History
The Fandango Pass in the Warner Mountains was on the Lassen-Applegate Trail used by emigrants from 1846–1850 as an alternate route to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and the gold fields of California. After reaching Goose Lake, the emigrant trains often split, with some continuing to the Willamette Valley and others continuing to the gold fields.
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.
Great quantities of lumber were removed from the Warner Mountains beginning as early as 1920. Ponderosa Pine logs were used to supply active sawmills and box factories at Lakeview, Oregon; Alturas, California and Willow Ranch, California. The sawmill and box factory at Willow Ranch near the Oregon-California border was a company town with a population over 1,000 during the 1930s and 1940s. The operation closed in 1958.
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