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.