Taylorsville Cemetery

This picturesque cemetery dates to the 1850s. Within it’s hallowed grounds sleep many pioneers of Plumas County and particularly Indian Valley, some of whom are:

Jobe Terrill Taylor, founder of Taylorsville; Abbie Fort, African-American beekeeper and land owner; Dennis & Jerome ...

Alexander Abbott House

C. 1830

Dr. Abbott (1812 – 1884)

Major textile and paper

manufacturer as well as

dedicated citizen

Marker is on Kinderhook Street (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Taylorville General Store

Known as Young’s Market

for over a century

This store was built in 1862

to serve Indian Valley

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Nelson Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

Sixth president of the United States

Lived in a house which stood on this site

Here his son

Charles Francis Adams

Was born in 1807

Minister to Great Britain

During the Civil War 1861-5

Marker is on Boylston Street, on the right ...

Dorado SS (248)

Dedicated to the Crew of the Submarine SS Dorado

In Honor of one of 52 Submarines on Eternal Patrol

[Honor Roll of Lost Crew Members]

The United States Submarine Veterans organization of WWII was founded in 1955 and federally chartered in 1981. The ...

MK-14 Submarine Torpedo

The MK-14 torpedo was developed in the 1930's on a very meager budget. These torpedoes were successfully deployed during World War II, destroying more than four million tons of Japanese shipping.

Early in the war the MK-14 proved to be very ...

Anchorage Cemetery

The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fiancé Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former sea ...

Lannahassee

Lannahassee, near the Indian village by that name on Lannahassee Creek, was the first white settlement (1836) after the Creek Indians left the area to migrate westward. About 1851 the town moved a mile or two away and became McIntosh. ...

Teacup Mountain

Named for its peculiar formation. Probably used as a lookout post by both whites and Indians in pioneer days. Near here occurred the Indian killing of pioneer James Bradberry, Sr., 1872; and the capture of a wanted man by LT. ...

Emerson Majestic Theatre

The Emerson Majestic Theatre is the only Boston building designed by nationally prominent architect John Galen Howard. Completed in 1903 for merchant an music patron Eben Jordan, it has been used for movies, opera and musical theater. Its monumental Beaux ...