the famous scout Kit Carson inscribed his name in 1844 when he guided the then Captain John C. Fremont, head of a government exploring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7RG_snowshoe-thom-p-son_Markleeville-CA.html
"?there ought to be a shaft raised to Snow-Shoe Thompson: Not of marble; Not carved and not planted in the valley, but a rough shaft of basalt or of granite, massive and tall, with top ending roughly as if broken short, to represent a life which w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Q0_markleeville-general-store_Markleeville-CA.html
On August 2, 1885, fire broke out in the Town of Markleeville destroying several buildings, including Harvey and Rask's Bucher Shop and Smokehouse. Later on in the Fall, the building was rebuilt and reopened as Rask's Butcher Shop.The building tod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7E7_reynolds-peak_Hampton-CA.html
Named in memory ofG. ELMER REYNOLDSStockton, CaliforniaConservationist and lover of nature
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7DE_ebbetts-pass_Crown-Point-CA.html
Named after Major John Ebbett and pointed out in 1853 to surveyor G.H. Goodard who referred to it as a "route of great promise - probably the best one for a transcontinental railway." No emigrant train used this route but a stage road was compl…
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