Ones that were oftentimes abandoned between the 1870s and the 1880s when the county seat moved from the courthouse in this building into downtown redding. At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the areas gold rush with our visitors, as well as telling stories of how the area was first settled by the early american pioneers. One of whom was Pearson Martin barton redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california resident, john sutter in the sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during californias gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, the geology, and the geography along the American River was very similar to the area that he had passed through earlier, and had established mexicos most Northern Land grant. He came to the area early in and 1848, discovered gold south of here on clear creek. Word soon spread throughout the United States and the world rushed in. Shasta quickly gr
Ones that were oftentimes abandoned between the 1870s and the 1880s when the county seat moved from the courthouse in this building into downtown redding. At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the areas gold rush with our visitors, as well as telling stories of how the area was first settled by the early american pioneers. One of whom was Pearson Martin barton redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california resident, john sutter in the sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during californias gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, the geology, and the geography along the American River was very similar to the area that he had passed through earlier, and had established mexicos most Northern Land grant. He came to the area early in and 1848, discovered gold south of here on clear creek. Word soon spread throughout the United States and the world rushed in. Shasta quickly gr
Ones that were oftentimes abandoned between the 1870s and the 1880s when the county seat moved from the courthouse in this building into downtown redding. At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the areas gold rush with our visitors, as well as telling stories of how the area was first settled by the early american pioneers. One of whom was Pearson Martin barton redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california resident, john sutter in the sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during californias gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, the geology, and the geography along the American River was very similar to the area that he had passed through earlier, and had established mexicos most Northern Land grant. He came to the area early in and 1848, discovered gold south of here on clear creek. Word soon spread throughout the United States and the world rushed in. Shasta quickly gr
At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the areas gold rush with our visitors as well as telling stories of how the area was first settled by the early american pioneers. One of whom was Pearson Martin redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california Resident John sutter in sacramento and was with a small group of men early during californias gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, the geology, and the geography along the American River was very similar to the area that he had passed through and had established mexicos most Northern Land grant. He came to the area in 1848 and discovered gold on clear creek. Word soon spread throughout the United States and the world rushed in. Shasta quickly grew. Within the first couple of years of the gold strike in california, millions of dollars worth of gold passed through shasta. It soon developed from a miner tent city in 1849 to becoming the queen city
To u. S. Cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. The gold height of rush, shasta had seven hotels, saloons, bars, bookshops, wholesale businesses, retail businesses. You can see the shell of the businesses across the street, ones that were oftentimes abandoned between the 1870s and 1880s when the countys county seat moved from the courthouse in this building to downtown redding. At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the gold rush with our visitors as well as telling the story is how the area was first settled by an american pioneers. One of whom was pearson redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california thedents, john sutter, in sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during the gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, geology, and geography along the American River was similar to the area that he had passed t