Fall descends on California’s High Desert now, with telltales natural and man-made settling over the sagebrush. Though the equinox is a few weeks away, already the atmosphere has chilled and a watch needs keeping on the forecast for frost—the first… Continue Reading
Going to see the elephant! That’s one popular saying of Gold Rush miners heading for California and the mines. Off for excitement, something big! Modern folks have a few elephants of our own to see. Here in Northern California, things… Continue Reading
One couldn’t have asked for a prettier day for an outing to find a pioneer wagon trail: Puffy clouds and streaks of white in a blue blue sky, ground newly damp from a rainstorm the previous night and the sweet,… Continue Reading
DAVIS CREEK—Travelers stopping at the Davis Creek Mercantile, 20 miles north of Alturas on Highway 395, usually ask for directions to the needle mines 8 miles up the Forest Service road in the Warner Mountains. The store—also a two-pump gas… Continue Reading
Note: I am delighted to introduce you to a new feature on A News Cafe.com, California Outback Report, stories from California’s high desert area by journalist H.A. Silliman. Please join me in welcoming him. – Doni The 16-mm projector clattered… Continue Reading
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