George W. Smith (1858-1891)

George W. Smith (1858-1891). The above photograph was taken in September of 1877, possibly at Redding, California, at the age of 19-years-old. The photographer is unknown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

This short blog chronicles the life of George W. Smith who was born in 1858 in California, his father, Gottlieb George Kaylor Smith, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane (Lamberson) Smith, was 25 at the time of his birth. He had three brothers and six sisters during his parents' union. George W. Smith was raised at Horsetown, a son of a local farmer in Shasta County, and he attended school in the area as shown in the 1870 U.S. Census. He later became a mill worker at the Eagle Creek sawmill near Eagle Creek, (now Ono). Smith was accused of poisoning the livestock of a local rancher named George Fenwick whose ranch was on the South Fork of Cottonwood Creek. 

On May 23, 1891, George W. Smith was caught by Fenwick trespassing on his property, and Fenwick charged at Smith in which a fatal quarrel took place with Fenwick shooting and instantly killing Smith on his land with a loaded gun. Smith died on May 23, 1891, at the Fenwick Ranch on the South Fork of Cottonwood Creek at the age of 33. The local sheriff was called to the scene and a coroner's inquest report was held by the local coroner the shooting was documented as suspicious and the sheriff took Fenwick into custody it was later determined that there was not enough evidence to hold George Fenwick for murder. Fenwick was discharged from custody and released from the Shasta County Jail in early June of 1891. George W. Smith (1858-1891) was my maternal great-great-great granduncle. He is supposedly buried on Rainbow Lake Road on land that is now private property. He is one of two burials at this small cemetery on Rainbow Lake Road the other burial is that of his younger brother Issac Jonas Smith (1870-1876) who died young.

Sources:

1870 U.S. Census

1880 U.S Census

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 30, 1891

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 6, 1891

William Joshua Hammans And The Founding Of Project City

Above: William Joshua Hammans (1876-1937) the founder of Project City wearing his police uniform and badge, next to his vehicle in Redding. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

My paternal great-great grandfather was William Joshua Hammans who was born at Shingletown on May 9, 1876, to Henry Hammans Sr., and Hannah (Moss) Hammans his parents came to Shasta County in 1865, they lived at both Shingletown and at Ludwig’s Bridge west of Cottonwood. He married Charlotte Sarah Kidder on April 23, 1899, at Ono. She was a daughter of Reverend William S. Kidder and Mary Elizabeth (McFarlin) Kidder. Early on, Hammans was a farmer, and a stockman of western Shasta County, who served as a Justice of the Peace of the Ono township from 1908 to 1916. Then he became a police officer in Redding who later served as the 13th City Marshal of Redding, from 1923 to 1926, City Marshals are now known as Police Chiefs. 

Then, William J. Hammans bought land in 1931 near the town of Mountain Gate, and in 1935 William and his son Earl Eugene Hammans erected and operated a restaurant and merchandise store on their property, which they named Midway Associated Service Station and Cafe. In 1937 William and his son Earl started to subdivide the area with the help of W.T. Lanning, a real estate agent. Their subdivision was called the Hammans Tract located on Grand Coulee Boulevard which would also feature commercial frontage as well. People started purchasing from them that year and the area of Midway became a flourishing town later known as Project City. It was Hammans and his son who founded Project City, in Shasta County.

Above: is the Midway Associated Cafe and Service Station, owned and operated by William Joshua Hammans and his son Earl Eugene Hammans. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

William J. Hammans was also an apartment complex owner that owned and operated Hammans' Apartments on Yuba Street, in Redding and, a grocery store in Redding called Hammans' Cash Grocery. Later in life, Hammans was a janitor at local Redding area schools and a prison guard at Folsom State Prison. He died in Chico, Butte County, California, on February 27, 1938, at the age of sixty-two. He is buried in Redding Memorial Park at Redding.

