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.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
INDIAN WARS
Year Dedicated:
1948
Photograph By:
BARRY SWACKHAMER
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