Nobles Trail--Butte Creek Meadow - California
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Volcanoguy
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Nobles Trail history marker near CA Hwy 44 and Butte Creek.
Waymark Code: WMJE4K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
Views: 1
The Nobles Trail extended from the Applegate Trail at Black Rock and went southwest to Honey Lake Valley and Susanville, passed just north of Lassen Peak and continued on to the Sacramento Valley at Shasta CIty.
Text of Marker:
Nobles Trail--Butte Creek Meadow
“Day pleasant. Road has been excellent . . . has led us through beautiful glades and plains . . . tonight we are camped at ‘Butte Creek’ a fine little stream with abundance.” -- Benjamin Franklin Ruggles, Aug 15, 1859
Group that erected the marker: Trails West Inc. http://emigranttrailswest.org/
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:
2 miles east of Shasta-Lassen County Line and 1 mile south of CA Hwy 44
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