YREKA TRAIL - A SPLENDID CITE Historical 'T' Marker - Siskiyou County, CA
N 41° 37.032 W 122° 12.068
10T E 566555 N 4607583
This historical 'T' marker is located just off of Hwy 97 at a vista point parking area in Siskiyou County, CA.
Waymark Code: WMFNBX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2012
Views: 3
This historical marker is part of a series of historical 'T' markers by the Trails West Historical Group who's mission is to place 'T' markers along immigrant trails leading west into Nevada, California and Oregon. The group also sells trail books for followers who are interested in re-enacting various immigrant trails from beginning to end.
The Yreka Trail 'T' marker text reads:
YREKA TRAIL - A SPLENDID CITE
"HERE WE CAME IN CITE OF THE BUTE IT IS A SPLENDID CITE
WENT DOWN THE HILL ON TO THE FLATS SPENCER & BRILL
SHOT A DEER." - HINSDALE TRUMAN SHEPARD, SEP 6, 1852
GUIDEBOOK AVAILABLE
2008 ---- TRAILS WEST INC. P.O. BOX 12045 RENO NV 89510 ---- Y-12
This 'T' marker is one of many I have discovered in California and Oregon. The goal is to hopefully waymark more of these historical markers over time as I come across them. There is also another great website run by the Oregon-California Trails Organization (OCTA) which includes an interactive tour of all the emigrant trails that led into Utah, Nevada, California and Oregon from the mid 1800s. Click here to learn more history about these wonderful historic trails.
The OCTA interactive map mentions that the Yreka Trail (a shorter section of trail) separated from the Applegate Trail south of Lower Klamath Lake heading west. The Applegate Trail headed north into Oregon while the Yreka Trail continued west and then connected into the California Trail which either headed north into Oregon or south towards Sacramento, CA. You can visit the very first 'T Marker for the Yreka Trail here. The very last 'T' marker of the Yreka Trail can be visited in Yreka at Discovery Park here.