RED BLUFF

city, seat (1857) of Tehama county, northern California, U.S. It lies along the Sacramento River, 115 miles (185 km) north-northwest of Sacramento. Settled in the 1840s, it was known as Leodocia until renamed for the reddish sand and low bluffs on which it stands. In the 1850s it was a busy port for paddle-wheel steamers, but river traffic declined when the water level fell because of irrigation. The city remains a marketing centre for the livestock and farm produce of the upper Sacramento River valley; it is the home of the Elberta peach. Lumbering and wood industries are also important. The annual (April) Roundup, a rodeo, is well known. Inc. 1876. Pop. (1992 est.) 12,822.