Pioneer Stage Drivers - Siskiyou County, CA
N 41° 48.553 W 122° 35.573
10T E 533817 N 4628674
Pioneer Bridge and a stone memorial were erected in 1931 as a tribute to the stage drivers along this pass in the late 1800s. This portion of the highway is along the old Highway 99.
Waymark Code: WMV3CV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2017
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Located at the east end of the historic Pioneer Bridge and just off the road is a stone monument comprising a bronze plaque that reads:
DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF PIONEER STAGE DRIVERS
1854 • "KNIGHTS OF THE WHIP" • 1887TO THE PIONEERS OF STAGE AND TEAM • TO YOU WHOSE COURAGE LED YOU ON • THROUGH TRIALS AND HARDSHIPS FOUGHT AND WON • TO YOU WHOSE FAITH IN GOD AND MAN • INSPIRED THE WORK OF THIS GREAT SPAN • WITH PRIDE AND HOMAGE EVER TRUE • "THIS BRIDGE" WE DEDICATE TO YOU ERECTED AUGUST 29, 1931 |
The actual span of the old stage road that the stage drivers used is along Shasta River below the bridge and still a dirt road today.