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EVENTS 2017
Classic cars, sock hops and ’50s-style burger joints are the big attractions of Redding’s
KOOL APRIL NITES. April 22-30 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 April 22-23. wildhorsesanctuary.org
The REDDING RODEO comes bucking out of the blocks for the 69th year in a row, with
classic riding and roping events, and “mutton bustin’” for the kids. May 17-20
reddingrodeo.com
southern Oregon. 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
Monument, 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 Conver-
gence,” which identified Shasta as one of
the world’s “power centers.”
Family Fun
The Sundial Bridge is the big draw, but for
families, the surrounding Turtle Bay Explo-
ration Center in Redding offers a full day’s
worth of activities emphasizing the Sacra-
mento River watershed, including an
aquarium, museum, zoo, botanical garden
and a recreated logging camp. turtlebay.org
RAFTING SERIOUS RAPIDS on
the Trinity River, left; Native
American ritual dance in
Modoc County, above right.
DRIVE
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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
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