Siskiyou County was created on March 22, 1852, from parts of Shasta and Klamath Counties, and named after the Siskiyou mountain range. Parts of the county's territory were given to Modoc County in 1855. The county is the site of the central section of the Siskiyou Trail, which ran between California's Central Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The Siskiyou Trail followed indigenous footpaths, a...
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...
College of the Siskiyous (COS) is a public community college with campuses in Weed and Yreka in Siskiyou County in Northern California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System, serving as the northernmost college in the state of California and the only college in Siskiyou County. The college is in the service area of California State University, Chico and one of only eleven commu...
This project is for those buried in Mount Shasta Memorial Park, Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California. Mount Shasta Memorial Park is located in the city of Mount Shasta near the base of the mountain. Coming south on Interstate 5, take the Central Mt. Shasta (#738) exit and turn left. This will take you over the freeway toward the mountain. If coming north, take the Central exit and turn ri...