THE GREATER REDDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Above: I.J. Johnson, the first president of the Redding Chamber of Commerce, from the San Francisco Call newspaper of December 24, 1908.

The Redding Chamber of Commerce was established on October 20, 1908. It was I.J. Johnson who was elected as the very first president of the brand-new Redding Chamber of Commerce, and their vice president was Augustas H. Gronwoldt, both men were chosen to lead the board of directors for this group. Additional members of the board were: David N. Honn, secretary; William H. Bergh, treasurer; Doctor Sherman T. White, N.G. Jewell and Albert F. Ross Sr., as trustees. During the early years, the chamber operated under a 7-member board of directors.

That night, at an undisclosed location in Redding, the group agreed to have David N. Honn secure a future home for them in the city for the organization to meet in and to be used as an exhibit place for products pertaining to Shasta County. By October 27th, Honn found a room to rent inside the Zeis building (owned by Emil R. Zeis, later a member of the Redding Chamber of Commerce) which faced Butte Street in Redding near the corner of Market and Butte Streets opposite of the Bank Of Shasta County building. (It’s the former site of the second C.M. Dickers building where Market Center Apartments is now located at 1551 Market Street.) This site became the first home of the Redding Chamber of Commerce. Today, it’s a short distance west from their present location at 1321 Butte Street, Suite 100.

Their meetings were originally held on Tuesday nights at their new home. At that time, their membership were $5 with a $1 monthly due. Anybody was welcomed to join this group. The board voted to appoint various committees with three members or more to remain actively boosting in the community. The earliest formed committees were the following: reception, program, boosting, get together, transportation, and publicity.

Above: the Zeis building built in 1906 by John Zeis Sr. This is looking south-east from the intersection of Market and Butte Streets. This building was the first home of the Redding Chamber of Commerce with businesses on the bottom floor and rooming houses on the upper floor. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

During December of 1908, the Redding Chamber of Commerce won some praise in the San Francisco Call newspaper when they endorsed the Bay Area media outlet and other organizations for opposing the freight rate increase in California, which was proposed by the railroad companies at that time. Excessive prices for shipping to and from various places in the state were on the rise and continued to be a nuisance for merchants, farmers, and mine owners. Yet, the railroad companies had the power to raise the prices because of ownership, wealth, and monopoly.

During the following year, they promoted themselves to attract new members. This increased their membership to nearly forty people. The chamber also reached out for county support in building highway roads to connect Redding to northern coastal towns in California which was an ongoing process. They also ordered one of their committees to research what it would cost to bring a trade school to Redding. In 1909, a trade school bill was approved by the Legislature and the author of the bill, Senator Price, visited Redding. During his visit he was called upon the chamber for interviewing purposes and research. They continued their focus on the trade school idea in the future.

In addition to their campaigns, they protested with the Anderson Board of Trade “against governmental sanction of the Iron Canyon Irrigation Project and urging the Government to bring about a preliminary survey to determined the probable benefit, feasibility and advantage to be derived from the proposed Redding-Pit River project.” (SIC) Also, the abandonment of the Redding-Harrison Gulch stage line captured their attention and the group tried to save this popular local travel agency since it brought additional commerce to Redding.

On October 20, 1910, the Redding Chamber of Commerce turned two years old, they were still a young energetic boosting group, however they voted to reorganize that year. This is when their board grew to a 22-member board of directors. That year, Dudley V. Saeltzer became the second president of the Redding Chamber of Commerce, while their vice president was W.D. Egilbert. David N. Honn continued serving as their secretary, and George H. Gronwoldt became their treasurer. This might be the reason why the 1910 establishment date is used so much for this group, which is incorrect due to it being a reorganization date. This date has been used by the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce up to the publication date of this article.

During 1911, they made a strong push to raise funds for the purpose of erecting a brand-new home in Redding. Then, in, mid-January of 1912, the Redding Chamber of Commerce received a set of plans from an unnamed local architect. The design failed to meet the chamber’s expectations and they terminated this architect. However, the Sacramento Union newspaper heralded the following article on January 24, 1912:

“Redding Chamber Will Build Home

Original Plan Will Adhered To In Construction Of New Building

(SPECIAL TO THE UNION.)

