ECV1850 Plaque:
Tacitus Ryland Arbuckle
(Callahan, CA)

TACITUS RYLAND ARBUCKLE
(FOUNDER OF THE TOWN OF ARBUCKLE) BORN MARCH 6, 1835 IN LEXINGTON, MISSOURI, TACITUS, AT THE AGE OF NINE- TEEN, LEFT FOR CALIFORNIA BY THE SOUTHERN OVERLAND ROUTE. THE JOUR- NEY TOOK SIX MOUNTHS TO COMPLETE. HE SPENT MANY YEARS MINING IN NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTIES, WORKING ON A RANCH IN NAPA COUNTY AND STOCK RAIS- ING IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. THERE HE PURCHASED A STOCK RANCH LOCATED ON RANCHIRITA CREEK AT THE HEAD OF ANDERSON VALLEY. IN 1866, TACITUS AC- QUIRED 7320 ACRES OF LAND IN COLUSA COUNTY THAT BECAME HIS TOWNSITE. CON- STRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN RAILROAD UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY IN 1875 SPURRED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPENT OF THE TOWN OF ARBUCKLE. TACITUS FOUNDED THE TOWN, WAS IT'S FIRST POSTMASTER, DEEDED THE LOTS AND HELPED BUILD THE FIRST HOUSE IN WHAT HAS SINCE COME TO BE KNOWN FAR AND WIDE AS "THE HOME OF THE ALMONDS." TACITUS RYLAND ARBUCKLE DIED ON JULY 7, 1899.
DEDICATED MAY 19, 1984 BY HUMBUG CHAPTER No. 73 AND MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER N0. 1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS. "RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"

TACITUS RYLAND
ARBUCKLE

(FOUNDER OF THE TOWN OF ARBUCKLE)
BORN MARCH 6, 1835 IN LEXINGTON,
MISSOURI, TACITUS, AT THE AGE OF NINE-
TEEN, LEFT FOR CALIFORNIA BY THE
SOUTHERN OVERLAND ROUTE. THE JOUR-
NEY TOOK SIX MOUNTHS TO COMPLETE.
HE SPENT MANY YEARS MINING IN NAPA
AND SONOMA COUNTIES, WORKING ON A
RANCH IN NAPA COUNTY AND STOCK RAIS-
ING IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. THERE HE
PURCHASED A STOCK RANCH LOCATED ON
RANCHIRITA CREEK AT THE HEAD OF
ANDERSON VALLEY. IN 1866, TACITUS AC-
QUIRED 7320 ACRES OF LAND IN COLUSA
COUNTY THAT BECAME HIS TOWNSITE. CON-
STRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN RAILROAD
UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO
VALLEY IN 1875 SPURRED THE GROWTH AND
DEVELOPENT OF THE TOWN OF ARBUCKLE.
TACITUS FOUNDED THE TOWN, WAS IT'S
FIRST POSTMASTER, DEEDED THE LOTS
AND HELPED BUILD THE FIRST HOUSE IN
WHAT HAS SINCE COME TO BE KNOWN FAR
AND WIDE AS "THE HOME OF THE ALMONDS."
TACITUS RYLAND ARBUCKLE DIED ON JULY
7, 1899.

DEDICATED MAY 19, 1984 BY HUMBUG
CHAPTER No. 73 AND MOUNTAIN CHARLIE
CHAPTER N0. 1850, E CLAMPUS VITUS.
"RIGHT WRONGS NOBODY"

Plaque located on
the hillside east of
8020 Callahan Road.
Callahan.
Siskiyou County, CA.

Callahan is west of Hwy.5, in the greater
Mt.Shastina / Weed area of northern California.

GPS* Tacitus Ryland Arbuckle
WGS84 Datum
N 41.36057°
W 122.82186°

*Approximate.

ECV1850 Plaque: Tacitus Ryland Arbuckle (Callahan, CA)

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