Town of Dawn

Had second post office in county, in 1889. Named by pioneers who saw here the “Dawning of a New Country.” Santa Fe Railroad Station House (a box car) was first building on site, 1905. Town was developed by W.E. Neal ...

Weaverville / Mountain Charlie

Two plaques are on this monument:

Upper Marker:

Weaverville

This town was created in 1850 by the early miners, merchants, craftsmen and worshippers as the gold mining and commercial center of the area. Here they built of brick, earth and wood the examples ...

I.O.O.F. Hall

Erected 1856

Purchased by

I.O.O.F. 1865

Dedicated as

Historical

Building

by

I.O.O.F. and

Trinity County

Historical Society

Marker is on Main Street (California Route 299), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Spiral Staircases

The spiral staircases of Weaverville have always been a predominant part of this community’s architecture. The structures became a necessity because of the separate ownership of the upper and lower floors.

This stairway, the first of these landmarks, was built in ...

Susan B. Anthony Voted Here

At a shop on this site on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 14 women from this neighborhood voted in the presidential election.

Two weeks later, Miss Anthony was arrested in her home on Madison Street for this illegal ...

Blackwell School

Education for local children of Mexican descent dates from 1889, when the former Methodist church became a schoolhouse. The school, named for longtime principal Jesse Blackwell, served hundreds of Hispanic children up to ninth grade. Students were told to speak ...

The Crash of Flight 307

March 7, 1950 at 9:02 PM

During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on the flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain Donald Jones struggled to maintain altitude as he circled around for another attempt. ...

Umbarger

In 1895, Civil War Veteran and farmer S.G. Umbarger established a wagon yard and sheds for travelers passing through this area. The area became known as Umbarger when the Pecos Valley Railroad, built in 1898, named a rail switch after ...

Brady's Bluff

Brady's Bluff was designated a State Natural Area in 1952 to preserve the high quality ecological systems found here. This uncultivated 65 acre remnant is characterized by steep, dry prairies, exposed cliffs, and oak woodland. The bluff, a favorite hiking ...

The Pecos River in Literature and Folklore

Noted for mineral-thick waters and sudden floods, the Pecos River snakes through Texas on its way to the Rio Grande. Historian J. Evetts Haley and folklorist J. Frank Dobie, who called it “a strange river,” and a “barricade,” are among ...