During May of 1938, W.T. Lanning proudly boasted about Project City in an article which appeared in the Searchlight newspaper, of Redding, and stated that his lots would all be located on 50 to 60 foot wide streets. Lanning also told the local media that he would build a lumber yard at Project City to make the demand of lumber sales easier for local residents to assist them in the erection of their future residential and commercial buildings in the area. One of the first commercial buildings erected at Project City was completed by Dr. Donald B. Marchus who was a local physician in the area. This medical facility was the first of its kind here and it remained to be the only medical facility in the Shasta Dam Boomtown region.

At a meeting on April 12, 1939, property owners of the area adjacent to the intersection of Highway 99 and the Kennett road, nine miles north of Redding, voted 38 to 52 that night to call the region "Project City" instead of Hammans which was the other name presented. There was an estimated population of 1,500 persons at that time according to one newspaper article. Over 200 people attended the meeting but only property owners were allowed to vote on the naming of the community. The suggested name of Hammans which would have been named in honor of William J. Hammans lost by four votes. However, a Hammans Voting Precinct was also created for the Project City area as well.

Then on, October 10, 1939, a second class United States Post Office was established at Project City which was located eight miles north of Redding, and one mile east of Central Valley, with the appointment of Howard P. Nelson as the first postmaster for this place. A one room schoolhouse was erected at Project City, that year, by E.J. Phillips. Phillips was then awarded another contract on May 21, 1940, to enlarge the school with a two room addition for a contract of $6,720. Project City saw a large influx of students enroll into the upcoming school year, and the school needed more space to accommodate their students.

Years later on, March 26, 1975, the second class Project City United States Post Office changed to a branch of Central Valley, and still controls the mail for the area today. The Project City branch United States Post Office is located on Cascade Boulevard.

Above: the Project City Market at Project City, near Shasta Dam, California. This photo was taken by J.H. Eastman. Courtesy of David Stuart.

Above: the headstone of William Joshua Hammans (1876-1938) who is buried in the Redding Memorial Park at Redding. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on August 1, 2014.

Above: the headstone of Earl Eugene Hammans (1907-1974), a son of William Joshua Hammans and Charlotte Lottie (Kidder) Hammans. His headstone states: "A Founder of Project City". Also buried next to him is his wife Virginia (Dare) Hammans (1915-1998) in the Ono Cemetery at, Ono, Shasta County, California. This photograph was taken July 4, 2018 by Jeremy Tuggle.

Above: the Project City branch U.S. Post Office still exists today on Cascade Boulevard. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on August 19, 2022.

Resources: 

Brevities - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 7, 1908

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, October 3, 1911

Mrs. Leschinsky Buy Big Farm West of Ono - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 17, 1914

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 23, 1915

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 10, 1917

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 16, 1917

W.J. Hammans to Be City Marshal at Opening of Year - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 22, 1922

W.E. Smith Is Marshal - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, June 17, 1926

W.J. Hammans for Justice of The Peace - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 17, 1926

W.J. Hammans Called Beyond - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 28, 1938

William J. Hammans Rites Held Wednesday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 2, 1938

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 8, 1938

Project City Selected as Name of Area - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 13, 1939

The Sacramento Bee newspaper of Sacramento, May 21, 1940

Redding Police Department History Project

Oral History of the Hammans Family by Linda (Hammans) Vest by the Honorable Judge Richard B. Eaton

The Hammans Family written by Virginia (Dare) Hammans

The Shasta Dam Boomtown Community Building in the New Deal Era written by Al M. Rocca, 1993, 162 pages. Published by Redding Museum of Art And History Center. ISBN: 1-884055-00-1

The Story of William Joshua Hammans by Jeremy M. Tuggle - The Covered Wagon 2004, pages 91-93, published by Shasta Historical Society. 128 pages. ISSN 0574-3680

ENTREPRENUER: JOHN DURWOOD WEAST & HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHASTA COUNTY

Above: a young John Durwood Weast. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle

EARLY LIFE

John Durwood Weast was born to Jacob Gordon Weast and Elizabeth (Reasson) Weast on January 1, 1859, at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. At the age of one year old in 1860, John was living with his parents at Rochelle, in Madison County, Virginia. His father was a miller by trade. He was the youngest child in their household at that time, and an older sister by the name of Sarah was living with them at the age of three.

