Fort Jones Christmas Parade Results 2023

Adult organization Float -Scott Valley Quilters Guild

Childrens organization Float-Fort Jones Elementary School

Commercial Float-Siskiyou Telephone

Adult organization walking-Siskiyou Mountain Men

Childrens Organization Walking-Fort Jones 4H

Adult General-Nor Cal Riders

Adult Organization Horse Drawn-Scott Valley Rotary

Adult Organization Mounted-Back Country Horsemen

Childrens Organization Mounted-SV Pleasure Park Royalty

Vehicle after 1940-Jefferson State Jalopies

Vehicle commercial-Fort Jones Volunteer Fire Department

Band Children-Yreka High Miners Band

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• Obituary: Neil Roger Lemos
  Neil Roger Lemos passed into eternal life on March 11, 2025, just shy of his 91st birthday. Born April 3, 1934 to Harold and Irene Lemos of Edgewood, Neil was a descendant of the Portuguese pioneers that arrived in Siskiyou County in the late 1850s. Neil spent most of his life in his hometown of… Read more: Obituary: Neil Roger Lemos
• Obituary: L.E. “Bud” Taylor
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