Evans and Bailey Fight—1861

Modoc County · 5.2 miles southwest of Canby · location approximate

S. D. Evans, Sr., and Joe Bailey, stockmen from Rogue River Valley, Oregon, were, with 16 employees, driving 900 head of beef cattle from Roseburg to the mines at Virginia City, Nevada. They were attacked by Indians and the two owners were killed.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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