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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is an American state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protects the state's wildlife, wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, algae (kelp and seaweed) and native ...
Oregon City, formerly Bloomingdale and Hengy, [3] is a ghost town located between Oroville and Cherokee in Butte County, California. One of the first mining camps in the county, it was established in the autumn of 1848 by a party of Oregonians , [ 4 ] who came to California over the Applegate and Lassen trails.
The Lassen Cut-Off continued down the Pit River into California's Central Valley, while the Applegate Cut-Off went into southern Oregon along the Lost River. The lake completely dried up in the years 1851, 1852, 1926, 1929–1934, 1992, [8] 2009, and 2013-2015. Goose Lake overflowed into the Pit River watershed in 1868. [9]
Dorris is located in the Butte Valley of northern California between Mount Shasta and the Oregon border on U.S. Route 97. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2 ), 97.81% of it land and 2.19% of it water.
Lake City's ZIP Code is 96115. [5] A 1913 book described Lake City as being near Upper Alkali Lake and having a population of about 150. [6] The city is mentioned in the 1995 travel novel California Fault by author Thurston Clarke, when he referenced the area of Modoc County by his great-grandfather's travels in the 1850s in the Fandango Pass.
Washington (originally, Indiana Camp) [5] is a census-designated place located in Nevada County, California. [3] Washington is located on the banks of the South Yuba River and has a population of approximately two hundred people.
Stirling City is a census-designated place [4] in Butte County, California, located on Paradise Ridge in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Contrary to its name, Stirling City is not a city. Its ZIP Code is 95978 and area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 3570 feet (1088 m). Stirling City had a population of 295 at the 2010 census.
In 1853, there was stagecoach stop at what is now Goshen, on the stage line that led from Oregon City to the gold country in Jacksonville. [3] The Goshen area was settled in the 1870s. [ 4 ] Goshen post office was established in September 1874, with John Handsaker as first postmaster. [ 5 ]