| Stone And Kelsey Home | |
|---|---|
  Location of Stone And Kelsey Home in California  Site of Stone and Kelsey Home (the United States) | |
| Location | Main Street & Bell Hill Road, Kelseyville, California |
| Coordinates | 38°58′41″N 122°50′35″W / 38.978°N 122.843°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| Designated | March 18, 1949 |
| Reference no. | 426 |
Stone And Kelsey Home is a historical house in Kelseyville, California in Lake County. The house was built by Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey in 1849. Californios Salvador Vallejo (1813–1876), General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo younger brother, sold the land to Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey. Charles Stone used forced Pomo tribe Native Americans labor to build their adobe house. Their home was the first adobe house in Lake County. Later the Indians killed both Stone and Kelsey in the fall of 1849, due to the resentment of forced labor and other cruel acts. Pomo tribesmen were also forced to labor in the nearby gold mines, including Kelsey Diggings. Later as reprisal there was the Bloody Island massacre by the U.S. Military. The site of the house is a California Historical Landmark No. 426. There is a Historical marker at the site of Charles Stone and Andy Kelsey Home, they are buried under the Historical marker. [1][2]
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References
- ↑ "Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ↑ "Stone And Kelsey Home #426". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.