In 1870, the Weast family were living in Rapidan, Madison County, Virginia, which recorded John at the age of eleven years old. His parents kept having additional children as well. John became well-educated throughout his adolescence, and at the age of twenty-one years old he was living with his parents and siblings in Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia, in 1880. This is where he was employed as a miller. 

FIRST MARRIAGE

John was first married to Emma John King about 1881, a native of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and the daughter of Pleasant James King and Mary (Thomas) King. To this union the following children were born to John Durwood Weast and Emma John (King) Weast:

1. Mary Myrtle Weast (1882-1909) married Floyd M. Tyler

2 . Ruby Elizabeth Weast (1885-1981) married Henry U. Rush

3. James Gordon Weast (1888-1963) married Lillian M. Watson

4. Lutie Hazel Weast (1893-1977) married Charles M. Tucker

5. Frank P. Weast (1895-1958) married Juanita M. Arbogast 

Sometime between 1896 and 1898, John and Emma were separated and divorced, a search for their marriage license yielded no results or for any documentation of their divorce. In 1898, John Durwood Weast, enlisted into military service serving his country during the Spanish-American War as a private in Unit 3 Virginia Infantry, Company B., at the age of thirty-nine. Two years later, John was living in the Francisco District, of Buckingham County, Virginia, where he became the hired hand of a man by surname of Baldwin. Weast was working as Baldwin’s farm laborer at that time. The 1900 U.S. Census indicates that he was single. No children were recorded for him and it fails to record him as being divorced, separated or widowed.

As for Emma, she was residing with her children in the Court House Precinct, of Albemarle County, Virginia, where she is recorded as being widowed and the mother of five living children. However, John Durwood Weast was alive and well living in Buckingham County, Virginia, as its detailed in the above record.

ARRIVAL IN SHASTA COUNTY

After divorcing his first wife Weast departed Buckingham County, Virginia, venturing west to California leaving his kids behind with their mother, because he wanted to live near his brothers who were already residing in Redding. John Durwood Weast arrived in Redding during March of 1902, and the March 22, 1902, edition of the Daily Free Press newspaper, of Redding, exclaimed the following about him:

"J.D. Weast, eldest brother of the Weast brothers of this city, is here extrolling the virtues of an insect exterminator. Mr. Weast is a resident of the old state of Virginia." (SIC)

John eventually purchased some property at Copper City, which is where he settled. Copper City was a thriving mining town which featured an U.S. Post Office called Ydalpom. Copper City was situated on Squaw Creek (now under the Squaw Creek arm of Shasta Lake) and the town was in the boundaries of the Pittsburg mining district, of Shasta County. Weast was employed as a teamster for a local mining company in the area.

The 1910 City of Redding Telephone Directory for Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties records him as working at Merrill's Livery Stable at Redding. Merrill’s Livery Stable was owned and operated by Abbott Merrill, a former mayor of Redding. By the time the 1910 U.S. Census was enumerated in April, of that year, it recorded Weast at the age of fifty-one years old living in east Redding and being the head of his household.  

Weast was living with his son James and a boarder named William M. Reidy, at that time, who was employed as hostler at a local livery stable. Eventually, Weast established his own livery stable called J.D. Weast Stables on the corner of Pine and Yuba Streets in downtown Redding.

Above: a J.D. Weast Stables receipt for the account of Jacobson Grocery Company, of Redding, dated May 31, 1917. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

SECOND MARRIAGE 

Three years later, Weast married a second time to Creosa Alma Doll, a daughter of Shasta County pioneers Valentine Doll and Harriett Emma (Smith) Doll, of Ono, on February 23, 1913,  in Redding. This was Creosa's first marriage, and she is the author’s maternal great-great aunt.

