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TOUR
The VOLCANIC LEGACY
SCENIC BYWAY is a
500-mile-long route that
winds from LAKE
ALMANOR, south of
Mount Lassen, to CRATER
LAKE in southern Oregon,
with access to most of the
region’s major attractions.
volcaniclegacybyway.org
Oregon, a band of hunters and fishermen who
lived in cedar-plank houses with basements.
Their population dropped rapidly as settlers
seized land following the discovery of gold in
Yreka and Upper Soda Springs in 1850. To the
east, at what is now Lava Beds National Monu-
ment, the Modoc tribe and the U.S. Army fought
the last of the Indian wars in California in 1872-
73. In the late 1880s, the Central Pacific Railroad
spurred development of the timber and tourism
industries, and in the 1970s, New Age seekers
began filtering into the area, culminating in
1987’s “Harmonic Convergence,” which identi-
fied Shasta as one of the world’s “power centers.”
Family Fun
The Sundial Bridge is the big draw, but for fam-
ilies, the surrounding Turtle Bay Exploration
Center in Redding offers a full day’s worth of
activities emphasizing the Sacramento River
watershed, including an aquarium, museum,
zoo, botanical garden and a recreated logging
camp (turtlebay.org).
SPECIAL
»
EVENTS 2015
THE PAINTED DUNES as seen from
the top of the Cinder Cone in Lassen
Volcanic National Park, above, and
mudpots, top leftt.
Classic cars, sock hops and ’50s-style burger joints are the big attractions of Redding’s
COOL APRIL NIGHTS. April 18-26 koolaprilnites.com
Eighty wild horses run free on the 5,000-acre WILD HORSE SANCTUARY near Mount
Lassen. Guided, two- and three-day rides are offered spring through fall, and a special
wildflower-themed ride is on April 25-26. wildhorsesanctuary.org
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