Chimney Rock

Modoc County · 7.1 miles north of Alturas · location approximate

The chimney cut out of the solid rock was placed there by Thomas L. Denson, California pioneer, who came west by the way of the Santa Fe Trail in 1852. In 1870 Denson built his cabin alongside a pyramid-shaped rock cutting the fireplace and flue out of the solid rock itself. The structure was the second building to be erected in Pit River Valley.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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