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Trail leading through the lava rocks and formations at Captain Jack’s Stronghold, where members of the Modoc tribe avoided U.S. troops for nearly six months.

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The Nevada Traveler: The tragic history of lava beds national monument — Part 2

There is far more to Northern California’s Lava Beds National Monument than its remarkable geological formations and lava tubes. For example, it is the site of the Modoc War, the only Indian war in which a U.S. military general was killed.

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