Then on, June 16, 1915, the Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, heralded the following article:

"Weast Is Awarded Knob Mail Contract

(Special To The Union)

Redding, (Shasta Co.,), June 15 - Leslie Alward has resigned the mail contract to Knob and Washington has awarded the contract, one of the most important in the state to John D. Weast, well known liveryman, who will take up the work Monday morning. Under the provisions of his contract Weast will get $4,095 a year for handling 600 pounds of mail daily to Knob. All over 600 pounds he will get $1.45 a hundred: 40 cents a hundred to Ono and 25 cents a hundred to Igo. Alward's contract called for $8,400 a year with $200 a hundred over 600 pounds."

Above: one of the trucks belonging to the J.D. Weast Trucking Company, in Redding, is loaded with 14,000 pounds of bridge girders [steel], to be hauled to the La Grange mine near Weaverville in Trinity County. John D. Weast had a contract to haul supplies and additional materials for the La Grange Mining Company. The men in the photograph are employees of Weast., their names are unknown. Circa 1918. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

LATER LIFE EVENTS

In April of 1925, The Searchlight newspaper of Redding reported that, "the railroad commission has granted to John D. Weast of Redding a franchise to operate an automobile passenger, express and freight service between Redding and Pit No. 4, and also between Montgomery Creek and Mud Springs. Weast already has a franchise for a line from Redding through Ingot, Montgomery Creek, Burney and Fall River Mills to Bieber. The franchise just granted authorizes him to operate a branch from his line between Montgomery Creek and Pit No. 4., which is near Big Bend on the Pit. Pit No. 4., will be a busy camp before the year ends. In fact it already has become a little settlement."

Then, in July of that year, Weast was in the process of having a brand-new state of the art building erected in replace of his old building at the corner of Pine and Yuba Streets in downtown Redding for his company, J.D. Weast Trucking (formerly J.D. Weast Stables). A local newspaper mentioned that its  size was:

“100x140 feet, is being built of brick and glass and will be one of the finest structures of its kind in this part of the state. When it is completed it will have cost Weast at least $30,000.”

However, it caused Weast a major dilemma as he was trying to decide to keep the building for a garage for his business or to turn it into an union stage depot for Redding which was being requested of him to do so by local citizens and staging companies at that time. He eventually kept this building to be used for his garage.

An interesting note is that his ex-wife, Emma, was living in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1929, and she still claimed that she was the widowed wife of J.D. Weast. She must have known that John was alive since their son James lived with him in Shasta County in 1910. Once again, John D. Weast was alive and well residing in northern California, and happily married to Creosa.

Then, on September 11, 1938, John’s first wife Emma John (King) Weast died at the age of seventy-eight years old at Swiss Village, Albemarle County, Virginia. Her death certificate claimed she was divorced from John Durwood Weast. The informant named on the death certificate was their daughter, Lutie (Weast) Tucker.

John Durwood Weast became an active member of the International Order Of Odd Fellows, Reading Lodge No. 271, at Redding, and he continued living with his wife Creosa at 1314 Oregon Street where he died on June 28, 1948 at the age of eighty-nine. After his death, Creosa married a second time to an O. Brown, and she died in Redding on September 25, 1965.

Above: L-R: an elderly John Durwood Weast standing on crutches and wearing a hat, while his second wife, Creosa Alma (Doll) Weast, stands beside him holding a toy doll in front of their Oregon Street residence in Redding. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle

The headstone of John Durwood Weast (1859-1948), at Redding Memorial Park, in Redding, This photo was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on December 7, 2021.

The headstone of Creosa Alma (Doll) Weast-Brown (1882-1965), at Redding Memorial Park, in Redding. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on December 7, 2021.

RESOURCES:

1860 U.S. Census


1870 U.S. Census


1880 U.S. Census


1900 U.S. Census


The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 8, 1902


The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 22, 1902


https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=003-1902-052


California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 for John Durwood Weast


1910 U.S. Census


The 1910 City of Redding Telephone Directory for Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties


The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 8, 1912


Weast-Doll - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 28, 1913


Redding-Knob Mail Contracted Awarded - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 1, 1915


Weast Is Awarded Knob Mail Contract - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 16, 1915


Redding Business Men Raise $1,000 - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 15, 1916


Shasta Board Grants Auto Stage Permits - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 14, 1918


1920 U.S. Census

Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929, available online through Ancestry.com
Franchise Granted To John D. Weast - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 14, 1925


Redding To Have A Union Stage Depot - The Courier-Free Press newspaper, July 31, 1925


1930 U.S. Census


40 Dogs Die By Poisoning At Redding - The Colusa Herald newspaper of Colusa, April 9, 1931


The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 22, 1932


Death Certificate for Emma John (King) Weast dated, September 12, 1938, Albemarle County, Virginia available on Ancestry.com.


