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Clapper Creek | For many years, Clapper Creek was thought to be the location where [[Peter Lassen]] and Edward Clapper were murdered in 1859.<ref> Asa Merrill Fairfield, "[https://archive.org/details/fairfieldspionee01fair/page/171/mode/1up?q=%22Clapper+Creek%22 Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California]," p. 173</ref><ref>Santa Cruz Sentinel, "[http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3868233/lassen_edward_clapper/ Skeleton May Be Lassen's Partner]," February 17, 1992, p. 10.</ref> | ||
[[Black Rock Canyon]] is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of [[Peter Lassen]] as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as Clapper Creek.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106139939/peter-lassens-death/ Peter Lassen's Death]," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.</ref> | [[Black Rock Canyon]] is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of [[Peter Lassen]] as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as Clapper Creek.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106139939/peter-lassens-death/ Peter Lassen's Death]," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.</ref> | ||
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"At the Black Rock range they camped one evening beside a small stream ever since known as Clapper creek. The camp was in a nook of the canyon overlooked by high bluffs on three sides There was a little feed for the horses and the place was a very pleasant if in those times dangerous location for a camp." | :"At the Black Rock range they camped one evening beside a small stream ever since known as Clapper creek. The camp was in a nook of the canyon overlooked by high bluffs on three sides There was a little feed for the horses and the place was a very pleasant if in those times dangerous location for a camp." | ||
Ferol Egan's chapter about the Lassen-Clapper murders is titled "An Occurrence at Black Rock Canyon".<ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sand_In_A_Whirlwind_30Th_Anniversary_Edi/diuVDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Black+Rock+Canyon%22+nevada&pg=PT31&printsec=frontcover Sand In A Whirlwind]," Ferol Egan, 2016.</ref> Egan states that the modern name of [[Black Rock Canyon]] is Clapper Canyon. | Ferol Egan's chapter about the Lassen-Clapper murders is titled "An Occurrence at Black Rock Canyon".<ref>"[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sand_In_A_Whirlwind_30Th_Anniversary_Edi/diuVDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Black+Rock+Canyon%22+nevada&pg=PT31&printsec=frontcover Sand In A Whirlwind]," Ferol Egan, 2016.</ref> Egan states that the modern name of [[Black Rock Canyon]] is Clapper Canyon. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:27, 27 October 2023
For many years, Clapper Creek was thought to be the location where Peter Lassen and Edward Clapper were murdered in 1859.[1][2]
Black Rock Canyon is mentioned in a 1893 article about the death of Peter Lassen as the site of the deaths and states that after the murders the area was known as Clapper Creek.[3]
Fairfield (p. 171) writes:
- "At the Black Rock range they camped one evening beside a small stream ever since known as Clapper creek. The camp was in a nook of the canyon overlooked by high bluffs on three sides There was a little feed for the horses and the place was a very pleasant if in those times dangerous location for a camp."
Ferol Egan's chapter about the Lassen-Clapper murders is titled "An Occurrence at Black Rock Canyon".[4] Egan states that the modern name of Black Rock Canyon is Clapper Canyon.
The Oregon-California Trails Association places the Lassen-Clapper murder site at T38N R26E S7 NE1/4,[5] (41°12'38.11"N 119° 3'2.28"W). Note that the grave site is not on Clapper Creek[6], it is in a small canyon south of Clapper Creek.
References
- ↑ Asa Merrill Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California," p. 173
- ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Skeleton May Be Lassen's Partner," February 17, 1992, p. 10.
- ↑ "Peter Lassen's Death," San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 1893.
- ↑ "Sand In A Whirlwind," Ferol Egan, 2016.
- ↑ "Graves and Sites on the Oregon and California Trails," Randy Brown and Reg Duffin, 1989.
- ↑ Clapper Creek (GNIS)