Pioneer Hill - Lockeford, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 10.085 W 121° 09.445
10S E 661410 N 4226068
A plaque about Pioneer Hill.
Waymark Code: WMHGBK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2013
Views: 2
It was on this hill that Dr. Dean Jewett Locke and his brother Elmer H. Locke built the first cabin of this section in 1851. Disturbed by grizzly bears, they spent their first nights in the oak trees. Dr. Locke, physician for the Boston and Newton Joint Stock Company, left Boston April 16 1849, crossing the plains, arriving at Sacramento. Sept. 16 1849 he built and maintained a ford across the Mokelumne River and because of this fact his wife, Delia Hammond Locke, in 1859 named the town he layed [sic] out on his range,
Lockeford.
Luther Locke, his father, was postmaster of the first post office established in 1861. Dr. Locke was born in Langdon, N.H. April 16 1823, and died at Lockeford May 4 1887.
Dedicated by Stockton Parlor No. 256, Native Daughters of the Golden West, July 18 1936
Group that erected the marker: Native Daughters of the Golden West
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Elliot Rd
Lockefod, CA USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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