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Warner Valley

As early as the 1860s, sheep and cattle ranching operations along with dairy farming became prominent enterprises in the local economy. Ranchers used the grasslands in the high meadows on the north and east sides of Lassen Peak, near Battle ...

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Drakesbad Guest Ranch

In June of 1938, after removing the original lodge built by Edward Drake in 1890 and crushed in the winter snows of 1937-38, the Siffords began the construction of a replacement building. Roy Sifford, who was determined to lose as ...

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Drakesbad

The first person known to have settled in the valley that was later to become Drakesbad was Edward R. Drake (1830-1904). It is possible that Drake may have first arrived in the Drakesbad area as early as 1875. Records show ...

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Peter Lassen

Lassen Peak was named for Peter Lassen, one of the first white settlers in the northern Sacramento Valley and the discoverer of a route through the mountains called the Lassen Trail. In the decade and a half that Peter Lassen ...

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Manzanita Lake

Butte Lake, Snag Lake, and Horseshoe Lake are all popular fishing destinations in the park with populations of rainbow, brown, and brook trout. Kings Creek and Grassy Swale Creek both have populations of brook trout as well. The most popular ...

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California Spotted Owl

The California spotted owl is one of three subspecies of spotted owls that occurs within the United States. The Mexican spotted owl is found in the southwestern states and Mexico. The Northern spotted owl occupies western Washington, Oregon and California. ...

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Peregrine Falcon

The American Peregrine Falcon, once a common resident throughout much of California, began rapidly declining about the mid-part of the 20thcentury. The chief factor responsible for this ...

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Bald Eagles

Though no historical information exists on Bald Eagle population size in California, it is widely thought that this species formerly occupied a widespread range and was quite abundant throughout the western states. After World War II, ...

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Native Cultures

The present area of the park historically fell within the customary use areas of four Indian tribes. The Atsugewi lived north and east of Lassen Peak in the Hat Creek drainage and around Eagle Lake. The ...

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Bumpass Hell

Hydrothermal (hot water) features at Lassen Volcanic National Park fascinate visitors to this region of northeastern California. Boiling mudpots, steaming ground, roaring fumaroles, and sulfurous gases are linked to active volcanism and are all reminders of ...

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