FIRST - Site of Yreka Gas Works - Yreka, CA
N 41° 43.982 W 122° 38.105
10T E 530347 N 4620200
This historic marker is located in front of the Best Western Miners Inn Convention Center along N Main Street in Yreka, CA.
Waymark Code: WMK38W
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2014
Views: 1
Located in front of the Best Western Miners Inn Convention Center on N Main Street is a historical marker that reads:
Gas WorksSite of the Yreka Gas Works
which on Dec. 17, 1859 first
lighted Yreka streets.
The gas was made by burning
pine pitch.
I purchased a historical book of Yreka as part of the popular Images of America series and was disappointed not to be able to find a picture or any reference to the Gas Works company once located at this site.
If you want to visit another 'First' in Yreka, there is another historical sign that looks just like this one that stands in front of Yreka's first log house and can be visited here.
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