Site of American Ranch and Hotel

Plumas County · Quincy · location approximate

James H. Bradley in 1854 built the American Hotel, which was the first sawed-lumber house in the town. On March 18, 1854, three commissioners met in this hotel to form a new county from a portion of Butte County. This hotel was officially designated the county seat of Plumas County until more suitable location was found. Plumas Lodge No. 60, F. & A.M., instituted May 1, 1854, met in an upstairs room in the hotel until their new temple was completed in Quincy in 1855.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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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