Mendocino National Forest
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The Mendocino National Forest is located in the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises 913,306 acres. It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major
Rattlesnake Creek
Alder Springs Road in Mendocino National Forest looking east
Rice Fork Eel River at Crabtree Hot Springs
Sanhedrin Mountains of Mendocino National Forest
Rattlesnake Fire
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The Rattlesnake Fire was a wildfire started by arsonist Stanford Pattan on July 9, 1953, in Powder House Canyon on the Mendocino National Forest in northern California. The wildfire killed one Forest
Mendocino National Forest
…Southwest Region. Major work is done in the areas of biological, chemical, and clinical research on anti-cancer drugs derived from plants. The infamous Rattlesnake Fire occurred here in 1953. One Forest Service employee and 14 volunteer firefighters perished. The circumstances of the tragedy resulted in major changes…
Memorial crosses at the site of the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire