ALTURAS

NAME: Alturas
COUNTY: Modoc
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 1
CLIMATE: Snow in winter/warm in summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.		 COMMENTS: 3600 people living here and it is known as the last of the wild frontier. A semi-ghost, old historical town.
REMAINS: Niles High Saloon and other buildings.
Still holds the county seat of Modoc county.


View across the wild life reserve south of town looking toward the City from a mile away - September 1998.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research


Display in park at Alturas of Southern Pacific locomotive. September 1998.
Courtesy David A. Wright
Great Basin Research


City view from golf course area
Courtesy Cityofalturas.org

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