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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BX0_no-4-kingpin-hydraulic-giant_Yreka-CA.html
Purpose: gold mining. Used from 1890 to 1906. Cast by Joshua Hendy Iron Works. Operated for years at Red Mill Mine, near mouth of Know Nothing Creek. Near 500 foot head of water. Packed to mine by Bennett Co. pack train.
Donated by Nelson Benn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWX_site-of-yreka-inn-site-of-dr-daniel-ream-ranch_Yreka-CA.html
Two related markers on opposite sides of the same 'board'.
Site of Yreka Inn 1925-1975Stopping place for the "Rich and Famous" mid-way between Portland, Oregon and San Francisco
.Built in 1925 by L.L. WeaverPurchased in 1947 byGeorge "Shorty…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWT_moonlit-oaks-dance-pavillion_Yreka-CA.html
Near this location on July 3, 1926, Moonlit Oaks Open Air Dance Platform Opened, hosting dances most Saturday Nights. Pints of illicit spirits were obtained From the man in the parking lot with the Many-pocketed long black overcoat. In Those days,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWR_clampers-meeting-hall_Yreka-CA.html
On or near this site between 1854 and 1856 the members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus had a meeting hall. During the day it was used as a court room and clerks office.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWQ_randolph-collier_Yreka-CA.html
The citizens of Siskiyou County and California hereby honor Senator Randolph Collier, the "Father of the Freeway." Born in Etna, educated in Yreka's schools, Senator Collier began his long political career as a Police Judge in Yreka in 1925. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWE_witherill-building_Yreka-CA.html
The damage to this building in the great fire of 1871 was only $100, no doubt a result of its brick construction. Built by Abel Witherill in 1859 (the same year Yreka was illuminated by gas light), an assortment of short-lived businesses operated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWD_witherill-winckler-building_Yreka-CA.html
Witherill Bldg. Brick-40'x97' - with the sixarches - built for owner AbleWinthrill to serve as two business houses
West half know asWinckler Bldg.Adolf Winckler Grocery &Gen. Mdse. Store - 1850 to 77 Yreka Journel (sic) - Weekly News -Moved fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWC_charles-bibend-building_Yreka-CA.html
Between 1956 and 1866 this building housed a general merchandise store, tin shop, and grocery business. Sometime before the turn-of-the-century, however, it became known as Turner Hall, meeting place for Yreka social and business groups. This incl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWA_bella-union-saloon_Yreka-CA.html
Sam Lockhart owned this property in 1852 and leased it to a gentleman who ran the Bella Union Saloon for a time. When German-born Charles Iunker and Louis Rapi became new owners in 1859, they prided themselves on service, superior liquors, and ele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BW9_wetzel-building_Yreka-CA.html
Originally a general store in the early 1850s, it became the site of Alois Wetzel's first bathhouse and shaving saloon in 1863 (He moved the business across the street three years later). The property was brought and sold numerous times through th…