Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Return to the Ganim Mine

My buddy and I are uncovering a large body of talc in my newest episode on Exploring Shasta County History as we return to the Ganim mine in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Come check this out as we visit the Jerusalem #1 Mine and the Hard Luck Quartz Mine which are all a part of the Ganim mine. Come learn of its history. Filmed on location on October 12, 2024.




Filmed on location.


Saturday, October 12, 2024

Hamden Holmes Noble (1844-1929); and His Final Resting Place.


My newest video to date about the final resting place of Hamden H. Noble and his contributions to Shasta County. Learn about the man who created Grace and Nora Lakes and had a summer home near these lakes at Shingletown called Noble's Bungalow also known as Castle In the Sky and Noble's Castle. Filmed on location at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma San Mateo County, California, on August 31, 2024.

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1860 U.S. Census

1870 U.S. Census

California Voter Register, 1866

Married - Daily Alta California newspaper of San Francisco, August 1, 1871

1880 U.S. Census

1900 U.S. Census

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 4, 1903.

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 14, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, January 18, 1903 

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 28, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 10, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 31, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 3, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 11, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 23, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 30, 1903

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 8, 1903

Getting Ready For A Great Smelter At the Balaklala - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 10, 1903

The Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 14, 1903

1910 U.S. Census

1920 U.S. Census

Hamden H. Holmes in the California Death Index, 1905-1939

Death Ends Long And Useful Life Of H.H. Noble - The Sausalito News newspaper of Sausalito, December 20, 1929

The Covered Wagon 1954, published annually by Shasta Historical Society

Here’s A Castle Ruin Not In Europe by Isabel Bedynek - The Sacramento Bee newspaper of Sacramento, October 18, 1959

VF 729. Noble’s Castle, on file at the Shasta Historical Society

The Covered Wagon 1975, published annually by Shasta Historical Society

Where The ‘ELL Is Shingletown? The Shingletown Story by Marion V. Allen ©1979 Printed by Press Room Inc., Redding, California, Pages 81.