8/4/2013
Landmark information
- Location:
2547 Oroville-Quincy Hwy at Oak Ave, Oroville - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
6/11/1999 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/4/2013 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 30.718, W 121 31.297
About this landmark
Plaque text:
The Last Yahi Indian
For thousands of years the Yahi Indians roamed the foothills between Mt. Lassen and the Sacramento Valley. Settlement of this region by the white man brought death to the Yahi by gun, by disease, and by hunger. By the turn of the century only a few remained. Ishi, the last known survivor of these people, was discovered at this site in 1911. His death in 1916 brought an end to stone age California.