Historical Marker · No. 125
Evans and Bailey Fight-1861
Canby, Modoc County · California
Erected 1929
The marble on the hilltop counts the cattle alongside the dead. Erected in 1929, it names S. D. Evans Sr. of Roseburg and Joe Bailey of Eugene, killed on this spot on August 1, 1861, and 800 head stolen. The state register makes it 900 head, driven from Roseburg with sixteen hands through Pit River country toward the Comstock mines at Virginia City. Neither names who fought them, or why. The obelisk stands some 700 feet from the road on private land; a granite stone by the road, an Eagle Scout project, points up the hill.
What the plaque says
In memory of S.D.Evans Sr. of Roseburg Ore. and Joe Bailey of Eugene Ore. Killed by Indians on this spot Aug.1,1861 and 800 head of cattle stolen Erected 1929 Evans and Bailey Fight 1861 Modoc County Museum Modoc County Historical Society Alturas Troop 56 Eagle Scout Project Monument site on top of hill
Where it stands
41.41767, -120.80139 · Directions
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