1940 U.S. Census


John D. Weast Passes At 89 - The Redding-Record Searchlight and the Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 28, 1948


Services Set For John D. Weast - The Redding-Record Searchlight and the Courier Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 29, 1948

WILLIAM B. SMITH (1859-1917)

Above: William B. Smith pans for gold along a rocky creek in the Sunny Hill mining district. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

William B. Smith was born to Gottlieb George Kaylor Smith and Elizabeth Jane (Lamberson) Smith, at Eagle Creek (now Ono) on May 10, 1859, and during the following year the Smith’s settled their family at Horsetown. He was the fourth of ten children born to his parents. William was educated at the Eagle Creek schoolhouse in Eagle Creek.

William grew up to be a life-long miner. He also married Elizabeth Rester at Igo on March 12, 1890, the bride was the daughter of John Rester, and his wife Annie. Their wedding was performed by the Reverend William S. Kidder. To this union there were eight children born to them:

1.  Anna Smith

2. Esther May Smith

3. Louisa Bella Smith

4. Gladys Smith

5. Willie B. Smith

6. Earl Douglas Smith 

7. Ruth Elizabeth Smith

8. Howard Smith

William and his wife Elizabeth purchased a residence at Sunny Hill, a few miles from the town of Ono. This is where most of his mining was done in the boundaries of the Sunny Hill mining district of Shasta County. He was a family man and he was a mining partner of Valentine Doll, who was also his brother-in-law, and married to William’s sister, Harriett.

By December of 1897, William B. Smith and Valentine Doll issued advertising Proof Of Labor notices in the local media for the Manzanita and Honeycomb Quartz Mines in the Sunny Hill mining district. There is a real estate transfer in April of 1898, stating the following:

"W.B. Smith and Elizabeth Smith to V. Doll and Hattie E. Doll, F. Barlow. H.A. Root and D.E. Alexander - Bond for deed $3,800 Honcycomb Mine, extension of Honeycomb Mine with mill right, ditch, and water right at Jerusalem Creek, Sec. T.30 N., R., 8., W., also two placer claims included."

William died on November 27, 1917, at Sunny Hill due to an illness of the stomach. There was no doctor present at the time of his death so the coroner was called in from Redding to perform a coroners investigation on his body. William B. Smith is buried at the Redding Cemetery (now Redding Memorial Park) next to his son Willie B. Smith.

William’s wife Elizabeth (Rester) Smith survived her husband by six years. She died on October 14, 1923, she is buried in the same cemetery as her husband. 

Note: Gottlieb George Kaylor Smith and Elizabeth Jane (Lamberson) Smith are the author’s great-great-great-great maternal grandparents, and William B. Smith is my great-great-great maternal uncle. I descend through his sister Harriett Emma (Smith) Doll.

Above: the headstone of William B. Smith at the Redding Memorial Park, in Redding. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on January 10, 2021.

Resources:

1860 U.S. Census

1870 U.S. Census

1880 U.S. Census

Married - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 22, 1890

Proof Of Labor - The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 1, 1897

Bond For A Deed - The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 16, 1898

Proof Of Labor - Honeycomb and Manzanita Quartz mines dated December 27, 1899

1900 U.S. Census

Proof Of Labor - Honeycomb and Manzanita Quartz mines dated January 8, 1901

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 30, 1908

1910 U.S. Census

William B. Smith Dies At Sunny Hill - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, November 28, 1917

Resident Of Ono, Shasta County, Dies - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, November 29, 1917

1920 U.S. Census

Calvin Jefferson Smith, Mining Man written by Thelma Phillips Smith, The 1986 Covered Wagon, published annually by Shasta Historical Society, pages 42-45.

