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- Malin, Oregon
- Internment Camp Life
- Tule Lake Jail
- Tule Lake Barracks
- Pelican Banding
- Clear Lake NWR
- Clear Lake Dam
- Tule Lake Internment
- Tulelake Onions
- Tulelake Potatoes
- Tulelake Alfalfa
- Merrill, Oregon
- Tulelake Mint
- Tulelake Birding
- Petroglyph Point
- Tulelake Grain
- Atop Schonchin Butte
- Water Shutoff
- Wildlife Refuge Tour
- Internment Videos
- Internment Farming
- Around Tulelake
- Tulelake, California
- Walking Wetlands
- Reclamation History
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Newell, California
This view from the Peninsula takes in most of the old Internment Camp – Newell, California was born out of the War Relocation Authority’s Japanese-American Internment and later, Segregation, Center. Once the decision was made tp build a center on … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Jack's Stronghold Restaurant, castle rock, glass mountain, medicine lake highlands, newell california, peninsula usfws, tule lake basin, tule lake internment-segregation center, tule lake pilgrimage, u.s. bureau of reclamation
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Malin, Oregon
Malin from the Air Looking Southwest Across the Tule Lake Basin – In 1907, a group of local business men incorporated the Lakeside Land Company. They purchased 6,500 acres of land, much of which was under receding Tule Lake. 140 … Continue reading
Internment Camp Life
This was unpopular in camp and a subject of unrest. This segment begins with a crop-duster landing at the airport that sits on the old camp site. Jimi Yamaichi then discusses the pay for internees at the Tule Lake Internment … Continue reading
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Tagged anders tomlinson, jimi yamaichi, tule lake internment, tule lake internment-segregation center, tule lake internment-segregation center videos, tulelake history
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Tule Lake Jail
One man’s job is another man’s jail. Jimi Yamaichi recalls the Tule Lake Segregation Center’s jail, one of the few remaining structures on the site. Jimi supervised the jail’s construction with a large crew. The jail has always been a … Continue reading
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Tagged jimi yamaichi, tule lake internment, tule lake internment - segregation jail & stockade, tule lake internment videos, tule lake internment-segregation center, tule lake internment-segregation center videos, tulelake history
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Tule Lake Barracks
A visit to the San Jose Japanese – American Museum. Jimi Yamaichi takes inside a 20′ x 20′ Tule lake Internment barracks recreation at the San Jose Japanese American Museum. Construction of the camp started in mid-April 1942 and the … Continue reading
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Tagged jimi yamaichi, newell california, tule lake internment, tule lake internment-segregation center, tule lake internment-segregation center videos, tulelake history
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Pelican Banding
Arriving By Airboats – Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge is not an easy place to get to. And one must be prepared for the unexpected. In all my travels out there, in a four- wheel-drive high-clearance truck, I never saw … Continue reading
Posted in Klamath Wildlife Refuges
Tagged clear lake dam and reservoir, clear lake national wildlife refuge, modoc county, pelican banding, pelican rookery, pelicans, u.s fish and wildlife, u.s. bureau of reclamation
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Clear Lake NWR
This Where Modern Man’s Footprints Are Hard to Find – Except for limited waterfowl and pronghorn antelope hunting during the regular California State seasons, the refuge is closed to all public access to protect fragile habitats and to reduce disturbance … Continue reading
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Tagged clear lake, clear lake national wildlife refuge, modoc county, u.s fish and wildlife
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Clear Lake Dam
This Is Big Sky Country – The sign reads that the dam is 28 feet above streambed with a capacity of 526,800 acre-feet. The reservoir area is 24,800 acres. The crest of the dam is 840 feet and the width … Continue reading
Posted in Klamath Reclamation, Klamath Wildlife Refuges
Tagged bureau of reclamation, clear lake dam, clear lake national wildlife refuge, lost river, modoc county, u.s fish and wildlife
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Tule Lake Internment
My Face Was My Crime, My Heritage was on Trial This is the opening segment for the film “My Face Was My Crime.” Jimi Yamaichi, 2002, shares his vision of a visitor center along Highway 139 on part of what was … Continue reading
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Tagged internment videos, jimi yamaichi, modoc county california, newell california, tule lake internment, tulelake history
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Tulelake Onions
Little Seeds and Little Sprouts Produce Tulelake Onions – These are dehydrated onion seeds. 24 seeds will be planted to the foot. 60,000 to 135,000 seeds weigh a pound. Per acre, 3.5 pounds of seed will be planted and 25 … Continue reading
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Tagged dehydrated onion, tule lake basin, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake california, tulelake farming, tulelake onions
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Tulelake Potatoes
Where would we be without food and where would food be without water? An acquaintance of Anders emailed, in the late 2000’s, that a Chilean potato shed office computer’s screen-saver displayed a anderstomlinson.com/tule-lake/ Tulelake potato harvest image. It is indeed … Continue reading
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Tulelake Alfalfa
The Tule Lake Basin is Famous For Its Nutritional Alfalfa – There are over 60,000 acres of hay, alfalfa and grass varieties, in the Upper Klamath Basin. Haying, on average, takes place from June 1 through Oct. 15. This season … Continue reading
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Merrill, Oregon
A Town Born of Determination and Visions Of Things That Could Be Merrill, Oregon is at the northwest corner of the Tule Lake Basin and a mile north of the California border. Oregon Route 39, and the fabled Lost River, … Continue reading
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Tagged captain jack, j frank adams, lost river, merril oregon, merrill rotary club, modoc indians, nancy merrill, nathan merrill, oregon route 39, potato festival. klamath basin potato festival, stukel mountain, thomas martin, tule lake, van brimmer brothers
