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Cobb is a census designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Cobb is located 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Whispering Pines , [ 3 ] at an elevation of 2,631 feet (802 m). [ 2 ]
The mountain is named after John Cobb, the first pioneer to settle in the area.Cobb was born in Henry County, Kentucky on May 19, 1814. In 1853 he arrived in California and homesteaded in Cobb Valley and went on to become the county assessor and the road overseer for the Clearlake District in 1855.
Above about 2,000 feet (610 m) the main land cover is chaparral, with patches of California live oak woodlands on the higher ridges. The upper end of the watershed has soils of volcanic materials, with conifer or hardwood-conifer forests. The Cobb area's resort and residential communities lie within these forests. [11]
The California Department of Forestry (CDF) uses Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest to experiment with forest management techniques, which include firefighting and logging. [1] The forest management program has aimed for a managed all-age forest, and has included studies of disease control, fertilization and reforestation. [ 9 ]
Hoberg's Resort was a holiday resort in Lake County, California.The unincorporated community of Hobergs grew up around it. The resort started out in the 1890s as a sideline where a farmer's wife offered meals to travelers, and it then became an economical place for campers and hunters to stay.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 [1] – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American professional baseball center fielder. ... California, on ...
Forest Lake Resort was a resort in the Cobb Mountain area of Lake County, California, in an area of wet meadows along Kelsey Creek. Originally a campground, it was developed into a resort in the 1930s to exploit the growing automobile-based recreation market. The resort was sold in 1963.
Wilbert Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor, known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).