Fort Omaha Knights of Columbus Assembly Hall

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

During World War I, citizen participation in relief and aid societies was exceptional across America. Omaha’s Red Cross chapter led all cities in the country in per capita membership.

In addition to the Red Cross providing a canteen ...

Bumpass’s Hell

Kendall Vanhook Bumpass

Our guide [Mr. K.V. Bumpass,] after cautioning us to be careful where we stepped, that the surface was treacherous, suddenly concluded with Virgil that the “descent to Hell was easy” for stepping upon a slight inequality in the ...

Gum Branch Baptist Church

This church was organized in 1833 as the Gum Branch Primitive Baptist Church by members of Beard’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Among the charter members were Samuel and David Delk. The land for the church was given by Fashau Long, ...

Noble’s Bungalow

On this site, in 1903, H.H. Noble, President of the Northern California Power Co., built a summer home using native rock from this bluff. The bungalow was destroyed by forest fire in 1917.

The nearby forebay lakes serving Volta Power House ...

Walthourville Presbyterian Church

This church was the first colony to go out from old Midway Congregational Church. The first building was erected in 1820 on land donated by Andrew Walthour. The present one, constructed near the original site in 1884, replaced buildings destroyed ...

Nobles Emigrant Trail

In 1852, William H. Nobles located an easier and more direct route to California for gold-seekers and pioneers heading west. Nobles Trail contributed importantly to the development of Northern California and led to additional transportation routes. Extensive use of Nobles ...

Nobles Trail – Third Nobles Pass

“We had at starting 5 miles up-hill travel mostly of a gradual ascent. This brought us to the summit of the hill from which Sacramento Valley may be seen.”

Allen J. Tyrell, Sep 14, 1860

Marker is on California Route 44/89, on ...

Nobles Trail – Hat Creek Station

“Drove 5 miles to Hat Creek Station (Old Station). Wild looking place. Signs of Indians. They have been here of late fishing.”

Gorman Gates Kimball, Jun 19, 1865

Marker can be reached from California Route 44/89, on the left when traveling north. ...

Beecroft House

Claude and Starck, Architects

This house is attributed to Madison master architects Claude and Starck and is an excellent example of the Prairie style of architecture. Louis Claude was influenced by the work of architectural masters Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright ...

Mt. Lassen/The Noble Pass/The Park Highway

Mt. Lassen

10,451 feet

This tablet marks the route of those early pioneers who, in 1852, first went over

The Noble Pass

Linking the Humboldt – Nevada Road with Shasta and Northern California, and their road is followed at this locality by

The Park Highway

Dedicated ...