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 Thompson's Dry Diggings - Yreka, CA
N 41° 44.182 W 122° 38.837
10T E 529331 N 4620566
This historical marker is one of two that reside within Discovery Park.
Waymark Code: WMNH1G
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2015
Views: 1
Located within Discovery Park are two historical markers. One of them is a bronze plaque monumented in front of a large granite boulder that reads:
THOMPSON'S
DRY DIGGINGSGOLD WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN MARCH, 1851 BY ABRAHAM THOMPSON, MEMBER OF A PARTY WHICH WAS ENROUTE FROM OREGON TO SCOTT BAR. FOLLOWING A HEAVY RAIN STORM, PARTICLES OF GOLD IN THE ROOTS OF GRASS PULLED UP BY PACK ANIMALS CAUSED THOMPSON TO WASH THREE PANS OF GRAVEL, THE RESULTS CONVINCED THE PARTY THAT THE AREA WAS RICH ENOUGH TO WORK. IN THE PARTY WERE DR. F. G. HAERN, JUDGE SILAS J. DAY AND A MR. BELL. THOMPSON'S PARTNER. ALL STAKED CLAIMS ON THESE FLATS, THIRTY FEET SQUARE, AND IT WAS NAMED "THOMPSON'S DRY DIGGINGS"/ WITHIN SIX WEEKS 2,000 PROSPECTORS RUSHED HERE TO MINE. BUT NEED OF WATER CAUSED THE SETTLEMENT TO MOVE TO THE CREEK, AND IT BECAME KNOWN AS SHASTA BUTTE CITY. THIS NAME BEING CONFUSED WITH SHASTA, IN SHASTA COUNTY, WAS CHANGED TO "I-E-KA", THE INDIAN WORD FOR MT. SHASTA, "NOW YREKA" IN 1852.ERECTED BY
SISKIYOU COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Group that erected the marker: Siskiyou County Historical Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Discovery Park
Yreka, CA USA
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