Lockeford (Locke's Ford)
California State Historic Landmark 365
05/26/96
#365 Pioneer Hill
It was on this hill that Dr. Dean Jewett Locke and his brother Elmer H. Locke built
the first cabin of this section in 1851. Disturbed by grizzly bears, they spent their first nights
in the oak trees. Dr. Locke, physician for the Boston and Newton Joint Stock Company, left Boston
April 16, 1849, crossing the Plains. Arriving at Sacramento, Sept. 16, 1849 he built and maintained
a ford across the Mokelumne River and because of this fact his wife, Delia Hammond Locke in 1859
named the town he layed out on his ranch Lockeford.
Luther Locke, his father, was postmaster of the first postoffice established in 1861. Dr. Locke was
born in Langdon N.H. April 16 1823 and died at Lockeford May 4 1887.
Nothing remains of this site.
0.6 mi N on Elliotte Rd, Lockeford.
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