Welcome to Exploring Shasta County history...
With this blog, I am bringing to life the stories of the early day pioneers and some of the oft-forgotten history of a bygone era in Shasta County, California. I'll also focus on important events after the turn of the 20th century. I would like to reflect upon current historical sites of the modern age as well.
This is copyrighted by Jeremy M. Tuggle.
This video was filmed on location on June 11, 2022.
It was Shasta County pioneer Charles Camden who named Crystal Creek after its crystal-clear flowing water in its channel. It was also Camden who built this present-day historic water ditch along its channel with his paid laborers between 1854 and 1856. However, what was the reason behind it? Find out more in my newest video about this amazing water ditch system and trail here, and if you have time be sure to visit this place with your friends and family at the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. You will need a park pass to enter. The trail is an easy hike with incredible views of Crystal Creek along the way, and it's a one-way only 0.8-mile hike. Bring water, food and snacks with you to enjoy this trail. Enjoy, the video.
As Shasta Lake continues to be in drought there are many oft-forgotten relics and historical sites which keep emerging from the depths of this lake. On the McCloud River arm of this lake is a historic site pertaining to Ellery Creek. At this location the remains of a rock or stone structured building is visible which was operated by Shasta County pioneer and fish expert Jeremiah Blizzard Campbell, a native of New Jersey, and his son, Joseph Campbell which was built in the early twentieth century. This site was a fish egg collecting station for trout and they would eventually store these eggs in their incubators in this building until they hatched. Find out more about the area and about the Campbell's in my newest video to date. This video was filmed on location at that point on May 28, 2022. On that day the water level for Lake Shasta was 120.61-ft., below the crest of Shasta Dam or at 946.39-ft., elevation below full pool.
Historical Notes on The Rainbow and Dolly Varden Trout written by J.H. Wales, The Covered Wagon, 1946, pages 29-30. 46 pages. Published annually by Shasta Historical Society.
Baird written by Alice L. Seamans, The Covered Wagon 1976, pages 7-10. 82 pages. Published annually by Shasta Historical Society.
Memories of Baird written by Eleanor (Reading) Templeman, The Covered Wagon, 1976. pages 10-11. 82 pages. Published annually by Shasta Historical Society.
Occasional Paper of the Redding Museum - Paper No. 1 by Margaret Guilford-Kardel. Published by Redding Museum of Art & History Center, Redding, California. Available at the Shasta Historical Society.
May H. Southern’s scrapbook’s. Nine binders. Unpublished personal and researched material compiled by Southern. Available at Shasta Historical Society.
Livingston Stone, Pioneer Fisheries Scientist written by Frank E. Raymond, The Covered Wagon, 1991. Pages 17-27. 104 pages. Published annually by the Shasta Historical Society.
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