Historical Marker · No. 450
Stone House
Hidden Valley Lake, Lake County · California
Erected by California Centennials Commission; base furnished by County of Lake, 1950
The bronze calls Lydia Wheaton Sterling the first white woman in Coyote Valley; the state register now says first non-Indian woman, which concedes what the bronze left out. This was Lake Miwok country, with villages in the valley that ethnographers recorded by name, and the 1857 federal survey of the rancho drew an Indian rancheria on Putah Creek beside Sterling's house. George Rock had put up a log cabin near this spot by 1850. The house stands inside a gated community and opens for tours on set dates; the bronze is at the highway corner.
What the plaque says
Stone House Oldest building in Lake County. Erected of stone in 1853-4 by Robert Sterling, whose wife was first white woman in Coyote Valley. Rebuilt in 1894. Headquarters of Guenoc land grant and first store in valley. State Registered Landmark No. 450 Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by County of Lake Dedicated May 30, 1950
Where it stands
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