A planned month-long roundup of up to 1,000 wild horses from the Modoc National Forest has raised the ... According to a blog published by the Devil's Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, ...

This was the last territory relinquished to white settlers by local tribes. In 1872-73 it was the site of the last of the Indian wars fought in California and Oregon.

THE MODOC INDIANS.; Origin of Their Troubles--Description of the Territory--Interesting History of the Events Loading to the War. An Explosion in Maiden-Lane--Two Men Severely Injured.

“Our territory is supposed to have 206 to 402 animals, we have almost 4,000 horses,” Modoc National Forest Supervisor Amanda McAdams said in a statement.

Among humans, a debate rages over how to best manage a wild horse population in Modoc National Forest. But in the animal world, one mountain lion is busy killing horses.

The Forest Service may sell about 165 wild horses currently in holding at California’s Modoc National Forest without limitations on the future use of the animals — even if that means some ...

The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age Robert Aquinas McNally. Bison, $34.95 (432p) ISBN 978-1-4962-0179-9 ...

On this date 150 years ago, a Modoc warrior from Southern Oregon died at Alcatraz. He was one of the first Native Americans sentenced to the island prison. June 23, 2025 ...

The Modoc War. Share full article. Dec. 22, 1872. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 22, 1872, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Ultimately, the conflict left the Modoc leaders dead and the tribe divided. June 24, 2025. contribute now. ... toward a reservation 2,000 miles away in “Indian Territory” in what is now Oklahoma.