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* [[Cornell, Modoc County, California]]
In 1926, The Central Pacific Railroad attained authority to build a line between Klamath Falls, Oregon to Alturas and made Cornell a stop on that line. It ended up being built in 1927 and was called the [[Modoc Northern Railroad]].<ref>{{cite news
| author =
| title = Details left to R. R.
| url = https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BLA19260515.2.94&srpos=31&e=-------en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Cornell%22+%22Modoc%22-------1
| work = Blue Lake Advocate
| date = May 11, 1926
| access-date = March 23, 2021
| volume = 39
| number = 2
}}</ref> [https://books.google.com/books?id=yQtFAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Keuchishkeni&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-u_Dj-_HvAhWHB80KHXsxCRoQ6AEwCHoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=modoc&f=false Here] mentioned in a guidebook from 1913.
* [[Davis Creek, California]]
Davis Creek grammar school [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BLA19261106.2.70&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22davis+creek%22+modoc-------1 built] in 1926. There are rural homes and a corner store there now. Began receiving mail by train in [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19110831.2.130&srpos=16&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22davis+creek%22+modoc-------1 Aug 1911]. In the 40s and 50s there was a prison camp there and convicts frequently seemed to escape from it. A vein of obsidian nearby was [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=TN19360214.1.3&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22davis+creek%22+modoc-------1 discovered] in 1936. Davis Creek Orchard Company apparently grew apples that [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJMN19130404.2.12&srpos=20&e=-------en--20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22davis+creek%22+orchard-------1 rivaled] Washington apples. [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19110601.2.103&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22davis+creek+orchard+company%22-------1 Something]. A [https://calisphere.org/item/a537cd2c59b0c7c51947104432a21fd7/ picture]. Another [https://calisphere.org/item/cccc96bb648b8a0c1fd06e7c3cebdf70/ picture]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DV9JYW_qvVIC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=%22davis+creek+orchard%22&source=bl&ots=_P_pbvhNnE&sig=ACfU3U3uWlaMv9kI25SjR73DT19CZd5irw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUtK2ZxurvAhUVZc0KHQ4cAx84ChDoATANegQIARAD#v=onepage&q=%22davis%20creek%20orchard%22&f=false Enlargement] of the orchard reservoir in 1974. Wonder if there should be a combination of the Goose Lake valley articles. Mentioned in a [https://books.google.com/books?id=yQtFAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Keuchishkeni&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-u_Dj-_HvAhWHB80KHXsxCRoQ6AEwCHoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=modoc&f=false guidebook] from 1913 again.
* [[Day, California]]
* [[Fairport, California]]
Again goose valley. [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19130430.2.118&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Fairport+Inn%22-------1 Here] is one article. [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19151220.2.135&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Fairport+Inn%22-------1 Here] is another
* [[Hackamore, California]]
CCC camp was [https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/modoc/learning/history-culture/?cid=stelprdb5311948 there]. Site of rail connection [http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/5/modoc/history.pdf celebration] in 1930.
* [[McArthur, California]]
* [[Menlo Baths, California]]
Not much. [https://csl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990014116620205115&context=L&vid=01CSL_INST:CSL Here] is a picture. sometimes referred to as "Menlo Ranch"
* [[Surprise Station, California]]
* [[Tionesta, California]]
Post office [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19560107.2.74&srpos=6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Tionesta%22-------1 closing] in 1956. PG&E [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19691219.1.17&srpos=56&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Tionesta%22-------1 installing] oil compressors. Affected by [[Caldwell Fire]] in 2020. Shaw Lumber Company had its plant there. More about shaw lumber [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/id/2540 here].
* [[White Horse, California]]
Suffers from a few other places being named White Horse (one in Oregon). The name White Horse referred to an entire tract of lumber land that extended into Siskiyou County. Described [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BLA19300111.2.66&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22white+horse%22+%22lumber%22-------1 here] as of 1930. Described as a "main camp of the McCloud Lumber Co." in 1932. [https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,5128309 This] says operations ceased in 1945. [http://mccloudriverrailroad.com/AlongTheLine/Hambone-Lookout.htm Connected] to Hambone and Lookout via rail. Really nothing left there now.
* [[Alturas Indian Rancheria, California]]
* [[Cedarville Rancheria, California]]
* [[Fort Bidwell Reservation]] should this be combined with [[Fort Bidwell]]?
* [[XL Rancheria]]
* [[Chumawi, California]]
* [[Ivy, California]]
Possible this should be combined with Cantrall (Central?) Mill or Brooks Mill. Not seeing much about a town called Ivy. [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJMN19130706.2.166&srpos=55&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Jess+Valley%22-------1 Here] is one. Based on the description of "9 miles due west of Eagleville" I'm pretty positive this should be combined with Cantrall Mill. [https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/221884/I0686/-/individual Here] is more about Cantrall.
* [[Keshlakchuis, California]]
Referenced in a [https://books.google.com/books?id=lARNdKvvqewC&pg=PA919&dq=Keuchishkeni&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-u_Dj-_HvAhWHB80KHXsxCRoQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=Keuchishkeni&f=false 1907 Smithsonian Bulletin]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VUYSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA919&dq=Keuchishkeni&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-u_Dj-_HvAhWHB80KHXsxCRoQ6AEwAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Keuchishkeni&f=false This] handbook is the same thing. Looks like this is already in the article as source 2.
* [[Keuchishkeni, California]]

