Site of Original Flagstaff
SITE OF ORIGINAL FLAGSTAFF
WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS FIRST RAISED
BY
COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT
ON JULY 7TH 1846
TAKING POSSESSION OF CALIFORNIA IN THE NAME OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
LATER CEDED TO AMERICA
UNDER THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
OF FEBRUARY 1848
DEDICATED JANUARY 21, 1997
BY CALIFORNIA STATE PARK COMMISSION
GRAND PARLOR NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
FUNDED BY THE JAMES A. BAILEY TRUST