Traveling west on Highway 44, once you reached Pine Creek Valley, one cannot miss the Bogard Buttes. Located near the base is the Bogard Ranger Station and Rest Area. Nearby, is the hidden gem of the Bogard Campground.

So who was Bogard? Like so many natural features in western Lassen County, are named for Tehama County livestock operators, who used the region for summer grazing. John Jasper Bogard (1851-1895) was one of them. In the 1870s, Bogard had a camp at the base of the Buttes. On January 21, 1884 he sold this property to George Hoag for $600. On a final note, Bogard, while serving as Sheriff of Tehama County, died in a train robbery incident at Marysville, California in 1895.

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