THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN THE EARLY 1850'S BROUGHT
MINERS, BUSINESSMEN AND THE ARMY TO THIS VALLEY,
WITH THE ARMY ESTABLI8SHING A POST IN 1852IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OLD TRAIL WERE COMPLETED IN
1854 ALLOWING FREIGHT AND STAGECOACHES TO TRAVEL THE
NEW EXTENSION OF THE OREGON TO CALIFORNIA STAGE ROUTE
SOUTH TO CALLAGHAN. BY 1860, TRADING POSTS,
STAGE AND FREIGHT STOPS AS WELL AS THE NEW TOWN OF
FORT JONES WERE ESTABLISHED.
BUSINESSES FROM DEADWOOD AND OTHER MINING
COMMUNITIES, LIKE A.B. CARLOCK'S STORE
(LOCATED BELOW THE MASONIC LODGE ACROSS THE STREET)
FEATURED A SAFE TO "HOLD & KEEP SAFE" THE
MINERS' GOLD. WITH A REPUTATION FOR HONESTY AND
PROFESSIONALISM, CARLOCK BECAME AN IMPORTANT CIVIC
LEADER AND FORMED THE CARLOCK BANKING COMPANY,
LATER TO BE NAMED SCOTT VALLEY BANK IN 1910.
DEDICATED SEPT. 4, 2010 BY
HUMBUG CHAPTER OF E. CLAMPUS VITUS 73
& SCOTT VALLEY BANK