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Cecilville
The
place was named for John Baker Sissel, who came to Shasta Valley
sometime before 1849. The name was
misspelled in an 1857 and again when the post
office was established on
June
25, 1879.
Cecilville, 1890 courtesy Muggs Nichols Collection
Sawyers Bar
The bar was named in the 1850's for Dan Sawyer, who lived and mined near the
site of the present town.
Sawyers Bar late 1800's courtesy Siskiyou Historical
Society
Forks of Salmon
So
named when the post office was established in 1859, because of its situation
at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the
Salmon River.
Forks of
Salmon, 1898, courtesy Siskiyou Historical Society
Somes Bar
Various accounts say that this mining camp, dating from the 1850's
was named for a settler Abraham Somes or George Somes. The post office
was listed as Somesbar in 1892. After the 1964 flood destroyed the old
Somes Bar (about two miles up the Salmon River) the store relocated to it's
current location at the base of Ah Pah mountain.
Langford Store, Somes Bar, pre 1964 /Siskiyou County
Historical Society
near current river flow gauge.
Orleans
Settled
in 1850 and called New Orleans Bar. The name was shortened in 1855 to
Orleans Bar when the settlement became the seat of the short-lived Klamath
County. The present form was used by the post office in 1859.
Orleans Bridge, 1900 courtesy Siskiyou Historical
Society
Happy Camp
The mining camp was named in 1851. A miner, Jack Titus, claims the
honor of naming the camp after his partner, James Camp, exclaimed upon
arriving, "This is the happiest day of my life." In 1851 the camp is
mentioned "... 'Happy Camp', at the place known as Murderer's Bar."
(Information from California Place Names, The Origin and Etymology of
Current Geographical Names
by Erwin G. Gudde, fourth edition, 1998, University of California Press.)