THE FORMER SITE OF THE REDDING GOLF CLUB, NOW LAWNCREST CEMETERY.

The 9-hole golf course of the Redding Golf is shown here with golfers enjoying this golf course. Now, it’s home of the Lawncrest Cemetery. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

Originally, the golf course pictured in the above photograph was designed and developed by W.B. Tucker and L. Hawkins, of Redding, in 1923. It was a 9-hole golf course which was owned and operated by the Redding Golf Club. It was located on the east side of the Sacramento River and laid out on Lawncrest Road in Enterprise. The golf course stayed in business for many years. Then in 1950, a man named George Stetler, founded a new funeral parlor in downtown Redding, which he named Linn and Fulkerth Funeral Home, and the land which this former golf course was situated on transitioned into a cemetery under his ownership, and it became the Lawncrest Cemetery. Its namesake was the road it was located on. Eventually, this road was widened and later renamed Cypress Avenue. This cemetery is still in use today, and generations of my family on both my maternal and paternal side are buried here including my eldest son, Jason Meyer Tuggle (born & died on: July 16, 2009.) 

RESOURCES:

Golf Fans Are Thick On New Course Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 26, 1923

Golf Enthusiasts Organize At Meet Wednesday Night - The Courier-Free Press, March 8, 1923

Invite Redding Golfers To Red Bluff Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 28, 1923

Redding Golf Fans To Play At Red Bluff - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 11, 1923

Redding Golf Club Goes To Corning Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 31, 1923

Redding Golfers Divide Matches - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 5, 1923

Golfers Will Put On Drive For Members; Seek Grounds - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 21, 1923

Golf Schedule Is Announced - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 12, 1923

Golfers Like Fine Weather - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 27, 1923

Local Golfers Victorious At Chico Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 29, 1923

Local Golfers Beat Arbuckle Players Here - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, November 12, 1923

Golf Tournament Is Postponed - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 5, 1924

Local Golfers Plan Ladder Tournament - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 11, 1924

Cummins Tops Golf Ladder - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 17, 1924

Golfers Change Position On Ladder - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 19, 1924

Golfers Draw Big Gallery - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 21, 1924

Cummins Gives Few Rules To Be Observed On Golf Course - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 23, 1924

33 Match Games Of Golf Over Weekend - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 25, 1924

Klukkert New Top Player On Ladder - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 18, 1924

Redding Plays Biggest Golf Match Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 22, 1924

Cummins Now Tops Golfers - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 23, 1924

Redding Golfers Defeated - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 25, 1924

This Golf Match Ought To Create Healthy Interest - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 26, 1924

Golfers Will Work On New Course Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 15, 1924

Cummins New Golf Leader - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 24, 1924

Golfers Play For Big Store Trophy Sunday Afternoon - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 12, 1924

Ritchie Wins Big Store Golf Trophy Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 1924

New Course To Be Built Soon By Golf Club - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, July 15, 1924

Red Bluff Golf Players Here On Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 10, 1924

New Directors For Golf And Country Club - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 19, 1925

Red Bluff Golf Players Coming Here Tomorrow - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, November 28, 1925

https://riverviewgolf.clubepay.com/history

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/redding-ca/lawncrest-chapel/2483

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.

A Christmas Ball at the Whiskeytown Hotel in 1861

Above: an advertisement for the main event on Christmas Day, at Whiskeytown in the Whiskeytown hotel. From the Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 21, 1861.

On Christmas Day, in 1861, a grand Christmas celebration was opened to the public to celebrate Christmas at Whiskeytown inside the Whiskeytown hotel, on December 25th, hosted by the hotel's proprietor George P. McGuire, a local hostelry man. It was a public affair which was managed by various local residents of Shasta and Trinity Counties, yes, even Weaverville and Minersville assisted in organizing this grand ball with our county residents at the time. This grand ball featured an elegant dinner, a live band rendering music, dancing, Christmas presents which were donated by the managers for the children, Santa Claus, and a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. This Christmas, I’m wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and I hope you enjoy all of the numerous festivities of this holiday season with your family and friends. 

