Higgins Ferry, Smith River, CA about 1903

Higgins Ferry, Smith River, CA about 1903
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The history of Northern California offers a powerful combination of Native American culture and lore, European exploration, gold mining and the farming and ranching that still characterize the splendid American landscape that stretches (very roughly) from Redding to Yreka to the Oregon border in the middle of the state and from Mendocino to Del Norte Counties on the California Coast and from Alturas to Klamath Falls Oregon in the high desert Eastern side of California.