ECKER RANCH
EST. 1880

IT WAS DREAMS OF GOLD DUST IN HIS HEAD THAT BROUGHT
SYLVESTER ECKER TO COARSEGOLD IN THE 1870'S.
LAND WAS HOMESTEADED & TRADED FROM THE INDIANS FOR
$1 AN ACRE OR 10 COWS FOR 100 ACRES. TOTAL ACREAGE WAS
ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 4100 ACRES.
A VARIETY OF LIVESTOCK WAS RAISED BY ECKER, BUT MOST
NOTABLE WERE THE THOUSANDS OF HOGS THAT WERE RAISED
& DRIVEN BY FOOT TO TTHEIR DESTINY IN SAN FRANCISCO
TO THE CHINESE MARKET.
IN THE 1880'S A HOME BUILT OF LOCAL SUGAR PINE FOR
HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDERN. A FAMILY CEMETERY
OVERLOOKED THIS HOME.
IN 1913 OTTO, SYLVESTER'S SON DONATED 2 ACRES OF THE LAND TO BUILD
THE PICAYUNE SCHOOL.
J.B. OVERSTREET WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE REMAINING LAND
IN THE FAMILY FOREVER.
HE CALLS IT
"PARADISE."

DEDICATED BY E CLAMPUS VITUS
GRUB GULCH CHAPTER 41-49
MARCH 8TH 2003

 

Located at the very end of Road 417 in Indian Lakes, Coarsegold.
GPS locator:
N37° 13.394'
W119° 39.966'