Resources: 

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 7, 1861

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 14, 1861

Christmas Ball At Whiskeytown - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 21, 1861

The Neighboring Townsites of Union and Lincoln

Could you imagine how the City of Redding would have been laid out today if the neighboring townsites of Union and Lincoln materialized into burgeoning success stories? It would be quite different. In this YouTube video you can learn about the efforts of Edward A. Reid and his brother Artie J. Reid, early Shasta County pioneer settlers who tried establishing two neighboring townsites just opposite of each other at the present-day site of the Diestelhorst Bridge, in December of 1861, to make their ferry site a port for steamboat navigation which ultimately failed due to the obstructions in the Sacramento River channel north of Latona. Maps of the townsites were surveyed but to my knowledge no copies were preserved. Check out this oft-forgotten history of our area and I hope you enjoy this episode of Exploring Shasta County history.

Filmed on location December 14, 2022.

RESOURCES:

Middle Creek Correspondence – The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 26, 1859

Two More Towns - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 14, 1861

Destruction - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 14, 1861

The San Joaquin Republican newspaper of Stockton, December 20, 1861

The Town of Lincoln - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 21, 1861

Red Bluff - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 21, 1861

Extension Of Navigation - The Red Bluff Independent newspaper of Red Bluff, December 27, 1861

Sallee Purchases the Reid Mine at Old Diggings for $20,000 in April of 1906

Above: Last Payment On Mine - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 12, 1906

In April of 1906, James Martin Sallee, a native of Florida, and the former owner of the Bully Hill and Rising Star mines in the Pittsburgh Mining District of Shasta County, who the towns of Sallee and South Sallee were named for in which are now situated under the Squaw Creek arm of Shasta Lake at Bully Hill, purchased the Reid Mine in the Old Diggings Mining District at Old Diggings for a total of $20,000. Sallee purchased this mine from its original owners: Edward A. Reid (the namesake of mine), Mrs. Artie J. Reid (Reid's sister-in-law), and John Salnave. Then in 1913, with the help of his son Harvey J. Sallee the father and son team erected the aerial tramway of the Reid mine for more information on this historic aerial tramway please visit my YouTube video below and my article at the following links:

YouTube video:

 

Article: 

OLD DIGGINGS ALSO KNOWN AS HART: A MINING COMMUNITY

Source: Last Payment on Mine - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 12, 1906

THE AERIAL TRAMWAY OF THE REID MINE

The historic remains of an aerial tramway or tram line of the Reid mine is the main topic of this YouTube video. They were sometimes referred to as an “aerial ropeway” as well. At one point Shasta County had at least twelve different aerial tramways or tram lines in operation at the same time hauling 100 pounds or more of mining ore daily from lucrative mines producing gold, silver, and copper in one ore carload also known as a bucket load. Parts of the aerial tramway still exists and is marked with a marker along the present-day Freitas Loop Trail commemorating its history.

Nearby, the Reid mine was a lucrative producer of gold from the late 19th century to about the 1920s in the Old Diggings Mining District. This mine was named by its original locator Edward A. Reid. During the above interim years in 1913, the owners of this property, James Martin Sallee, a native of Florida, along with his son Harvey James Sallee, installed the above tramway or tram line. Today, only the cables and some concrete foundations of this aerial tramway remains visible to the public eye. This is what you’re about to view in the following YouTube video. Enjoy,

The Adventure:

Filmed on located November 20, 2022. Historical image of the aerial tramway of the Reid mine is provided by Shasta Historical Society.

Resources:


Mining Notes From Old Diggings - The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 14, 1885

Reid & Co.'s - The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 29, 1885

Last Payment On Mine - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 12, 1906


Improvements Made In Sallee's Reid Mine - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 30, 1911


Building Aerial Tram For Reid Mine - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 18, 1912


Installing Tram Line - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 20, 1912

Two Killed In A Shasta County Mine - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 18, 1914

Rich Strike In The Reid Mine - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, November 15, 1915

Prominent Shasta Miner Is Dead - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, August 29, 1916

Stillwater Indian Cemetery YouTube Video Technicality

On a technicality my newest YouTube video was deleted based on the history of the Stillwater Indian Cemetery. I shall have something new within its place soon. Best wishes!