Leaving Yosemite National Park, Moore traveled north about 400 miles to the McCloud River, located in the Mt Shasta region of California.

Ridgway was obsessed with trout fishing. On a layover in California on his way to Japan in 1893, he spoke with another fisherman who told him about the famed Dolly Varden trout of the McCloud River. Ridgway vowed to return to fish the McCloud, which he finally did in the summer of 1895 when he included the McCloud River in part 1 of his article "Among the Trout of the Pacific Slope". In 1895 Moore did not have a camera, but when he returned in 1898, he did, and put it to good use.

Many of these photos show or refer to "Fowlers". Today, there is an RV campground on the McCloud called Fowlers. Through phone conversations with Park Service rangers, I have learned that at the time of Moore's visit, Fowlers was a bed and breakfast that served travlers and sportsmen visiting the area. There was little else in the way of accommodations there, so I'm sure from the number of times that he mentions or photographs the Fowlers, that Ridgway certainly stayed here during his fishing/photography trip.

According to newspaper accounts, Fowlers burned to the ground in about 1905 and was never rebuilt. In 1898 when Ridgway visited, the Fowlers were still expanding as can be see in photo #0072. The current RV campground is all that remains of their legacy.