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At the time of European encounter, the Modoc people lived in what is now northern California, near Lost River and Tule Lake. The county was named after them. [6]: 216 The Achomawi (or Pit River Indians, for which the Pit River is named), and the Paiute also lived in the area. [6]: 216 To the north were the Klamath in present-day Oregon.
The Alturas Indian Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Achomawi Indians in California. The tribe controls a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) reservation near Alturas, California, in Modoc County. Tribal enrollment is estimated at 15. [1] The tribe operates the Desert Rose Casino and the Rose Cafe in Alturas. [2]
Location of Modoc County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Modoc County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Modoc County, California, United States.
List of California State Historic Parks — a division of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, for historic sites in California. List
The South Warner Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area 12 miles (19 km) east of Alturas, California, United States. It encompasses more than 70,000 acres (283 km 2) of the Warner Mountains. It is within the Modoc National Forest and managed by the US Forest Service.
Alturas (Spanish for "Heights"; Achumawi: Kasalektawi) [7] is the only incorporated city in Modoc County, California of which it is also the county seat. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California , the city had a population of 2,715 at the 2020 census .
Alturas — city in & county seat of Modoc County, in the northeastern corner of California. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P.
SR 139 cuts through much of Modoc National Forest and passes near Antelope Mountain and Tule Lake. North of SR 299 near Canby , SR 139 was built by the federal government and turned over to the state in about 1940; the remainder was built by a joint highway district of Lassen and Modoc Counties, completed in 1956, and given to the state in 1959.