Site of Old Indian Village at Pebble Beach, Crescent City

The bronze lists four villages in a 1965 spelling and calls them independent economic units, which is true and beside the point. The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation writes the village the bronze calls Ta'atun as Taa-'at-dvn, a capitol; by its account the first attack of 1853 fell there, that spring, to establish Crescent City. Later that year men from the new town burned Yan'-daa-k'vt on the Smith River during the Nee-dash, the fix-the-earth ceremony, and killed hundreds. The plaque, which casts the town as Cresent City, names neither.

What the plaque says

Tolowa Indian Settlements At the time of white contact the principal villages of the native Tolowa Indians of northern Del Norte County were located at Battery Point in Cresent City (Ta'atun), Pebble Beach (Meslteltun), south of Point St. George (Tatintun), and north of Point St. George (Tawiatun). The major villages were almost completely independent economic units. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 649 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Del Norte County Historical Society, January 30, 1965.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Brother Jonathan Cemetery — 0.6 mi
• Battery Point Lighthouse — 1.3 mi
• S.S. Emidio — 1.4 mi
• Crescent City Plank and Turnpike Road — 5.2 mi