Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

This Cedrus deodara was planted by

Auburn Campfire Girls Pamela Stewart and

Sharon Klein, end members cf the

Auburn Garden Club on Arbor Day 1959.

The tree was furnished by A.V. Schenek.

Placer County Historical Society

1991

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

As an infant in 1805, be accompanied his parents

Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea, as they

led the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He lived

along the American River Canyon, at Murderer's

Buckner's, Rattlesnake & Manhattan Bars between

1848 and 1857. In 1861 he worked as a clerk at

the Orleans Hotel, located near this site. Died in
Oregon shortly after leaving Auburn in 1866.

Placer County Historical Society -- 2006