The Shasta Sun Newspaper, of Redding, California, Published by Herbert G. Moody (1924-1925).

Above: the front page and the masthead of the Shasta Sun newspaper of Redding, California, from the March 21, 1924, edition.

One of the most oft-forgotten local media outlets of Redding, Shasta County, California, is the Shasta Sun newspaper, which was established on March 21, 1924, and last published on July 17, 1925. It was owned and edited by Yreka, resident Herbert G. Moody, and was affiliated with the Siskiyou News newspaper of Yreka, Siskiyou County, California when it debuted. Moody was a son of Herbert L. Moody, also a printer and publisher of local newspapers in the area.

Herbert G. Moody was born and raised in Redding, California. Later on, Moody relocated to Redding, and merged this short-lived publication with the Searchlight newspaper, of Redding, in 1925 when Moody purchased that well-known media source. Every edition of this newspaper survived and preserved into microfilm in the archives of the Library of Congress. It's available to read in a few online newspaper archives as well.

RESOURCES:

"Shasta Sun" Is Born at Redding - The Siskiyou News newspaper of Yreka, March 27, 1924

The Shasta Sun newspaper of Redding, March 21, 1924

The Shasta Sun newspaper of Redding, July 17, 1925

Library of Congress; the Shasta Sun newspaper archives, 1924-1925, Redding, California.

H.G. Moody Ex-Newspaper Man Dies - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 14, 1962