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Inbetween cinder cones and lava flows, this national monument's claim to fame is a number of lava tube caves, which were used as a natural fortress by the Modoc Indians in the Modoc War of 1872-1873, enabling a small group of Indians to successfully fight against an US Army that by far outnumbered them. They evaded capture for five months.
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