Noble Emigrant Trail, Susanville

Two Susans are in this meadow's names. The town took Susan Roop's, the daughter of Isaac Roop, whose trading post here supplied the wagon trains; the river below the town had already been named by William Nobles for his wife, Susan, before Roop arrived. The bronze drops the s from Nobles, calling his road the Noble Emigrant Trail, as the state's register does. Emigrants rested here and recruited their stock, the bronze says, in the old sense of letting worn-out animals recover. The meadow is Memorial Park now.

What the plaque says

Noble Emigrant Trail This meadow, now a city park, was a welcome stopping place on the Noble Emigrant Trail, pioneered by William H. Nobles in 1851 and first used in 1852. Here, emigrants en route to the Northern California mines were able to rest, recruit their stock, and obtain needed provisions at Isaac Roop's establishment, from which grew the city of Susanville. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 675 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Lassen County Historical Society and the citizens of Susanville, May 1, 1960.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Roop's Fort — steps away
• Peter Lassen Grave — 4.7 mi
• Fort Janesville — 10 mi
• Noble Emigrant Trail — 19 mi