"Peter Lassen Marker" (Site of Lassen Trading Post)

Plumas County · 4.5 miles east of Greenville · location approximate

In the summer of 1850 Lassen and a companion, Isidore Meyerwitz, went to Indian Valley and selected a suitable location for a ranch. They erected a log cabin in 1851 and in it opened a trading post. In 1855 Lassen moved to Honey Lake Valley, Lassen County, where he resided as a miner and farmer. He was killed from ambush in 1859 while prospecting.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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