Friday, March 15, 2024

A RAILWAY FROM BONITA TO DELAMAR: THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY & EASTERN RAILROAD.






The town of Delamar was established in the area in June of 1900 while construction on the Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railroad began on December 11, 1906, this railroad company was incorporated on January 8, 1907, the purpose of the Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railroad, was to conduct a 15-mile standard gauge, ore, delivery, and passenger train from Bonita 3 miles north of Kennett to the Bully Hill smelter at Delamar. It was completed in 1908 and operated until 1939, due to the flooding of Shasta Lake for Shasta Dam. Between 1942 and 1945 Shasta Dam was under construction and its reservoir flooded this railroad system under Shasta Lake. It's often seen during drought seasons. The grade and railroad bed with its ties are still intact under the lake along Pit River and Squaw Creek which is seen here in this general overview of its lucrative history. What's not well-known to railroad enthusiasts and local history buffs is the fate of Engine #2 which succeeded after Engine #1 was taken out of commission. Where is this second engine located and what became of it? Find out more in this episode of Exploring Shasta County History.

RESOURCES:

An Electric Railroad from Kennett to Bully Hill Mines - The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 20, 1902

Work Begins on the Railroad from Kennet to Bully Hill - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 11, 1906

Kennet-Delamar Road Files Papers - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 8, 1907

Incorporates To Build Railroad to Delamar - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 9, 1907

A New Station Called Pitt - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 5, 1907

Contract Let for Building the Railroad - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 9, 1907

Bully Hill Coke Stored at Pitt - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 19, 1907

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 17, 1907

Train To Delamar in Seven Months - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 18, 1907

Pitt Is the Name of the New Station - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 19, 1907

“BONITA” THE NAME OF NEW SHASTA TOWN - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 20, 1907

Greeks Arriving for the Railroad - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 1, 1907

Two Hundred Men Are Building Railroad - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 8, 1907

Carload of Steel Girders Arrives - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 10, 1907

Many Greeks Drowned Near Kennet - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 11, 1907

Twenty Greeks Were Drowned at Bonita - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 12, 1907

Eleven Greeks Drowned While Ferrying the River - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 12, 1907

Number Of Greeks Drowned Nineteen - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1907

Five Bodies Taken from River at Bonita - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1907

Names Of Victims at Last Are Known - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1907

Many Mules Go to Bonita - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1907

Names of the Dead Greeks - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 14, 1907

Fixing The Blame for The Death of Nineteen - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 14, 1907

Accidental Drowning Verdict of Jury - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 15, 1907

Hundreds In Line at Greek Funeral - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 16, 1907

Little Hopes Now for Recovery of Bodies - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 20, 1907

Hundred Greeks Were Discharged - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 2, 1907

Shasta County May Buy Pit River Bridge - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, May 18, 1907

Ten Tons to Pitt from Redding - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, June 7, 1907

Graders Knock Out Juice and Smelter Stop Work - The Marysville Daily Appeal newspaper of Marysville, July 13, 1907

Cars to Delamar by November 1st - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, July 16, 1907

By November Next - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 18, 1907

Rapid Work on the Pit River Railroad - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, August 29, 1907

Town Site Laid Out on Pit River - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 6, 1907

Track-Laying on the Railroad to Delamar Will Begin This Week - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, October 13, 1907

Getting In Shape - The San Jose Mercury newspaper of San Jose, October 22, 1907

Railroad Work Near Delamar - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, November 6, 1907

Railway to Electric Smelter - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, December 15, 1907

First Load of Freight - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, December 16, 1907

Bully Hill Smelter Has Been Remodeled - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 24, 1907

The Courier-Free Press, January 6, 1908

Another Railroad Is Now Completed - The Fresno Evening Herald newspaper of Fresno, January 16, 1908

Tracks Are Laid to Copper City - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 17, 1908

Copper City A Port of Entry - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 22, 1908

Railroad Completed as Far as Horse Creek - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 4, 1908

Tracks Laid into Delamar - The Chico Record newspaper of Chico, February 20, 1908

Delamar Furnace to Begin Reduction - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 22, 1908

Round Trip Between Delamar and Redding - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 26, 1908

Seek $110,000 Damages from Pit River Road - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1908

Telephone Line Completed - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 19, 1908

Local Traffic to Mining Towns to Be Great Factor - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 21, 1908

Summary Of News from Many Towns and Cities - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 24, 1908

Regular Trains from Delamar to Redding - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 25, 1908

Smoke From Stacks of Smelter at Delamar - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 28, 1908

New Enterprise at Copper City - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 14, 1908

Freight Rates on Delamar Railroad - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 24, 1908

Delamar Eats Up Big Store Team - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 3, 1908 

Special Train for A Sick Man - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 9, 1908

The Smelter Town Has Three Names - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 10, 1908

Seventeen Damage Suits Call for $110,000 from the Railroad - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 22, 1909

A High Valuation Is Placed on the Greeks - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, January 29, 1909 

Blockade Is Lifted - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 25, 1909

Laying Track Up Pitt River - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, November 7, 1909

Sues Railroad for $50,000 Damages - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 22, 1909

Big Damage Suit Filed in Shasta - The Red Bluff News newspaper of Red Bluff, December 24, 1909

Steel Company to Lease Railroad - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 18, 1915

Railroad In Shasta County Has Deficit - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 13, 1916

Will Extend Road 4 Miles - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, October 5, 1920

Pit River Work Started - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, October 6, 1920

Sacramento Valley And Eastern Railroad Shows Profit - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 29, 1922

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Elias Anderson (1817-1907), the Founder of Anderson, California.

