near Weed, California.
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"Made a drive of 20 miles and campt by what are called Sheep Rock Springs, at the head of Shasta River Valley and about 30 miles from our destination, Yreka City." - James S, Cowden, Oct 10, 1853
(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
"Made a drive of 20 miles and campt by what are called Sheep Rock Springs, at the head of Shasta River Valley and about 30 miles from our destination, Yreka City." - James S, Cowden, Oct 10, 1853(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
"The first day of October we journeyed west fourteen miles to the Snelling Ranch, now called the Hurd Ranch, near Sheep Rock, Shasta Valley." - Andrew Soule, Oct 1, 1854
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The cut below you on the Union Pacific grade is a good example of the stair step construction method used by the railroads. The workers were set to grading, scraping and blasting on several different levels of a cut at once. . . . 
Ten miles of track, laid in one day. April 28th, 1869
Traveling with the colonizing expedition of Juan de Oñate, Doña Eufemia rallied Spanish soldiers to persevere when morale broke down during their long journey on the Camino Real. Settling in present-day New Mexico, she . . . 
"Stop at Sheep Rock Here is ceder [sic] and pine Large strait [sic] and tall Now this is a large rocky region where the mountain sheep abounds Deer and antelope to[sic]" - Sophronia Helen Stone, Sep 22, 1852
This was the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache. From out of the north came these semi nomadic hunters. Separating from other Apache groups in the 1690’s, the Chiricahua Apache moved into southeastern Arizona.
Buried here are the remains of Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, Billy Clanton - killed in Earp Clanton battle Oct 26, 1881. Dan Dowd, Red Sample, Bill DeLancy, Dan Kelly: Tex Howard hanged legally by Sheriff Ward for Bisbee . . . 
The Pony Express 1860- 1861 1960-1961 Julesburg, Colorado Jules Beni, after whom Julesburg is named was the station master for the Pony Express and Overland Stage. He was killed by Jack Slade who later became a notorious . . . 
Indian cabin nearby is the site of the last cabin in this town, occupied by the Senecas, before their removal to the Buffalo reservation, 1826
Named for Captain John (Racoon) Miller whose blockhouse stood near this site. Captain Miller, born in 1747 in Newberry County, South Carolina, served in the Washington County, Virginia, militia in 1776 before migrating to . . . 
Roy Claxton Acuff, Grand Ole Opry star for more than 50 years, actor, international music entertainer, goodwill ambassador, and humanitarian, was born in Maynardville, near this site, on September 15, 1903. He recorded more . . . 
Turtle Mound is an Indian midden-a heap of discarded shells accumulated over 600 years. A short boardwalk trail leads to the summit of the mound. Along the way, trailside signs explain the life-style of the Timucuan Indians. . . . 
1914 1919 Westbrook Honor Roll Not Only To Our Own, But To Those In The Service Who Have Made Westbrook Their Summer Home We Offer Our Gratitude And Affection Avery Frederick R. · Boehm Joseph J. · Buell George R. · . . . 
In Grateful Appreciation To Westbrook’s Men and Women of World War II Who Stood - A Selfless Wall Against The March Of Greed They Fought For Peace – And Not Possession ?Calderari, Donald ?Hoxsie, Theron E. ?Schubert, . . . 
Westbrook Honor Roll Vietnam Conflict January 1, 1964 — July 1, 1975 Bakoledis, Dennis · Bakoledis, Stanley · Bassett, Phg J. · Baxter, Nordell J.,Jr. · Beck, Victor C. · Blouin, Rickie N. · Bluss, Ainars · Bradley, David . . . 
Westbrook’s Civil War Soldiers Fought for the Union All, But One 1861 – 1865 Honored here through the efforts of the Westbrook Historical Society Funded by the Westbrook Foundation Boone, Christopher W. · Burdick, Leroy S. . . . 
Westbrook Honor Roll Korean Conflict June 27, 1950 – October 27, 1953 Beaber, Edward J. · Beaber, Ferdinand M. · Brainard, Charles F. · Brainard, Gordon G. · Brown, Frederick R. · Culver, Donald C. · Cyphers, Albert H. · . . . 
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