Modoc’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Modoc. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗There are several legends to how the town of Modoc got its name. One of them said that a man travelling on the train threw out a cigar box containing the name Modoc, and that Henry Conley, one of the first settlers of the town, picked it up and suggested to bystanders that it would be a good name for the town. Another theory is that Modoc was named after the Modoc people who were traditionally located in northern California. They became noted for their resistance to the US Army during the Modoc War, ending in 1873.
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Start Modoc’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Modoc’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewModoc-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Modoc, decade by decade
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Nothing in Modoc is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Modoc has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hagerstown I.O.O.F. Hall in Hagerstown, 9.5 miles away.
Modoc and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Modoc-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.