Modoc
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The horses will be taken in trailers to a corral in Modoc National Forest, where they’ll be readied for adoption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
For First 5 programs in places such as Madera, Modoc, Colusa and Sacramento counties, the funding cuts earlier this year led to the elimination of critical staff, according to Makdessian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Army also locked up Hope, Apache and Modoc Indians there and, later, conscientious objectors to World War I.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
Near the Oregon border, another coalition is seeking monument status for an area known as Sáttítla that extends over parts of the Shasta-Trinity, Klamath and Modoc national forests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
The Modoc was going ahead under her own momentum only.
From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Chapman, Allen
“Perhaps he lost his objectivity,” Aurand wrote, “and conveniently forgot the Modocs and the ‘Chain Gang,’ an oversight also convenient for his employer, Franklin B. Gowen.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2018
On his mission, McParlan uncovered at least two other violent groups, a splinter group of Irishmen called the Chain Gang and a Welsh-German gang, the Modocs.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2018
They assisted in the operations against the Modocs in 1872, raising a company of scouts for that purpose, who rendered good service.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
Here there were one or two severe fights, the worst of which was with the Modocs, in the northern lava beds.
From History of California by Bandini, Helen Elliott
Never a smile from him, though, till he and Hedrick are safe out into the night again— then, of course, they hug each other and howl over it like Modocs!
From Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 by Riley, James Whitcomb
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