Lisa Gioia
As It Was ContributorLisa Gioia is the director of the Siskiyou County Museum in Yreka, California. She is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a B.A. in anthropology (1997), a Master’s Degree in History with a minor in public history (2008). She specialized in oral histories. Her projects include: gathering life stories for the university’s Oral History Research Center, archaeological research for the Public Lands Institute and Lake Mead National Recreation Center and conducting historical research for the United States Forest Service’s Middle Kyle Canyon project in Southern Nevada. Prior to becoming the Museum director, Lisa taught anthropology and history at various colleges in the west. She is author of “Showgirls in Las Vegas”, one of the Images in America series by Arcadia Publishing.
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Fisherman Lands 12-Pound Trout in Lake Siskiyou
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In the mid-to-late 19th century, the Northern California Shasta tribe faced frequent attacks by Modoc Tribe warriors seeking slaves.One afternoon, Shasta…
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Judge John Grider arrived in Siskiyou County in 1888 to visit his mother in Scott Valley.He boarded a stagecoach in Yreka driven by Johnny Mack, who…
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No one knew the exact age of Sargent Sambo, but the aged Indian was coherent when interviewed in 1961 by Northern California newspapers. He said “Sambo”…
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Pioneers were a hardy folk and proud of their heritage. Their legacy lives strongly in descendants in many of the small, rural communities of Northern…
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When an 81-year-old Chinese man, Henry Dorsey “Tee” Franklin, died in 1940, he left the bulk of his estate in stocks and property to the City of Yreka,…
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There are many kinds of poets, but few the likes of high-rolling gambler Robert Shelley, also known as Diamond Spike. Shelley wrote a narrative poem in…
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During the heyday of the gold rush, the towns of Northern California teemed with men seeking relief from their day’s labor. Bartenders in the numerous…