Redding, (Shasta Co.) - January 23.,- All arrangements for erection of the products of Shasta County and for quarters of the Chamber Of Commerce have been completed and the work will be commenced at once. The original plan of putting on Center Street between the Carnegie Library and the Southern Pacific railroad track will be carried out and the building will be built largely of glass so as to allow a good view of the exhibit from the outside.” (SIC)

Immediately, they continued searching for a new architect and they decided to pick one out of the area. The chamber secured architect W.P. Bowen, of Ashland, Oregon to design their building for them. When Bowen was finished, he sent the new plans to Redding’s Mayor Augustas H. Gronwoldt who then presented them to the Redding Chamber of Commerce in early March of 1912.

Bowen designed a pagoda style structure completed with glass windows like the above article stated. It also contained “sloping roofs and culmination in a peak” form. The design called for a shingle roof top as well. The size of the building was twenty-eight feet by fourteen feet. It was a design which satisfied the chamber.

The bids for the contract of constructing the pagoda style building was opened by the chamber on March 13, 1912. Then on, April 2, 1912, the contract of the building was let to Metz and Burton for $570. By June 28, 1912, the construction work on the new Redding Chamber of Commerce building was completed and the organization began to move into this building on Yuba Street. Dennis Desmond was elected as the third president of the Redding Chamber of Commerce.

Above: the second home of the Redding Chamber of Commerce on Yuba Street. This is their pagoda style structure. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

The group increased its membership and actively maintained social relations within the community, raised public opinions and listened to their members and residents of Redding while improving businesses and economic scenes in the area. During 1913, the group campaigned for good roads leading to and from Redding for the use of automobiles, at that time their members suggested that the name of the group should be changed to the Shasta County Chamber of Commerce, the name change was taken under advisement by their board but not acted on.

Four years later, the Redding Chamber of Commerce supported local theatre patrons by raising subscriptions for the newly completed Redding Theater, on California Street. This theater opened to the public on January 18, 1917. The group also backed local gardening and campaigned to have sanitary water within the City of Redding. They pressured the city to fix the issue due to the water being unsanitary. The chlorination system during this time was inoperative and they forced the Redding Water Company to make the necessary improvements so local residents could have clean pure water.

On March 14, 1917, Roscoe J. Anderson was elected as the fourth president of the Redding Chamber of Commerce. The group still met inside their pagoda style structure on Yuba Street. Anderson led the group into the 1920s and focused on Redding becoming a tourist center for travelers passing through the area. The group was willing to bring a district office of the state automobile association here as well. In the interim, community outreach was vitally important to them and the area burgeoned with success because of the chamber’s agenda.

In January of 1921, the Redding Chamber of Commerce proceeded to reorganize their group that year. During the following month, their group acquired 126 brand-new members and, because of this drive, they reorganized on March 12, 1921, for a second time in eleven years. The chamber outgrew their tiny pagoda style structure on Yuba Street as well. Also, this building never had a registered street address. Plans for state incorporating were being made.

The reorganized chamber elected Dudley V. Saeltzer to serve another term as president, and Orr M. Chenoweth was elected to serve as Vice President. This is when their board of directors downsized to a 21-member board. Saeltzer continued to serve as their fifth president until he resigned on March 2, 1923. Articles of incorporation for the Redding Chamber of Commerce were proposed in Redding on April 21, 1921. Two months later, the chamber’s articles of incorporation were filed with Frank C. Jordan in Sacramento who was then Secretary of State. During the month of August, the Red Bluff Daily News newspaper heralded the following report:

“Redding Commerce Chamber Buys Old Brewery Building

Redding, August 4., - By a deed just recorded the Redding Chamber of Commerce has become the owner of the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company’s brick building at the southwest corner of Market and Trinity streets. The brick building is occupied as a warehouse and sales room by the Happy Valley Berry and Fruit Growers Association.” (SIC)

By the publication date of this article, it’s not known what the chamber needed the above building for or what it’s fate would be. During the following month, the chamber built a 2,000-foot side track of railroad in northwest Redding to be used for a brand-new creosoting plant which was to be erected and owned by P.R. Swayne of Oakland. It cost the chamber $5,000 to build the sidetrack, yet they had negotiated a deal with Swayne that prevented them from paying off the loan they had borrowed from a local bank, in case Swayne changed his mind to relocate elsewhere, which he did. The chamber wasn’t thrilled that they lost the opportunity to have this new plant in Redding which would bring additional jobs to the area.

