The Pit River Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of eleven bands of indigenous peoples of California. They primarily live along the Pit River in the northeast corner of California. Their name also is spelled as "Pitt River" in some historical records.
Istet Woiche, tribal historian of the Madesi tribe, one of the bands of the Pit River Tribe
The Pit River is a major river draining from northeastern California into the state's Central Valley. The Pit, the Klamath and the Columbia are the only three rivers in the U.S. that cross the Cascade Range.
Waterfalls on the Pit River near Fall River Mills
Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study Area
The Pit River before it enters the canyons west of Canby, Modoc County
Pit River impounded in Lake Britton, its second [Shasta is largest] largest reservoir