Location: Sycamore Valley Ranch, California
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Location: California
Monument #: S
Sponsor/Year: Southern California - 1962
Monument #: 52
Sponsor/Year: Sierra Chapter - 1993  Location: Carson Pass, California The United States Board of Geographic Names, in October, 1993, named a 9,763-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada mountains in honor of Melissa Coray, the wife of Mormon Battalion Sergeant William Coray. Sergeant Coray was among the 45 Battalion men who blazed the “highway” through Carson pass, about 50 miles southwest...
Monument #: V
Sponsor/Year: SUP - 1969  Location: San Diego, California This famous monument commemorates the arrival in Southern California of the 500 members of the Mormon Battalion, at the conclusion of their 2,000 mile trek from Council Bluffs Iowa, in support of the United States’ war with Mexico in 1847. This trek is reputed to be the longest sustained military march...
Monument #: A-1
Sponsor/Year: SUP - 1974 Location: Squaw Valley, California
Monument #: 34
Sponsor/Year: Glendora Chapter - 1990  Location: 50 miles from Glendora off Highway 18 towards Crestline & Arrowhead Lake In the spring of 1852, over one hundred Mormon men constructed a road up Waterman Canyon, past this marker spot, and into prime timber, where six sawmills were established by 1854. The lumber hauled over this road was used to build San...
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Sponsor/Year: SUP - 1972
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Sponsor/Year: Sierra Chapter - 1977  Location: Coloma Pioneer Cemetery, Coloma, CA Born in 1823, Nathan Hawk was a member of Co. B of the U.S. Mormon Battalion and was known as a “Rider of the California Star Express.” He carried the message of the “Gold strike” to the east where it eventually spread around the world. He died in 1910... |
