William P.O. Clarke
William Price Oliver Clarke (22 June 1893 9 November 1949) was a U.S. Navy Admiral (United States), admiral who led the effort to train landing craft crews for amphibious operations during World War II. He later participated in Operation Torch in North Africa and the battles of Battle of Okinawa, Okinawa and Battle of Iwo Jima, Iwo Jima in the Pacific. Clarke was awarded the Legion of Merit three times. Early years William P.O. Clarke was born on 22 June 1893 in Mott, California, to Ellen and Charles Oliver Clarke Jr., both immigrants from England. They originally settled in Texas and then moved to northern California, where Charles worked as a lumberman. Later, he was listed in the local census as being a justice of the peace and insurance agent. In July 1912, U.S. Representative John E. Raker nominated William Clarke to the U.S. Naval Academy. The academy's Lucky Bag yearbook for 1917 described him as "a fellow with the map of a big heart written all over his face". Clarke playe ...
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Mott, California
Siskiyou County (, ) is a county (United States), county in the northernmost part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 44,076. Its county seat is Yreka, California, Yreka and its highest point is Mount Shasta. It falls within the Cascadia (bioregion), Cascadia bioregion. Siskiyou County is in the Shasta Cascade region along with the Oregon border. Because of its outdoor recreation, Mt. Shasta, McCloud River, and California Gold Rush, Gold Rush era history, it is an important tourist destination within the state. History Siskiyou County was created on March 22, 1852, from parts of Shasta County, California, Shasta and Klamath County, California, Klamath Counties, and named after the Siskiyou Mountains, Siskiyou mountain range. Parts of the county's territory were given to Modoc County, California, Modoc County in 1855. The county is the site of the central section of the Siskiyou Trail, which ran between Californi ...
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