Within the deal between the chamber, Swayne agreed to pay off the $5,000 loan over the course of a ten-year period. It was a failed business venture by the chamber in which they were hoping a new industry would be able to launch in that section of Redding to utilize this sidetrack for them and bring additional jobs to Redding.

In 1922, the Redding Chamber of Commerce boasted of having three hundred women members who paid their dues and were active within the organization. New members both male and female joined this boosting body, and they were actively involved to make Redding a better place to live.

As the chamber’s membership grew, they relocated to a new building in Redding, and by 1926, they were conducting meetings inside the Masonic Temple building located at 1346 Market Street. This building served as their third home; this is where most of the local lodges met in the city. They still owned their pagoda building on Yuba Street and utilized it for exhibits.

Two years later, the Redding Chamber of Commerce hosted a dinner and dance reception for the State of Oregon’s 18th Governor Isaac L. Patterson at the Redding hotel. It was an open invitation for the community to join the fun. Patterson and his crew of delegates rented rooms and stayed the night at the Redding hotel. They were traveling the next day to Chico and San Francisco.

During the decade of the 1930s, the Redding Chamber of Commerce strived to protect our county’s history by aiding and establishing the Shasta Historical Society, under the Society’s original name of the Trails Of ‘49. The Redding Chamber of Commerce selected twenty members who they deemed fit to run the new organization which was formed on January 18, 1930. Today, the Shasta Historical Society and the Redding Chamber of Commerce still support one another on different projects within the community.

In 1932, the chamber were still finishing their plans which were adopted the previous year for maintaining highway travel through the business section of Redding. They also planned to jump start the construction of the Lassen Park highway, and to secure a site for a new federal building and hasten its construction in Redding. Another organization they gave full support to that year was the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland Association. Things certainly picked up in the latter part of the decade for the Redding Chamber of Commerce.

By the end of 1939, the group relocated from the Masonic Temple building at Market and Yuba Streets to their fourth location at 1342 Yuba Street where they spent the next eight years. The chamber organized an annual dinner night at the Golden Eagle hotel, which was opened to their membership, during the decade of the 1940s. It became a popular event and often mentioned by the local media. At one of these dinner nights in March of 1941, resigning president of the board Roscoe J. Anderson told of the chamber’s work during the last year. He mentioned that the chamber had to fight for things they already had, the importance that the chamber played as a booster not only in the city but in county development as well.

Anderson cited a long list of achievements they made. He also related how their job was to oppose adverse interest such as the Central Valley Project Association. Anderson continued to say that the later association was opposed to the Clikapudi project and interests pertaining to Shasta County in general. These are some of the things the Redding Chamber of Commerce continued to deal with that decade as well as seeking new and younger members.

By 1949, the chamber moved into their fifth building at 1410 Sacramento Street, and utilized it for a very short time. By 1953, they relocated into their sixth location inside the Redding hotel at 1748 Market Street at the intersection of Market and Sacramento Streets, then they relocated to 1754 Market Street in Redding. It wasn’t until 1958 when this group relocated into their eighth building at 1340 Butte Street, which included a P.O. Box of 978.

During the following decade, the chamber enjoyed a growing membership and continued their mission in the greater Redding area. In 1963, the chamber’s board of directors voted to change their name. The name change was effective on January 1, 1964 when they became the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce. While the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce kept relocating, they still found time to utilize their pagoda style structure on Yuba Street, at least, up to 1965 when the Carnegie Library building was demolished for a parking lot by the Redding City Council.

