1967 Map of Cold Fork

About this map

Skinner Mill Place and other family-named homesteads anchor this 1960s landscape in Tehama County, where the foothills meet the Trinity National Forest. The map documents a rugged interior network of gulches and creeks, including the drainage of the Cold Fork and South Fork Cottonwood Creek. Settlement is sparse and largely centered on flats suitable for grazing or early mountain industry, as seen at Alford Place and Pettyjohn Place. Local history is preserved in small but significant markers like the Graves near Oak Flat and the evocative naming of Hole in the Ground and Shakecabin Flat. The terrain is defined by dramatic peaks such as Stevenson Peak and the curiously named Stinking Springs, illustrating how early residents navigated and labeled this isolated stretch of the California range.