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Fire raged through the wooden Knights of Pythias Hall in Dunsmuir, Calif., in 1924, and spread through much of the town in what became known as “The Big…
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German immigrants of Trinity County, Calif., formed the German Hospital Society on Feb. 1, 1856.At its first meeting, the Society chose four officers,…
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The early settlers of Yreka quickly learned to fear fire and its catastrophic effects.Their first experience was when a fire in 1852, only a year after…
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First established in 1871, the Bogus School in Siskiyou County, Calif., has closed and reopened several times. Saleen Heckle was an early teacher during…
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Picard, Calif., doesn’t exist today, but in the late 1800’s, it was a small town in California’s Butte Valley south of Klamath Falls. Elizabeth Reed Brent…
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Each year, Yreka’s Siskiyou Golden Fair celebrates summer, promoting the county’s agricultural, industrial, commercial, mineral and cultural resources and…
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Hawkinsville, Calif., is just north of Yreka, but its history includes cultural customs born in Portugal’s Azores Islands in the 14th century.Siskiyou…