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This list includes properties and districts listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in Modoc County, California. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in California. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Shambala Preserve is an animal sanctuary established in 1972 and located in Acton, California, a desert community 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Palmdale, off of California State Route 14 and 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles.
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
Lynea Lattanzio founded Cat House on the Kings in 1991 and now it is California's largest no-kill shelter. Meet the woman who owns over 1,000 cats Skip to main content
Bloody Point Massacre site is California Historical Landmark No. 8 in Modoc County, California on County Road 104 in Tulelake, California. The site is where the deadest massacres of emigrants on the Oregon Trail happened in 1850. On the trail 90 men, women, and children were killed by Modoc Tribe warriors.
This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
Carl E. Grunsky named the area for John H. Sites, a landholder, in 1887. [2] The same year, a Post Office was established. It was discontinued in 1968. [3]Sites was the western terminus of the narrow-gauge Colusa and Lake Railroad, completed in 1886 between Sites and the county seat of Colusa. [4]