Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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SISKIYOU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FORKS OF SALMON HOTEL The hotel at Forks of Salmon was constructed by the Bennett Company durung the boom days on the Salmon Thus pioneer company In add: tuon to the operatlon of several gold mmes was farmer packer mallman and chlef source of sup Salmon Ruver and nts lower trubutarles They ran the pack trams over the Salmons to Etna across the Trmlty to Hoopa and over Orleans Mountain to Orleans They grazed a herd of cattle In the mountains and furnished fresh meat through their own slaughterhouse to much of thus regnon The hotel was operated successfully untll about 1934 It was dnsmantled un 1948 One of the seasons hlghlughts was the hog druve over the Salmon Mountalns each fall About two hundred hogs were driven un slaughtered salted and smoked for the wnnters supply Thus was a gala event each year and all of the neugh bors came In to help with the work In addition to suitable pay free food free drunks and enter tamment was furmshed by the company ID a manner comparable to the flestas of the Spanush settlers In the South Many of our older residents wnll have a touch of nostalgia from a vlew of thus old bunldmg ply for all of the miners and settlers along the . . . .

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KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST is- su J- fifsfs- Hx sn., Q iw Q.-. ,I I in-watt ' at -ax. MARBLE MOUNTAINS One of the most scennc regnons of the West IS the Marble Mountain Prlmltlve Area of the Klamath Natuonal Forest Thus reglon encircled by the Scott Salmon and Klamath Rnvers as one of the most attractlve recreation areas In the Klamath National Forest and the Shasta Cascade Wonderland and one of the few remannmg wilderness areas ID Callfornla Thus IS a lime stone reguon with gray marble peaks dense forests of pme and fir numerous lakes well stocked wnth trout and mountam valleys which are a not of color In August when the wuld flow ers are an bloom It ns the natuve haunt of black and brown bear In the summer and of deer In the fall Red Mountain 8317 feet IS the hlghest peak In the regaon with Black Marble 7451 feet and Kings Castle KMarble MOUDTBIHJ 7396 feet promunent landmarks on the mann dlvnde The Marble Mountam country us accessuble by good Forest Service trarls from Scott Valley vua Shackleford Creek Scott River vaa Canyon and Kelsey Creeks Scott Bar vua Lake Mountain Selad Elk Creek or Wooley vla Grader Creek Happy Camp vna Somes Bar vla Haypress Meadows Creek and points along the Salmon Ruver from the North Fork and Luttle North Fork . I. gg I 1 K fs 7 A- A .. ,A y lf , f . S k rl y ,A - M g ., -.L M. Q R my , '25 F lv-gs: A I, 1 Q - .W r u-: QM- 4-u 'ys .L .E NW- lf' T, . -'- ' -' vim - . '.- , ,. ' ,K Af-.-5 ' '4 Q . X:xu:' .' y , . . y K h ' -x f f - , ,,' . ' Y as -. .f --1 tv- - , . s. - Q, - .- Q: . .Y W Q . :A V M59 .- ,'., ,cg A ci ' I . .1 32 q ., il' ! .L-1 - . gqi Q? V s t ' ,I ., ' 'H ' 5, lr.,-2 '. , 1 - 1 --. 39. sf. V -K-Q I , 'mfg , -', ',N1,'.,5' -3 X, f ' ' ar ' ,- -f Mc -', , .f 3 Q -. . ,. . . E ,As ,, , , L S, gg , 4.,W fghgv s 4,,g,.r 13, ' ' -ff' 'L T5 Q. S ar 1 f L , .' f','4,, mi is O AA - f - ff, f',,- -:5 , , f ig Q, f , .i-T., g ,Qt g - , U ss- in . V V S r- fav' - ss - . , , , Ag - -, W V fx can .. f ' , . . T, ' , ffgltfft' R . A. Q ' v-rl, Q -Q - A -Q .1 'V . . -, . ,,..' - .JY :qs , . W, ,-, X., g -A -'ff X: Q 3- b. . ' S- . I 4, , R , I T '- sl. ' if - C , f .K S :f ' ' f M .hs-f 1'-' H-1' 'H' 3 f ' ,' y 1 lv-1' . 'W ' J ' ' ' ,, A ' ,Y 4 Q- . a AE V gif' ' va vt' Q. is ' X. 5' A f ' .'4 '.? '7.f' - , '. ' 'L ly rg. l , -.' ,Li-'P -.V s. -- 4 ' I I 4 I I I I 1 1 I I I - - u n ' A I s Q 1 I I I n 1 f I I 1 I ' I