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The Lava Beds National Wilderness is a 28,460-acre (11,520 ha) wilderness area within the Lava Beds National Monument. It was designated by the US Congress on October 13, 1972, with passage of Public Law 92-493. [13] The wilderness protects more than half of the national monument in two separate eastern and western units.
The stronghold, which is now part of Lava Beds National Monument, is named for Native American chief Kintpuash who was also known as Captain Jack. During the Modoc War in 1873, Captain Jack along with 53 Modoc warriors, and numerous women and children in a band of 160, managed to hold out against the United States Army which outnumbered them by ...
The Schonchin Butte Fire Lookout is a fire lookout tower on Schonchin Butte, a cinder cone in Lava Beds National Monument.. The Civilian Conservation Corps built a fire lookout at Schonchin Butte during the summers of 1939 and 1940, as part of federal infrastructure development under the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lava Beds National Monument, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
The Petroglyph Point is an archaeological site within the Lava Beds National Monument, located southeast of Tulelake, California.Petroglyph Point contains one of the largest panels of Native American rock art in the United States.
Catacombs Cave is a 6,903 foot (2,104 m) cave in Lava Beds National Monument in California.It is considered one of the most challenging caves accessible in the park. This very long cave is easily entered, but gradually increases in difficulty.
Howard's campaign was successful, as Lava Beds National Monument was signed into existence by President Calvin Coolidge on November 21, 1925. [4] It was created under the auspices of the 1906 Antiquities Act. [1] Howard died on December 15, 1961, in Klamath Falls. He never married. [1]
These flows, called the Fantastic Lava Beds, spread northeast and southwest, and dammed creeks, first creating Snag Lake on the south and then Butte Lake to the north. Butte Lake is fed by water from Snag Lake seeping through the lava beds. Nobles Emigrant Trail goes around Snag Lake and follows the edge of the lava beds.