19th Century Wagon Ruts Along the Sacramento River Trail Near Waugh.

In 1883 the construction of the Shasta to Middle Creek Road was completed which was also known as Middle Creek Road, and alias the River Road, which connected Shasta with the townsite of Waugh. Four years later, in 1887 construction resumed on this route which brought the road into Redding from the mouth of Middle Creek on the west bank of the Sacramento River heading south into Redding. Most of it was situated along present-day Sacramento River Trail with parts still in existence today. Wagon ruts are pretty rare and exciting to find when you locate them unexpectedly. They appear on well-traveled routes in the region like this route here which date to the 19th Century. 

Resources:

Pacific Coast Items - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, May 19, 1883

Our Neighbors - The Humboldt Times newspaper of Eureka, May 20, 1883

Our Neighbors - The Humboldt Times newspaper of Eureka, June 5, 1883

Shasta: The Queen City by Mabel Moores Frisbie and Jean Moores Beauchamp, published by California Historical Society, ©1973.