6/11/1999

6/11/1999

6/11/1999

Landmark information

  • Location:
    Oregon Gulch Rd (PM 5.5), just S of intersection with Derrick Rd, between Oroville and Cherokee
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    6/11/1999
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    6/11/1999
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 39 35.55, W 121 31.732

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Oregon City
Entering California over the Applegate and Lassen Trails, a party of Oregonians, captained by Peter H. Burnett, arrived here in Autumn of 1848 to establish the town of Oregon City. Burnett, little more than a year later, became the first Civil Governor of California. Oregon City, for a time, continued to prosper as a gold mining and supply center and then declined into virtual oblivion.