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==Notable people== *[[Norman F. Cardoza]] (born September 3, 1930), a journalist at the ''[[Reno Gazette-Journal|Reno Evening Gazette]]'' and ''Nevada State Journal'', earned the [[Pulitzer Prize]] "for editorials challenging the power of a local brothel keeper". He was born in [[Yreka, California]], son of John C. and Emily S. Cardoza, and attended Moffett Creek School and Fort Jones High School.<ref name="Fischer1990">{{cite book|author1=Heinz-Dietrich Fischer|author2=Erika J. Fischer|title=The Pulitzer Prize Archive: Political editorial, 1916-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3DaR783e08C&pg=PA295|year=1990|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30174-2|pages=295β}}</ref> <!-- Usually Notable people require their own page. Winning the Pulitzer made him notable, but no one has written his biography in Wiki yet. I think we should leave this individual pending someone writing a full bio for him. --> *[[Lauran Paine]], born Lawrence Kerfman Duby Jr. (February 25, 1916 – December 1, 2001), author of more than 1,000 books,<ref name="Ouse">{{cite web | last =Ouse | first =David | title =Lauran Paine | publisher =Zenith City Online, Duluth Minnesota | date =September 16, 2013 | url =http://zenithcity.com/archive/people-biography/lauran-paine/ | accessdate =January 30, 2021 }}</ref> among which were hundreds of Western stories under various pseudonyms,<ref name="Varner2010">{{cite book|author=Paul Varner|title=Historical Dictionary of Westerns in Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpePalNzV4gC|date=September 20, 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7486-2}}</ref> including Mark Carrel, Clay Allen, A. A. Andrews, Dennis Archer, John Armour, Carter Ashby, Harry Beck, Will Benton, Frank Bosworth, Concho Bradley, Claude Cassady, Clint Custer, James Glenn, Will Houston, Troy Howard, Cliff Ketchum, Clint O'Conner, Jim Slaughter and Buck Standish, among others.<ref>Whitehead, David, [http://www.benbridges.co.uk/riders.html Lauran Paine], Keith Chapman's Black Horse Extra</ref> He was a longtime resident of Fort Jones.<ref name="Jefferson2006">{{cite book|author1=Bernita Tickner|author2=Gail Fiorini-Jenner|title=The State of Jefferson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfR92V2N4ZcC&pg=PA90|date=March 1, 2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-3096-3|pages=90β}}</ref> At least one of his stories was made into [[Open Range (2003 film)|a motion picture]].<ref name="Jefferson2006" /> *[[John King Luttrell]] (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893), was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[California]]. He moved to [[Siskiyou County, California|Siskiyou County]] in 1858 and purchased a ranch near Fort Jones. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, mining, and the practice of law. He was appointed United States Commissioner of Fisheries and special agent of the [[United States Treasury]] for Alaska in 1893. He died in [[Sitka, Alaska]], at age 62, and was interred in Fort Jones Cemetery.<ref>{{CongBio|L000522}}</ref>
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