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 ...

Stanley Toy Company

This building is all that remains of the once-larger Stanley Toy Company building. Established by Chester Schwedler in 1946, the Stanley Toy Company made cast-metal horse-drawn carriages and bunny toy carts. On December 29, 1949, fire destroyed the building and ...

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 ...

Loomis Legacy

The enthusiasm, talent, and dedication of Benjamin F. Loomis helped bring a national park into existence. His legacy started with the photographs he took, which today still spark understanding and awe of Lassen Peak’s historic eruptive events. In 1926 he ...

Eaton Memorial Chapel

Designed by noted architect Nicholas Clayton. Gothic revival style. Dedicated as memorial in 1882 to the Rev. Benjamin Eaton, founding rector, 1841-71.

Half of funds provided by the Ladies' Parochial Society; half by financier Henry Rosenberg.

After city-wide fire 1885, ...

Old Station

1856-57 Site of Hat Creek StationCalifornia Stage Company

1857-59 Temporary military post.

After the withdrawal of U.S. troops the “Hat Creek Station” was referred to as “Old Station.”

Marker is on California Route 44/89, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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 ...

The Women’s Jail, 1872-1888

After the U.S. Army closed Fort Smith in 1871, the guardhouse served the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. It remained in use as a jail, detaining primarily women suspected or convicted of federal crimes until 1888. At ...

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. ...