CSPAN3 Shasta State Historic Park May 14, 2017
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 es...
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