== Good as is ==

== Notable, but should be expanded ==

== Questionable notability ==

== Not notable ==

== No article exists ==
Will investigate these for notability for potential new articles
* [[Willow Ranch, California]]
In 1894, Willow Ranch is described as "a little town in Modoc County" and it was reported that they had twenty-six cases of smallpox.
<ref>{{cite news

| author =
| title =
| url = https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SJMN18940612.2.74.1&srpos=94&e=-------en--20--81--txt-txIN-%22Willow+Ranch%22-------1
| work = [[San Jose Mercury News]]
| date = June 12, 1894
| access-date = March 23, 2021
| volume = XLV
| number =163
}}</ref> The [[Nevada–California–Oregon Railway]] was installed directly adjacent to the town around 1912, connecting Alturas to Lakeview, Oregon.<ref>{{cite news
| author =
| title = Push Work on W. P. Feeder
| url = https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MDA19110716.2.58&srpos=74&e=-------en--20--61--txt-txIN-%22Willow+Ranch%22-------1
| work = Marysville Daily Appeal
| location = Alturas
| date = July 14, 1911
| access-date = March 23, 2021
| volume = CIV
| number = 13
}}</ref> Willow Ranch had a junction on that line.
A man from San Francisco named George D. Freeborn was organizing a company to mine in Willow Ranch in 1920. Company named Goose Lake Gold Mining Company. Neither Freeborn or the company have Wikipedia pages and it's unclear if project ever happened.<ref>{{cite news
| author =
| title = Organize Company to Mine in Modoc
| url = https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SU19200809.2.109&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Willow+Ranch%22-------1
| work = [[The Sacramento Union]]
| location = Alturas
| date = August 8, 1920
| access-date = March 23, 2021
| volume = 215
| number = 40
}}</ref>
Willow Ranch was home to a planing mill and box factory built by the [[Crane Creek Lumber Company]]. The box factory burned down in July 1932 but was rebuilt by December 1933.
<ref>{{cite news
| author =
| title = Modoc Lumber Plant Resumes Work
| url = https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BLA19331230.2.84&srpos=82&e=-------en--20--81--txt-txIN-%22Willow+Ranch%22-------1
| work = Blue Lake Advocate
| location = Willow Ranch
| date = December 26, 1933
| access-date = March 23, 2021
| volume = 46
| number = 35
}}</ref>
* [[Brooks Mill, California]]
* [[Homestead, California]]
* [[Perez, California]]
* [[Stronghold, California]]
* [[Tuber, California]]
* [[Fletcher, California]] (historical)
* [[Fletcher Place, California]]
* [[Grizzlie Place, California]]
* [[Scarface, California]]
* [[Kauffman, California]]
* [[Campbell, Modoc County, California]]
* [[Vestil, California]]
* [[K Flourney, California]]
* [[R Flourney, California]]
* [[D Flourney, California]]
* [[Bormister, California]]
* [[Williams, Modoc County, California]]
* [[Christenson, California]]
* [[McGarva, California]]
* [[Derner, California]]
* [[Copic, California]]
* [[Demuth, California]]
* [[Ambrose, Modoc County, California]]
* [[Bayley, California]] (historical)
* [[Boles, California]]
* [[Cantrall Mill, California]]
* [[Dalton, California]]
* [[Dibble Place, California]]
* [[Hollenbeck, California]]
* [[Juniper, California]]
* [[Kalina, California]]
* [[Kandra, California]]
* [[Kephart, California]]
* [[Lakeview Junction, California]]
* [[Liskey, California]]
* [[Mammoth, California]]
* [[Meares, California]]
* [[Mulkey Place, California]]
* [[Old Hulbert Place, California]]
* [[Paola, California]] (historical)
* [[Hannchen, California]]
* [[Staley, California]]
* [[Suty, California]] (historical)
* [[Astakiwi, California]] (historical)

{{Modoc County, California}}

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