Greenhorn - Yreka, CA
N 41° 42.766 W 122° 39.381
10T E 528587 N 4617943
A historical marker in Greenhorn Park highlights the history of the name 'Greenhorn'.
Waymark Code: WMV31P
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2017
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Located at the west portion of Greenhorn Park and next to a parking lot is a stone monument containing a plaque that reads:
NEAR THIS SPOT IN MARCH OF 1851 A
REAL "GREEHORN" ENGLISHMAN
TRAVELING THROUGH THE COUNTRY
INQUIRED AT THE BEAN-MC CONNELL
DIGGINGS WHERE HE MIGHT ACQUIRE
A GOLD MINE. MR. BEAN AS A JOKE
SENT HIM TO THE MOST UNLIKELY
SPOT UP THE HILL AND TOLD HIM TO
DIG UNDER AN OAK TREE. NO ONE
DREAMED HE COULD STRIKE IT RICH
AND THE JOKE GOT FUNNIER AND
FUNNIER UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS
QUIETLY WORKING THE RICHEST
GROUND ALONG THE CREEK. TO
PERPETUATE THE JOKE ON
THEMSELVES THE MINERS BAPTIZED
THE CREEK "GREENHORN".DEDICATED APRIL 29, 1978
THE HUMBUG CHAPTER #73 E CLAMPUS VITUS |
Greenhorn Park was a bicentennial project and dedicated to the city of Yreka in 1976 and named after nearby Greenhorn Creek (originally named Race Creek) in honor of this funny bit of history.
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