Valentine Doll written by Jeremy M. Tuggle, The 2011 Covered Wagon, published annually by Shasta Historical Society, pages 43-49. 

SP-037.1 Smith, Gottlieb George Kaylor, Pioneer Plaque File available at the Shasta Historical Society.

The Zogg Fire Destroys Two Landmarks in the Historic Town of Ono

Above: this clapboard style building was erected in 1935 at Ono to house the meetings and events of the Ono Grange No. 445. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 4, 2018.

Confirmation from the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper confirms that the Zogg Fire which erupted into flames on the afternoon of September 27, 2020, on Zogg Mine Road in Igo destroyed two landmarks in the historic nearby town of Ono. The Ono Grange No.445 was instituted on March 26, 1930, at Ono which empowered them to act under the bylaws of the National Grange for a permanent charter or warrant confirming a perpetual right of succession, and securing them the privilege's of a regular constituted grange. 

The first meeting of the Ono Grange No. #445 was held in a rented building on Buell Road in Ono on April 2, 1930. The first master was James J. Barr Sr., [the husband of my paternal great-great-great aunt Edna L. (Kidder) Barr], and the first secretary of this grange was Lena Driscoll. The charter members of this new establishment were: James J. Barr Sr., Mrs. Martin Driscoll, Olive Miller, David Miller, Marshall Gill, Richard Edmonds, Bob Jordan, W. Kingsbury, May Kingsbury, C.M. Murphy, Joseph N. Moon, Pauline Stevens, Eugenia Graham, Sydnie Jones, Nelly Murphy, Mrs. Addie B. Graves, Charles Plumb, Mabel Fowler, Frankie Fowler, and Mrs. Julia Edmonds.

In February of 1934 negotiations began with the members of the grange and Ono resident David Boyer to purchase a piece of property that Boyer owned near the channel of Eagle Creek for the future Ono Grange Hall. Yet, Boyer decided to donate the land for the grange to use, and on May 25, 1934, the construction began on the new Ono Grange Hall.

Above: the siding of the Ono Grange Hall. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 4, 2018.

Above: the siding of the Ono Grange Hall. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 4, 2018.

The Ono Grange Hall was completed in 1935. Many people joined the new association which provided assistance to farmers, denotes a marked change in the economy of the area, away from mining toward farming and ranching. Through the years, the Ono Grange Hall remained an active gathering place for the people in the community, and many events and community fundraisers were held there. The building served the community for eighty-five years, until it was destroyed by the ravaging Zogg Fire on September 27, 2020.

Another landmark which was destroyed by the ravaging Zogg Fire on September 27, 2020, was the Ono Store and Stopping Place, also known as the Ono Store and International Cafe, which formerly marked the center of Ono. The store was built in the 1950s by Lamar and Aletha Green, opposite of what used to be David Miller's merchandise store. Since the Green's owned and operated the establishment it has been through various owners over the years. I'm sure that more fire ravaged landmarks of the Igo and Ono areas will be announced if any once the area reopens to the public. As of 8:30 A.M., on September 28, 2020, this fire has exploded to 15,000 acres. The fire is being driven by the wind. Praying for Igo and Ono. Thank you, to the fire fighters and our first responders!

Above: The Ono Store and International Cafe. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 4, 2018.

Above: the early stages of the Zogg Fire in Igo filmed by Jeremy Tuggle on September 27, 2020.

Above: the early stages of the Zogg Fire in Ono filmed by Jeremy Tuggle on September 27, 2020

RESOURCES:

Patrons of Husbandry Charter - Ono Grange No. 445, instituted March 26, 1930

A History of the Grange by Merla F. Clark

A Journey Through Time: Ono and the Bald Hills by Jeremy M. Tuggle, with an introduction by Al M. Rocca; copyright 2008, published by Preserving Memories, in Charlotte, North Carolina. ISBN Number: 978-0-9742576-8-6

http://onogrange.org/

Historic Buildings Lost To Fire - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding.