OTHER TIDBITS: Sam Lockhart and his brother, Harry, built the ferry, but when they left town for more supplies, members of the Pit River tribe stepped in and massacred the three remaining settlers because they had been treating the local women poorly!

Because these three white men had been killed, a group called the Yreka Volunteers assembled to massacre every Native American living in the Falls River Valley! Every single one! Members of the posse shot, stabbed, and scalped hundreds of people, then left poisoned flour for the remainder to eat when they were starving! Posse members then brought home Pit River scalps, severed ears, and even children as trophies!

So, out of fear of the Native Americans, the ferry had to be moved, when really, any Native Americans who were left had way more to fear from the atrocities of the white settlers!

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ANNOTATIONS:
The plaque is on the north side of the road, 207 feet west of Long Street and 0.1 mile west of Fall River!

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