408 Adventures in Scenery 



Klamath Mountains are the headwaters of Sacramento River, 

 and the waters from this spring doubtless contribute a small 

 share to the river. 



Broad Shasta Valley Marked by 

 Volcanic Hummocks 



North of the divide between the south flowing Sacramento 

 and the Shasta River, which latter flows north to Klamath River 

 and thence through the Klamath Mountains (locally called the 

 Siskiyou Range) and the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean, 

 is the broad Shasta Valley. Scattered over this valley are many 

 knolls of lava representing local volcanic eruptions. In this 

 valley many cattle are grazed, and from Gazelle station on the 

 railroad many hundreds of car loads of livestock are shipped 

 annually. 



West of Gazelle, along the hills of the eastern slope of the 

 Klamath Range (locally called Trinity Mountains) , the line of 

 the Yreka ditch, completed in 1856 to carry water for the 

 placer mines near Yreka, may be seen. The ditch is now used 

 for irrigation purposes. 



~Yreka at North End of Bee-Line 



And now Yreka is reached, once a thriving mining town, 

 now an active progressive community devoted more largely to 

 the pursuits of agriculture. Oregon lies beyond. If the patient 

 reader has read Chapter IV El Centro to Yreka then let him 

 realize that here is the other end of the Bee-Line of the 850 miles 

 from El Centro, and all the time in the great State of California. 

 Oregon and Washington bid you continue north. Good high- 

 ways, magnificent scenery, and generous people are all the way 

 to Portland (the Rose City), 292 miles farther, and 578 miles 

 farther is the great city of Seattle, Washington. Or, go a little 

 farther north to Medford and Grant's Pass, Oregon, and cross 

 over to the westward and return through the far-famed Red- 

 wood Empire and the northwest coast region of California. 



