Jocelyn Olson’s Hands On Experience for Clinical Medical Careers… When she fractured her back while studying at Southern Oregon State University in Ashland, Jocelyn Olson spent her senior year in …
Gentleman Bandit
Wells Fargo Stage Bandit Black Bart… Charles Boles was many things. A veteran. A prospector. A teacher. A poet. He was also the most successful Wells Fargo stage bandit in …
Historical Treasure Hunt
Siskiyou County Museum’s Exhibit of the Hull Brothers… If you like history, cemeteries are really interesting places,” explains Bruce Stiny, who retired as a museum curator for California State Parks …
Blazing a Trail
College of the Siskiyous Fire Technology Program in Weed… Throughout the summer season, firefighters have become an increasingly common sight in Northern California, bravely defending our communities against new and …
A Taste of History
Whiskeytown Lake Harvest Festival Celebrates NorCal Heritage and Historic Fall Foods… Whiskeytown Lake is once again hosting its biggest event of the year, the Harvest Festival, on September 21. From …
A Quest to Educate
Celebrating 75 Years of Shasta College… Shasta College is the little institution that could. Sometimes considered more of an afterthought with its main campus tucked away in northeast Redding, it …
Legacy Keepers
A Passion for Heritage at Shasta Historical Society… The Shasta Historical Society wasn’t always the name of the organization that has spent the last 94 years preserving, promoting and bringing …
Burning Bright
Camp Cinder Helps Integrate Women Into the Fire Service… When Katie Mason went out to find a summer job in her hometown of Yreka, her stepmother encouraged her to apply …
Well Trained
Police Academy at College of the Siskiyous… Mention “police academy” and it might conjure the raucous comedy and endless sequels of the 1980s and ‘90s. But in real life, cadets …
Archaeological Treasure Trove
Montague Museum’s Collection of Chinese Artifacts… On June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act bill. The goal: a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” …