Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Modoc County
The marker reads:
Burnett Cutoff - At Klamath [Tule] Lake"We followed the Applegate Route to Klamath Lake [Tule Lake], where we left that road and took a southern direction. Thomas McKay, myself, and five others ... Went on in advance of the wagons to discover the best route" - Peter Burnett, Oct 1848
Applegate Trail Marker 44 is on the other side of this marker.