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Tulelake Mint
And Who Hasn’t Enjoyed the Cool, Zesty Taste of Mint? – The Tule Lake Basin is one of two places in California where peppermint is grown. Tulelake Peppermint is well known for its consistent flavor and excellent quality. Warm days, … Continue reading
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Tagged anders tomlinson, Brian Moore, mint oil, Ron Crawford, SonicAtomics, Three M Mint, tule lake basin, tulelake california, tulelake farming, tulelake peppermint
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Tulelake Birding
Almost 500 species visit or live these refuge-agricultural lands. Tule Lake Basin is an important stopover for the Pacific Flyway. Four national wildlife refuges, and thousands of acres of private farmlands converge to provide habitat for a wide variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Klamath Wildlife Refuges
Tagged anders tomlinson, dave menke, deep water - permanent marsh habitat, howard west, lower klamath national wildlife refuge, pacific flyway, riparian habitat, seasonal marsh habitat, tule lake basin, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake bird watching, tulelake california
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Petroglyph Point
We are looking at an island in time and geography… 41°50′50″N 121°23′21″W – Petroglyph Point The photo above is taken from the Peninsula-Castle Rock and looks southeast towards the Warner Mountains. The inset photo is taken from Sheepy Ridge looking … Continue reading
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Tagged lava beds national monument, modoc indians, Petroglyph Point, petroglyphs, rock art, tule lake, tule lake basin
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Tulelake Grain
No-Drill Planting and Monitoring of Grain Seed Depth – This no-till drill, on loan from the Klamath Soil and Water Conservation District is planting seeds without distributing the soil surface. This keeps moisture in the ground and prevents erosion from … Continue reading
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Tagged anders tomlinson, grain harvest, growing grain, tule lake basin, tule lake basin grain, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake california, tulelake farming, tulelake grain
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Atop Schonchin Butte
Atop Schonchin Butte is a fire-lookout station. Schonchin Butte is a cinder cone that grew from the accumulation of volcanic bombs,cinder and ash. Under great pressure, these materials exploded from a vent connected to reservoirs of gas charged magma deep … Continue reading
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Tagged lava beds national monument, medicine lake highlands, mt. shasta, schonchin butte, sheepy tidge, the peninsula, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake california
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Water Shutoff
The mood was hope, anger, shock, disbelief and fear. The Tractor Rally was held March 9, 2001 outside the Bureau of Reclamation’s offices near the Klamath Falls, OR airport. Hundreds of farmers and supporters had gathered for speakers and a … Continue reading
Posted in 2001 Revisited
Tagged 2001 water shutoff, anders tomlinson, dave solem, harry carlson, john crawford, ken rykbost, klamath basin water shutoff, klamath reclamation project
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Wildlife Refuge Tour
“There is probably no more important waterfowl area in the country than these refuges in the Upper Klamath Basin… (the refuges “act like a waist in the hourflass’ (so) “all the birds inn the Pacific Flyway funnel their way through … Continue reading
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Tagged anders tomlinson, clear lake national wildlife refuge, klamath marsh national wildlife refuge, lower klamath national wildlife refuge, lower klamath national wildlife refuge. medicine lake, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake california, u.s fish and wildlife, upper klamath national wildlife refuge
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Internment Videos
My Face Was My Crime, My Heritage was on Trial This is the opening segment for the film “My Face Was My Crime.” Jimi Yamaichi, 2002, shares his vision of a visitor center along Highway 139 on part of what was … Continue reading
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Tagged jimi yamaichi, tule lake internment videos, tule lake internment-segregation center videos, tulelake california, tulelake history
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Internment Farming
They knew what to grow with the warm days and cool nights. Jimi Yamaichi takes us out to what were the Tule Lake Internment – Segregation Center farm fields. The rich soil, reclaimed from Tule Lake by the Klamath Reclamation … Continue reading
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Tagged jimi yamaichi, tule lake internment, tule lake internment farming, tule lake internment-segregation center, tulelake farming
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Around Tulelake
Here is California’s beginning or end depending on the direction one is driving. All of this within 39 miles from this rest stop The adventure begins as history comes alive off the beaten path. You are here, standing at a … Continue reading
Posted in Tulelake California
Tagged glass mountain, lava beds, lava beds national monument, lower klamath national wildlife refuge, medicine lake, medicine lake highlands, modoc national forest, tule lake basin, tule lake internment-segregation center, tule lake national wildlife refuge, tulelake california, volcanic legacy all american road
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Tulelake, California
Looking At Tulelake From Across The Lost River On Christmas Day – The City of Tulelake, California is a young city. It sits on land in Siskiyou County, just south of the Oregon border, that was reclaimed from Tule Lake … Continue reading
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Tagged klamath reclamation project, tule lake, tule lake internment-segregation center, tulelake california, tulelake history
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Walking Wetlands
Integrating Wetlands and Agriculture in the Upper Klamath Basin of California and Oregon Management of Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) is guided by the Kuchel Act. This Federal legislation mandates a coexistence of wetland wildlife habitat … Continue reading
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