In 1966, George Greenleaf was serving as the president of the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce which had a membership of 650 people. It was the oldest boosting club in Shasta County. Additional Chamber of Commerce groups were established in Anderson, Burney, Cottonwood, Fall River Valley, and the Shasta Dam Area which encompassed Central Valley (now Shasta Lake City.) These groups operated on their own terms and were not unified under any formal body. The Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce remained at 1340 Butte Street until 1969 when they relocated again into a new location at 1345 Liberty Street.

Above: a Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce membership card belonging to James Williams who was an accredited member in good standing until September 1, 1968, this card also credits Williams with 13 years of membership to the group. Years later, Williams became president of this organization. Courtesy of the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce.

According to the 1993 book: “Carpenter With A Camera Chester Mullen and His Photographs” a limited edition publication by the Shasta Historical Society, on page two the Society mentions the following quote: “...and the quaintly-roofed Chamber Of Commerce building, which was later moved to Court Street and used as a residence.” The quote was captioned under a 1917 photograph of Yuba Street which renowned local photographer Chester Mullen took. However, I have not been able to prove if that is an accurate statement or not because there weren’t any sources provided for the above quote. I hope that someday this will be proven, or one finds out what occurred with their building.

During the next ten years their membership continued to grow as well as their memorabilia collection from Shasta County. New exhibits continued to be displayed at their current building for the public to enjoy. In 1980, the group rehoused into their tenth location at 1135 Pine Street, Suite 107, and utilized that space until 1986 when the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce felt the need to resettle again into their own building, and eleventh location, at 747 Auditorium Drive (now Sundial Bridge Drive). In 1986, the group was proud of its 1,200 people membership and their twenty-four groups of hard-working committees.

Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000's, the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce kept actively boosting in the community. Then in 2013, the Greyhound Bus Depot of Redding was demolished at 1323 Butte Street, and a brand-new building would soon be erected on the same site. After the new building was completed at the above location the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce moved inside it during March of 2017, making it their present location and twelfth building to date at 1321 Butte Street, Suite 100.

Above: the present location of the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce at 1321 Butte Street, Suite 100, during a winter snowstorm. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on January 26, 2021.

RESOURCES:

The Redding Chamber Of Commerce - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 21, 1908

Chamber Of Commerce Met Tuesday Night - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, October 28, 1908

Shasta County’s New Chamber Of Commerce - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, October 30, 1908

Redding Chamber Of Commerce Ready - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, November 3, 1908

Boosters Coming - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, November 5, 1908

Redding Chamber Of Commerce Opposes Freight Rate Increase - The San Francisco Call newspaper of San Francisco, December 24, 1908

Redding Knocking At Iron Canyon Project - The Chico Record newspaper of Chico, March 29, 1909

Redding Hears Rumor Concerning Stage Line - The Red Bluff News newspaper of Red Bluff, December 17, 1909

Redding Chamber Of Commerce - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 4, 1910

Shasta County Faces New Era - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, November 25, 1910

Redding Chamber Marks New Epoch - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 19, 1910

With New Men At the Head, Future of the Redding Chamber of Commerce Is Brilliant - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 20, 1910

Redding Joins The Boosters - The Red Bluff Union newspaper of Red Bluff, December 30, 1910

Plan Building To Exhibit Products - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, October 5, 1911

Chamber Of Commerce Holds Big Meeting - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 16, 1912

Redding Chamber Names Directors - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 18, 1912

Redding Chamber Will Build Home - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 24, 1912

To Discuss Exhibit Hall - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 6, 1912

Plans Of Pagoda Come To Hand - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 10, 1912

Citizens’ League Is Endorsed - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 13, 1912

Contract Awarded To Metz An Burton - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 3, 1912

Redding Chamber Of Commerce - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 4, 1912

People’s Forum; To The Editor Of The Union - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, May 29, 1912

Celebration Of 4th To Last Three Days - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 13, 1912

Chamber Of Commerce Moving Into Pagoda - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 28, 1912

Road Conference Leads To Nothing - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 9, 1913

