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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM171Q_a-matter-of-balance_Monterey-CA.html
Whiskeytown Lake is part of a system of dams, reservoirs, canals, and power plants that make up the Central Valley Project (CVP). Created to control floods, supply water, and generate power, the CVP serves millions of Californians from Redding to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170Y_northern-california-veterans-memorials_Igo-CA.html
U.S. Army Special ForcesTo the Quiet Professionals forTheir Courage, Their Honor,Their Ability and for TheirUnwaviering Dedication toFreedomDe Oppresso LiberDedicated by SFA Chapter 89Combat Purple Heart Wounded Veterans MemorialDedicated to those…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170S_cinder-cone-volcano-and-the-fantastic-lava-beds_Westminster-CA.html
This basaltic andesite boulder was created about 350 years ago, during the formation of Cinder Cone Volcano. Cinder cones form when blobs of gas-charged lava explode from a volcano's vent, then fall back to earth as cooled fragments of rock.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170M_pluck-and-carry_Monterey-CA.html
If we think of volcanoes as mountain builders, then glaciers are mountain remodelers. This lone rock pays tribute to the rearranging forces of glaciers. Glaciers carve, grind, and excavate mountains in ways that geologists easily recognize. This h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170E_people-of-the-land_Eureka-Springs-CA.html
The mountains of Lassen Volcanic National Park have been a sacred place of healing and strength to American Indians for more than a thousand years. The Atsugewi, Maidu, Yana, and Yahi tribes settled in the mountain foothills and spent their summer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RZ_nobles-bungalow_Shingletown-CA.html
On this site, in 1903, H.H. Noble, President of the Northern California Power Co., built a summer home using native rock from this bluff. The bungalow was destroyed by forest fire in 1917. The nearby forebay lakes serving Volta Power House were na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13QO_old-station_Old-Station-CA.html
The Hat Creek Station was established here in 1856 and operated by the California Stage Co. on the eastern branch of the California-Oregon Trail and the Nobles Trail. The intrusion of the whites through Indian lands led to many conflicts. On Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13OJ_nobles-emigrant-trail_Charles-Town-CA.html
Pioneered by William Nobles, this trail linked the Applegate Trail in Nevada to the Northern Sacramento Valley. During the 1850s and 60s, several thousand emigrants used this trail in their migration from the eastern United States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13G8_bumpasss-hell_Tucson-CA.html
Our guide [Mr. K.V. Bumpass,] after cautioning us to be careful where we stepped, that the surface was treacherous, suddenly concluded with Virgil that the "descent to Hell was easy" for stepping upon a slight inequality in the ground he broke thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13G0_nobles-emigrant-trail_Shingletown-CA.html
In 1852, William H. Nobles located an easier and more direct route to California for gold-seekers and pioneers heading west. Nobles Trail contributed importantly to the development of Northern California and led to additional transportation routes…