TRINITY COUNTY
VIRGIN CREEK BUTTES
Trinity National Forest
8N-7E-24
8N-7E-24
October 25, 1940: "The Trinity Forest reports that the Virgin Buttes Lookout man has a new method of ridding his "hill" of snakes. He saw five rattlers the first week he was on duty and ran across others quite frequently until two weeks ago when he received his violin by mail. Since then he has seen only one rattler and that individual was heading toward the Klamath River with all possible speed. Can it be that our American rattlesnakes fail to appreciate the finer cultures in life?" (California Ranger)