VIDEO
Filmed on location May 14, 2022.
Resources:
Pacific Coast Postal Changes - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of June 8, 1880
Coast Notes - The Daily Alta California newspaper of San Francisco, September 10, 1884
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 28, 1885
Mining Notes - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 23, 1885
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 13, 1885
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 27, 1885
Railroad Extension - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 5, 1885
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 19, 1885
New Mining Company - The Daily Alta California newspaper of San Francisco, December 31, 1885
The California and Oregon Railroad - The Weekly Butte Record newspaper of Chico, May 1, 1886
Forest Fire Near Delta - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 12, 1908
Blockade On Shasta Route Is Lifted - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, May 15, 1910
Alden Anderson Again Victorious - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 19, 1911
Bandits Flee On “Speeder” - The Healdsburg Tribune newspaper of Healdsburg, February 1, 1924
Shasta Town Nearly Wiped Out By Fire - The Press Democrat newspaper of Santa Rosa, March 12, 1924
Pacific Highway Now In Excellent Shape - The Healdsburg Tribune newspaper of Healdsburg, July 31, 1926
Old Toll Road Being Repaired - The Blue Lake Advocate, September 29, 1928
U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971.
My Playhouse Was A Concord Coach, an anthology of newspaper clippings and documents relating to those who made California history during the years 1822-1888, by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Published by Howell-North Press ©1942.
Shasta County, California A History, by Rosena Giles, published by Biobooks, ©1949.
Place Names of Shasta County by Gertrude A. Steger revision by Helen Hinckley Jones, ©1966 by La Siesta Press, Glendale, California
Mines and Mineral Resources of Shasta County, California – County Report 6 – by Philip A. Lydon and J.C. O’ Brien ©1974 by California Division of Mines and Geology.
The Covered Wagon, 1976, published annually by the Shasta Historical Society
The Covered Wagon, 1989, published annually by the Shasta Historical Society
The Covered Wagon, 1995, published annually by the Shasta Historical Society
The Covered Wagon, 1997, published annually by the Shasta Historical Society
Rails In the Shadow of Mt. Shasta by John R. Signor. Published by Howell-North Books ©1981
An aerial view of the town of Delta. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on May 14, 2022.