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| Landmark #14 | Modoc County | Visited: March 11, 2016 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A re-creation of the Cressler and Bonner Trading Post still stands! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Cressler and Bonner started the first mercantile establishment in Modoc County here, in the first building erected in the town of Cedarville. They carried on a thriving business with emigrants en route to California and Oregon, and later with Surprise Valley settlers.
OTHER TIDBITS: That’s William T. Cressler and John H. Bonner, to be precise! They were clerks working in a store in Red Bluff and decided to pool their resources and move east to sell to miners in the area of Deep Creek. When they got there on July 12, 1867 with $4,000 of merchandise, there was only one cabin at Deep Creek, this one. So, they started selling goods from their wagons! When the cabin’s owner, James Townsend, was killed in a conflict with Native Americans, the family sold the cabin to Cressler and Bonner, who turned their store into a seed that sprouted the town of Cedarville! Their business and influence grew, and they moved to a bigger building in the center of town. Mr. Cressler even led the push to break off from Siskiyou County and became Modoc County’s first state senator! |
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Cedarville Park Center St between Bonner and Townsend Sts Cedarville, CA 96104 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~662mi (1066km) — 11.1hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |