Built in the 1850's as a protection and make work project, was 8 ft. high, thirty inches thick at the base, receding to about twelve at the top. Built of cobble-stones abounding nearby and laid in lime and sand mortar. The wall extended from Eagle Gate east to what is now "A" Street, north to 4th Ave., west to and along property line of Canyon Road to State Street and Eagle Gate, enclosing orchard and garden, ice house, barn and private schoolhouse.
