Dersch Homestead

The 1999 bronze tells the sequence the register shortens to a history of troubled relations. The Dersches' tenants whipped three Native laborers during the potato harvest; a raid in 1866 fatally wounded Anna Maria Dersch; and a posse followed the raiders to their camp on Dye Creek and killed most of the people there. Historians of the Yahi, the southern Yana, trace that posse to Campo Seco, the Dry Camp massacre, where thirty-three were killed. Doc Baker's emigrant stop on the Nobles Trail, in 1850, came first.

What the plaque says

Dersch Homestead Here in 1850 "Doc" Baker established a stopping place for emigrants on what became known as the Nobles Trail. George and Anna Maria Dersch bought out Baker and homesteaded the land in 1861. Tenants of the Dersches were responsible for whipping three Indian laborers working on the potato harvest at the ranch. As a result of this incident, Indians raided the property in 1866, fatally wounding Mrs. Dersch. In retaliation, a posse was formed and killed most of the Indians at their Dye Creek camp. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 120 First registered March 31, 1933. Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Shasta Historical Society, Hollis Moss Historical Fund, and Trinitarianus Chapter #62, E Clampus Vitus, May 15, 1999.

Where it stands

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