Nobles Trail - ROOPTOWN - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Located on the Lassen Historical Museum property and a short distance from the historic Roop's Fort is a historical 'T' marker that is part of a series of historical markers located in parts of Nevada, California and Oregon and placed by the Trails West organization of volunteers to mark important parts of emigrant trails that were traveled in the mid-1800s in this part of the country.

This particular T-marker marks the location of the historic California Nobles Trail that separated from the Applegate Trail and continued southwest to eventually arrive in Shasta, California, a few miles west of Redding.

The marker text reads:

NOBLES TRAIL - ROOPTOWN
"THIS IS A VILLAGE OF ABOUT 20 HOUSES NEARLY ALL OF WHICH
WERE BUILT THIS SUMMER. (IT) IS SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF
THE VALLEY...THERE IS A HOTEL STORE, BLACKSMITH SHOP AND
...A SAW-MILL NOT FAR AWAY."-ALLEN J. TYRRELL, SEP 8, 1860
GUIDEBOOK AVAILABLE
2006               TRAILS WEST INC. P.O. BOX 12045 RENO, NV 89510             N-26

The 'N-26' on the marker denotes this marker as the 26th marker of many markers to be found along the Nobles Trail. There is a very nice web site by the Oregon-California Trails Association dedicated to all the emigrant trails that led west. There is a quick writeup on the Nobles Trail that reads:

In the spring of 1852, William Nobles convinced the merchants of Shasta City, near present day Redding, California, that he had discovered a viable wagon road to their thriving town. Nobles proceeded to show them the new wagon route that initially branched off the Applegate Trail at Black Rock and headed southwest across the Black Rock and Smoke Creek Deserts to Honey Lake Valley and Susanville. From there the trail continued westerly through forested and volcanic country, finally descending to the upper end of the Sacramento Valley at Shasta City. The Nobles Trail proved to be one of the easiest of all the wagon routes into northern California and received heavy use in subsequent years. For more information on the opening and development of the Nobles Trail, see Trails West’s A Guide To The Nobles Trail. Enjoy your photo tour of this historic emigrant trail.

Group that erected the marker: Trails West Inc. 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: Lassen Historical Museum Lassen Historical Museum 115 North Weatherlow Street Susanville, CA USA

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