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Modoc War was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873. Collection contains a tour guide with a map and lists of sites and museums related 1873 Modoc War. Accompanied by small photographs with descriptions. Supplemented by a chronological timeline of events and an alphabetical list of historical sites. Created and donated by Daniel Woodhead III.

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The Modoc War was known as one of the costliest of the 19th-Century Indian Wars. It lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. Francis S. “Van” Landrum was a businessman and self-taught structural engineer/land surveyor in Klamath Falls, Oregon as well as a noted amateur historian and author. Collection contains a map drawn by Landrum that includes all the major points of importance related to the Modoc War.

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The Modoc War between the Modoc Tribe in Northern California and the U.S. troops lasted for 8 months between 1872 and 1873. The collection consists of a diary, published by Bancroft’s Books and Stationary Company, written during 1873.

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The collection consists of correspondence on various topics to and from J. D. (Judson Dean) Howard written between 1920 and 1959 and a folder of notes and miscellany dated from 1917 to 1934. J. D. Howard is best known as the “father” of Lava Beds National Monument in northern California.

Abstract “Harper's Weekly, Journal of Civilization” was an American political magazine based in New York City. It was published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916. During the Modoc War (1872-1873) the magazine published articles and illustrations to give its readers a view of the war. Collection consists of an illustration from Harper's Weekly magazine from the June 28, 1873 issue, depicting Captain Jack, the leader of the Modocs Tribe, shooting at General Canby during peace...

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Leslie Spier recorded traditional songs sung by several Modoc tribal members in 1934. The collection consists of two audio tape cassettes of Modoc Indian songs and accompanying documentation.

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Don C. (Custer) Fisher was the first Superintendent of the Lava Beds National Monument. The collection contains bound photocopies of letters related to the Modoc War of 1872-1873 and provides the cultural context of the time period between 1865 and 1877.

Abstract Patricia Jane Scruggs Trolinger,1930-2010, was a Tribal historian for the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma 1978-2003 and wrote the “History of the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma”. Collection consists of two documents: a chapter, titled "A Glimpse of the Modoc Tragedy", written and copyrighted on March 13, 2002, by Francis S. Landrum. It is accompanied by a short letter addressed by Landrum to Ms. Trolinger. The second document is a copy of a paper written by Ms. Trolinger in 1981 in Miami, Oklahoma. The...

Abstract Charles E. Worden was born in Medina County, Ohio in 1849 and died in Portland, Oregon in 1923. Major Worden served as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Allotting and Special Agent of the Klamath Reservation at Klamath Agency, Oregon. The collection includes a Klamath Indian Allotment Census for the Klamath Tribes and a register of persons living in Yainax Agency area. It includes working papers, notebooks, reports, and an abstract of title for several lots in Linkville established 1867, later...