CLEARLAKE STATE PARK

THIS 330 ACRE STATE PARK JUST SOUTH OF MT. KONOCTI, A SPIRITUAL MOUNTAIN CONTAINS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES TO THE SOUTHEAST POMO. THIS IS THE STATE'S LARGEST PLEISTOCENE NATURAL LAKE THAT DATES TO 1.5 MILLION YEARS AGO. AT THE NORTHERN EDGE THEIR IS AN UNDER WATER SPRING THAT EMITS SULPHUR HOT WATER THAT THE INDIANS CONSIDERED A SACRED PLACE - AS IT IS BUBBLY WATER. MANY PEOPLE STILL FISH HERE AND RIDE BIG MOTOR BOATS AND CATCH BASS, CRAPPIE, BLUEGILL, AND CATFISH. IT HAS NESTING PLACES FOR WATERFOWL. THERE IS AN INDIAN NATURE TRAIL THAT SHOWS HOW THE POMO LIVED IN AND UTILIZED THE AREA'S RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR OVER 10,000 YEARS. THE PARKS ARE BUILDING CABINS TO RENT FOR THE FUTURE. THEIR ARE SOME PETROGLYPHS AND A PICTOGRAPH IN THIS PARK AND THE SOUTHEAST POMO COLLECTED ROOTS, NUTS, BERRIES, AND FISHED HERE FOR MILLENIA. THEY ALSO MADE WILLOW, REDBUD, SEDGE, BASKETRY HERE. THE PARK ALSO HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORIC SETTLERS HISTORY AS THEY DESCRIBE IT IN THEIR VISITOR CENTER.

THE PIONEERS ARRIVED IN 1826 AND THEY CLASHED WITH THE POMO. THEIR LEADERS SIGNED A TREATY IN 1851 GIVING THE POMO 72 MILES OF LAKE FRONT LAND AND PEACE. 17 TRIBES SUED AND GAINED PERMANENT FEDERAL RECOGNITION. TODAY THE BIG VALLEY POMO HAVE A THRIVING GOVERNMENT!

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