CAPTAIN BRADFORD RIPLEY ALDEN MEMORIAL PLAQUE
CAPTAIN ALDEN LED 10 MEN OF THE 4TH U.S. INFANTRY FROM FORT JONES AND 80 VOLUNTEERS FROM YREKA OVER THESE MOUNTAINS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. THIS FORCE AUGMENTED BY 100 VOLUNTEERS FROM OREGON DEFEATED THE INDIANS ON BATTLE MOUNTAIN WHERE CAPTAIN ALDEN WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED.
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Listing Details
- Public
- INDIAN WARS
- Plaques On Stone
- 1948
- 103 COPCO ROAD
- 96044
- BARRY SWACKHAMER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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