10/11/1998
10/11/1998
Landmark information
- Location:
Route 1, Box 273, Dersch Rd at Bear Creek, 10 mi E of Anderson - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
12/22/2022 - Date Most Recently Visited:
12/22/2022 - GPS Coordinates:
N 40 29.167, W 122 9.059
About this landmark
From the state:
Here in 1850 'Doc' Baker established a stopping place for emigrants on the Lassen and Nobles Trails. George and Anna Maria Dersch took up a homestead on the land in 1861. A history of troubled relations between Indians and settlers led to an Indian raid on the ranch in 1866 in which Mrs. Dersch was killed. A posse was formed and killed most of the Indians at their Dye Creek Camp.