SIMS CEMETERY, 1863.

Filmed on location September 2, 2024.

In this episode we explore the site of a historic cemetery in the Sacramento River Canyon, about 43 miles north of Redding, California, at Sims. It's a small cemetery which was established in 1863. There are some modern traditional headstones and many cinder cone blocks which were used as markers while the majority of the graves are unknown with no further information on them. There is one wooden marker on the property as well. 

Resources: 

Died at Sims - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 16, 1901

'Gold Rush' Miner Buried at Sims - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 30, 1910

Mrs. George Witt Dies - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 30, 1911

Rory McKenzie Buried - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 6, 1903

Benjamin Miller Dies in Sims Home - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 8, 1912

Andrew Miller, Early Resident of Sims Dies - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 11, 1929

McCloud Clubhouse Employee Dies at Residence in Sims - The Siskiyou News newspaper of Mt. Shasta City, Jan 17, 1929