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Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the region, varying cultures of Native Americans inhabited the county for thousands of years. 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. The Achomawi (or Pit River Indians, for which the Pit River is named), and the Paiute also lived in the area...
especially in Fort Bidwell! The families who stayed eventually intermarried Camp Bidwell > Fort Bidwell During the influx of settlers and the driving out of Native tribes, Bidwell began as a military outpost and fort positioned to help protect ranchers and farmers along the immigrant trail. After a brief period of ascendancy, Ft. Bidwell's development stalled. The town never grew into a we...
Surprise Valley Geologically, the Surprise Valley appears to be part of Nevada rather than California... "In one early account, Surprise Valley is said to have been known by the local Indians as “Kibeningnaredols” which means “Valley of the Long Mountains”." In the early years of while immigrant settlement, the area was accessed by the Applegate Trail: "fifteen men on horseback to set out in...
Purpose= ~• This project conceived to better understand the various roles military men had during careers in and around Modoc County California during the last half of the 1800s . An attempt will be made to link GENi profiles to this project.==Veterans of Indian Wars who lived or died at Ft. Bidwell ==* Co F 8(?)th U.S. Inf ** Pvt Alfred Banke 19 Aug 1850 Germany died 6 Nov 1883 (aged 33), bur...