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Rabbit Creek Hotel Monument

Rabbit Creek Hotel Monument is a California Historical Landmark in Plumas County.

Plumas County · La Porte · location approximate

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In La Porte, first known as Rabbit Creek and one of the most important settlements in the southern part of Plumas County, in the fall of 1852, Eli S. Lester constructed the first house in the town and called it the Rabbit Creek Hotel.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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

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