 




How did the City of Anderson receive its name? Who was the person this burgeoning present-day city is named for? When was the City of Anderson incorporated? Find out more about Elias Anderson and the city which bores his surname in this newest installment of Exploring Shasta County History from local historian and author, Jeremy M. Tuggle. 




RESOURCES:

Elias Anderson in the California, U.S., Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950; available on Ancestry.com

1830 U.S. Census

A HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI.

U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971

1850 U.S. Census

School Districts of Shasta County 1853-1955 compiled by Veronica Satorius

1860 U.S. Census

Died - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, July 27, 1861

List Of Post Offices -The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, December 19, 1863

Died - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 4, 1867

1867, Shasta County Voters Registration 

1870 U.S. Census

New Store! - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 1, 1873

The Shasta Courier newspaper July 19, 1873

Lots For Sale in the Town of Shasta Co., Cal. - The Sentinel Newspaper of Red Bluff, October 24, 1874

Died - The Reading Independent newspaper of Redding, August 14, 1979

1880 U.S. Census

History and Business Directory - Shasta County - 1881 by B.F. Frank and H.W. Chappell. Redding Independent Book and Job Printing House, Redding, California, ©1881.

1885, Shasta County Directory

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Anderson, California, 1881-1947

A Big Fire at Anderson - The Chico Weekly Enterprise newspaper of Chico, January 28, 1887

Anderson In Ashes - The Marysville Daily Appeal newspaper of Marysville, January 30, 1887

The Fire at Anderson - The Chico Weekly Enterprise newspaper of Chico, February 4, 1887

The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 2, 1889

The Republican Free Press newspaper of Redding, July 6, 1889

1899, City & Business Directory of Shasta County

The Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 30, 1899

1900 U.S. Census

The Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 23, 1901

Death of a Pioneer Woman - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, November 4, 1903

Aged Lady Passes Away - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, November 6, 1903

Oldest Man in County Lives at Anderson - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 23, 1906

Founder Of Anderson Dies at Advanced Age - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento,

Oldest Man in County is Dead - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, October 1,1907

Anderson To Incorporate - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 5, 1912 

Found Dead in Bed in a Home in Anderson - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, May 28, 1931

Our Storied Landmarks – Shasta County, California, written by May H. Southern, published by Balakshin Printing Company, ©1942.

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 Historical Society Pioneer Plaque file: AP-023 - Anderson, Elias, available on file at the Shasta Historical Society

979.424 - Anderson. Shasta Historical Society, Vertical files. 

979.424 (324) Anderson (history) unknown author

Shasta Historical Society Pioneer Record: Elias Anderson, dated April 8, 1943

Shasta Historical Society Genealogical Records 7-59: Elias Anderson

Shasta Historical Society Genealogical Records 7-59: George H. Anderson

Shasta Historical Society Pioneer Record: George H. Anderson, dated: January 18, 1945

Shasta County, California A History by Rosena Giles, published by Biobooks, ©1949.

The Town of Anderson Grew from Teamsters Campground Site written by Rosena A. Giles - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, January 4, 1951

Way Back When - Myrtle McNamar, published by C.A.T. Publishing of Redding, California, 1952. 282 pages.

City of Anderson owes its name to early-day farmer written by Elizabeth Dellow - The Redding Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 30, 1963

In the Shadow of the Mountain a Short History of Shasta County, California, by Edward Petersen ©1965

Place Names of Shasta County by Gertrude A. Steger revision by Helen Hinckley Jones, ©1966 by La Siesta Pressy, Glendale, California

Elias's Town Has Grown by John Lawson - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 18, 1969

The House That Elias Anderson Built - The Anderson Press newspaper of Anderson, March 24, 1976

Anderson house plan studied - The Redding Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 9, 1976

Anderson project will be backed - The Redding Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, November 9, 1976

Anderson gets plea to repair old house - The Redding Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 2, 1978

Anderson House Wins Reprieve - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 6, 1980

Anderson House To Be Saved - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 4, 1980

House: Time Running Out - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 14, 1980

Old Anderson House Doomed - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 15, 1980

Historic Anderson House Has to Go by Pat Lakey - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 8, 1980

9579.424 (324) Anderson by Laura Gurwell, January 12, 1987