Etna

Etna is located in Northern California near the Oregon border; located in Scott Valley next to the unincorporated town of Greenview and the city of Fort Jones. Etna is located at the foot of the Marble Mountain Wilderness in the Siskiyou Mountain (Cascades) Range and is an attraction for hikers, rafters, climbers, hunters, bicyclists, kayakers and people who do all sorts of other outdoor activities.

Scott Valley encompasses several small communities; the largest being Etna and Fort Jones and is a small, rural area dependent on agriculture and forest products. Visitors to these historic towns experience the quiet rhythms of rural life and the friendly manner of country shop-keepers.

A flour mill was built here in about 1867 and the town was called Rough and Ready. Nearby was another small mill and town called Aetna Mills. In 1861 and 1862 flooding seriously damaged the town of Aetna Mills so that business slowly moved towards Rough and Ready. In 1870, to avoid confusion with other towns in the central valley of California, the named was changed and shortened to Etna Mills. The "Mills" was dropped in the 1930s to the name Etna as we know it today.

- http://www.cityofetna.org/city/

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