Durst Hop Ranch

Four people were killed on a dance platform here on August 3, 1913. Two of them are named in every account: the district attorney, Edmund Manwell, and a deputy sheriff, Eugene Reardon. The other two were hop pickers and nobody wrote down who they were. Durst had advertised for pickers and about 2,800 came for half that many jobs, to a field with no shelter and a dozen toilets. The plaque records the ranking and credits the IWW. The state commission that followed found the conditions intolerable and typical.

What the plaque says

Durst Hop Ranch Site of Wheatland Hop Riot August 3, 1913 Second major labor dispute in the U.S.A. Initiated by the I.W.W. Labor Movement Dedicated August 3, 1988 Camp Far West Parlor No. 218 N.D.G.W. Wheatland Historical Society

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Empire Mine State Historic Park — 24 mi
  The oldest, deepest, richest hard-rock gold mine in California, with 367 miles of flooded tunnels underneath.
• Nevada City — 28 mi
  Gaslamps, brick storefronts, and the Nisenan who are still fighting to be recognized on their own ground.

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