Modoc County Picture Album
Lake City Flouring Mill
Old Cressler And Bonner Store And Trading Post
Cressler-Bonner Trading Post
California Historical Marker no. 14
The first building erected in Deep Creek Settlement, now Cedarville, was built in 1865 as a trading post by James Townsend, who was killed in an Indian fight in 1866Purchased by William T. Cressler and John H. Bonner in 1867, the building was used as a trading post general store until larger quarters were built in 1874.
The mercantile, banking and ranching firm of Cressler and Bonner played a major role in the settlement and development of Surprise Valley and Modoc County.
The land for the Cedarville Park was donated to Modoc County by decendents of Mr. Cressler in 1957 and the building was reconstructed in 1977 with funds provided by the State Recreational Bond Act of 1974.
Class Picture in Front of School
Virgil Henderson, second row, 4th child
Fort Bidwell, CA
Between 1930 and 1933
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Thomas Henry Cloud and Laura Amick Wedding Reception
Taken June 12, 1902 at Willow Ranch, Modoc, CABack row left to right - 1. Anna Goodman - 2. Albert Berry - 3. Alta Spray - 4. ? - 5. Fred Bush - 6. Delbert Cloud - 7. George Cloud - 8. ? - 9. Ed Mulkey - 10. Clinton Henderson - 11. Pearl Mulkey
Second row from back - 12. Emma Goodman - 13. ? - 14. Pearl Hartzog - 15. Mrs. Todd Bonner - 16. Todd Bonner - 17. Belva Mulkey - 18. Frances Mulkey - 19. Minnie Mulkey Fleming - 20. Delpha Mulkey - 21. Oliver Berry
Third Row from back - 22. Tom Mulkey - 23. Benjamin Cloud - 24. Tom Henderson - 25. Myra B. Cloud Robnett - 26. Odessa Amick Gibbons - 27. George Davis - 28. Tom Cloud 29. Laura Amick Cloud - 30. Rolla Goodman - 31. Eva Amick - 32. Alvin Amick - 33. Mrs. Laura Mulkey Amick - 34. Mrs. Morrison - 35. Martha Cloud Goodman Henderson
Fourth row from back - 36. Maggie DeGuire Cloud - 37. Minnie Reed - 38. John Reed - 39. Mrs Reed - 40. Mrs. Ed Mulkey - 41. Emeline Parton Cloud - 42. Uncle Billy Cloud (William Morgan) - 43. Cora D. Berry - 44. "Doc" Berry - 45. Bessie Berry - 46. Bessie Henderson(age 10)
Front Row - 47. ? - 48. Gladys Mulkey - 49. Hayden Henderson - 50. Franklin Cloud - 51. Eddie Mulkey - 52. Curt Mulkey - 53. Grover Mulkey - 54. A. Berry - 55. George Henderson (my grandfather) - 56. Cuba Amick - 57. ? - 58. Bertha Henderson
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Modoc County Fairgrounds
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Jack Pump - Badger's Well - Garden
Louieville Pictures
Louieville is located at the Modoc County Fairgrounds in Cedarville, Louieville is a mythical town comprised of log cabins and old buildings transported in from around Surprise Valley. Louieville consists of a slaughterhouse, a schoolhouse, a water tower, the old Ft. Bidwell jail, the old Eagleville jail, a cabin built by Christopher Sharp, one of the first settlers in Cedarville, an old workshop, a church, and a two-seater outhouse.
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Last updated February 2008
