Warner Mountains
Warner Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Eagle Peak |
Elevation | 9,892 ft (3,015 m) |
Geography | |
Warner Mountains in California and Oregon[1]
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Country | United States |
States | California and Oregon |
Districts | USGS Davis Creek |
The Warner Mountains are an 85-mile (137 km)-long mountain range running north–south through northeastern California and extending into southern Oregon in the United States. The range lies within the northwestern corner of the Basin and Range Province, extending from the northeastern corner of Lassen County, California, through eastern Modoc County, California (east of Alturas), and northward into Lake County, Oregon (east of Lakeview).
The highest peak in the range is
Geography
The Warner Range is not part of the
The eastern escarpment of the range overlooks the
History
The
A gold-mining rush occurred in the Warner Mountains in 1912. A number of mines were developed briefly in what was known as the High Grade Mining District just adjacent to the Oregon border in Modoc County, California.[4]
Great quantities of lumber were removed from the Warner Mountains beginning as early as 1920.
Namesake
The range was named after explorer Captain William H. Warner, of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, who was killed in the range by Native Americans on September 26, 1849, while exploring a route for potential railroad crossings of the Sierra Nevada.[5] His remains were never found and his name appeared on maps of the range in 1866.
Camp Warner was established in the northern portion of the Warner Range in Oregon in 1867 by General George Crook to "pacify" the Indians.[6] The post was abandoned in 1874. Crook Peak, elevation 7,834 feet (2,388 m) in the Warner Range near Camp Warner, is named after Crook.
See also
References
- ^ "Warner Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
- ^ Atlas of Oregon Lakes, Oregon State University Press.
- ^ The Journal of the Modoc County Historical Society, Warner Mountain issue, 1991.
- U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 594, 1915.
- ^ Barry, Patricia. In Search of Captain Warner, Maverick Publications, 1995.
- ^ Gilliss, Julia. So Far From Home: An Army Bride on the Western Frontier 1865-1869, Oregon Historical Society, 1993.