8/4/2013
Landmark information
- Location:
Tomita Park, Front St, between Fourth and Main Sts, Wheatland - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing remains - Date First Visited:
2/28/1999 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/4/2013 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 0.618, W121 25.394 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Johnson's Ranch
The first settlement reached in California by emigrant trains using the emigrant ("Donner") trail, it was an original part of the 1844 Don Pablo Gutierrez land grant. It was sold at auction to William Johnson in 1845. In 1849 part of the ranch was set aside as a Government reserve - Camp Far West. In 1866 the town of Wheatland was also laid out on a portion of the grant.