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March 12, 2018 (Hill R., 2 mi. S of jct. with CA 161, Tule Lake National Monument Tulelake: Originally a Civilian Conservation Corps camp established in 1935. During World War II, a maximum security prison camp for incarcerating dissident interned Japanese Americans (1943) and German prisoners of war (1944–1946).
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Yreka (/ w aɪ ˈ r iː k ə / wy-REE-kə) is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States, near the Shasta River; the city has an area of about 10 square miles (26 km 2), most of it land. As of the 2022 United States Census, the population was 7,827, reflecting an increase from 7,765 counted in the 2010 Census. [7]
Wasteland Weekend is an annual four-day festival held on the edge of the Mojave Desert [4] near Edwards, California. It is listed as a full immersion event, with all participants required to adhere to the set theme inspired by post-apocalyptic media such as Mad Max , Fallout and Wasteland .
An early road, an alternative to the Siskiyou Trail, wound its way up from Shasta, California, through Scott Valley to Yreka, California, and then into Oregon. This route remained in steady use until the development of more established stagecoach roads in the 1860s (and later the railroad in the 1880s) along the Sacramento River to the east.
Siskiyou County is geographically diverse. From towering Mount Shasta (elev. 14,179 ft; 4,322 m) near the center of the county, to lakes and dense forests, as well as desert, chaparral, and memorable waterfalls, the county is home to world-famous trout-fishing rivers and streams, such as the Sacramento and McCloud rivers.
During the first weekend in June, Downtown Patterson hosts the town's largest celebration of the year, the Apricot Fiesta. The event begins on Friday with several beauty pageants. The Patterson Library hosts an art show during the celebration, and displays on local history are held open to the public at the Patterson Museum, also known as the ...
The Yreka Carnegie Library is a building located in Yreka, California, in the United States. Formerly used as a library building, it now houses the Yreka Police Department. The one-story building, designed by W. H. Weeks and completed in 1915, exhibits Classical Revival architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...