Sunday, August 18, 2024

The Cold Storage Cellar of the City Market at Shasta, California.

This historic 10x14 foot cold storage room is situated in the ghost town of Shasta, in Shasta County, California, at Shasta State Historic Park, located near Redding. It was built in the 1850s and utilized by numerous owners and operators of the City Market, a thriving butcher business in town. Coming into a long chain of succession of ownership it became a permanent fixture for local Shastan’s. Find out who, what and more in this video from Exploring Shasta County History. 



Filmed on locations August 5, 2024.



RESOURCES:

Settle Up! - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 20, 1864

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, August 6, 1864

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, January 7, 1871

Notice - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 4, 1871

Business Directory - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 10, 1872

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 8, 1878

Destructive Fire in Shasta - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, August 17, 1878

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 14, 1878

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 28, 1878

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, April 10, 1880

The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, January 7, 1882

Notice to Creditors - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 11, 1882

1885 Business Directory of Shasta County

Peter Hoff Goes to His Reward - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 2, 1902

Peter Hoff’s Funeral - The Free Press newspaper of Shasta, December 3, 1902

Pioneer Resident Called by Death - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 3, 1902

Lorrenz Garrecht Dies at Shasta Home - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 16, 1905

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

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

Shasta State Historic Park Brief History and Tour Guide, published by Shasta State Historic Park, ©July 1985

Valentine Doll written by Jeremy M. Tuggle, the 2011 Covered Wagon, published annually by Shasta Historical Society, pages 43-49. 



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