Chamber Of  Commerce Pledged To Good Roads - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of  Redding, April 28, 1913

Prominent Men Boosts Good Roads - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 13, 1913

Announce Opening of Redding Theater - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 7, 1917

Bought And Paid For - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, January 21, 1917

Anderson Will Head Boosters of Redding - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 14, 1917

Redding Favors City Gardening - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, April 30, 1917

Roscoe J. Anderson Again Heads Chamber Of Commerce Of City - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 18, 1918

Redding Boost Body Meets - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 27, 1919

Commerce Chamber Asks Better Water - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 19, 1919

Chamber Of Commerce After Tourist Trade - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 5, 1920

Plan Reorganization of Redding Chamber - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, January 28, 1921

Arranging Details of Redding Civic Dinner - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 14, 1921

Chamber Gets 126 Members - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 22, 1921

Saeltzer President of Redding Chamber - The Sacramento Union newspaper Sacramento, March 14, 1921

Redding Chamber Elects Officer - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, March 14, 1921

Redding Commerce Chamber Buys Old Brewery Building - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, August 4, 1921

Chamber Incorporates - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 6, 1921

Redding Desires Factory That Will Fit Spur - The Red Bluff Daily News newspaper of Red Bluff, November 23, 1921

Members Are Added To Redding Chamber - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 1, 1922

300 Women Members of Commerce Chamber - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, December 2, 1922

Director of Redding Chamber Will Resign - The Chico Record newspaper of Chico, March 3, 1923

Redding To Entertain Oregon’s Governor - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 21, 1928

History Of County Is Meeting Subject - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 18, 1930

Chamber Is Backing Flight - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 7, 1938

Chamber Starts Campaign Monday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 7, 1940

Chamber Seeks More Members - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 22, 1941

Chamber Deadline Is Saturday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 4, 1941

Chamber Ballots Sent - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 12, 1941

Chamber Names 16 Nominees For Directors - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 18, 1941

Chamber Program For Monday Night Announced - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 7, 1941

Dinner Tonight Chamber Plans - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 10, 1941

Chamber Has Annual Meet - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 11, 1941

1964 City Of Redding Directory

650 Belong To Redding Chamber - Redding Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 26, 1966

1969 City Of Redding Directory

1980 City Of Redding Directory

1986 City Of Redding Directory

Dudley Saeltzer, Redding’s “First” Citizen by Phil Tincher - The Covered Wagon 1972, published annually by Shasta Historical Society, pages 39-42.

A History Of Shasta County, California written by the Shasta County Book Commission ©1985. Printed by Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas, Texas. 493 pages.

Redding & Shasta County: Gateway To The Cascades written by John D. Lawson, ©1986 by Windsor Publications, Inc., 184 pages ISBN 0-89781-187-9

Carpenter With A Camera Chester Mullen and His Photographs ©1993, published by the Shasta Historical Society, 100 pages. ISBN 0-933395-05-1

Shasta Memory Bank - a News Cafe by Shasta Historical Society, April 23, 2011

http://www.enjoymagazine.net/2016/07/20/117455/jake-mangas-aims-to-build-community

The Lake Britton Bridge and the Stand By Me Hollywood Movie Connection

Filmed on location by Jeremy Tuggle on February 5, 2022.

RESOURCES:

A New Railroad - The Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 23, 1897

McCloud River Railroad - The Chico Record newspaper of Chico, February 2, 1897

McCloud River Railroad 385.2 McCloud, available at the Shasta Historical Society.

The McCloud River Railroad bridge - Bridgehunter.com

Stand By Me Bridge and Burney Falls by California Unearthed

Experienced Jumper Killed Jumping Off ‘Stand By Me Bridge’ in California While Friends Filmed - The Daily Advent.com, 

Box Office Emoji.com

 The Stand By Me Bridge as it appeared in the distance off the shoreline of Lake Britton. This photo was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on February 5, 2022.

THE HARLAN D. MILLER MEMORIAL BRIDGE AT DOG CREEK

Above: this sepia image captured the wooden falsework on the completed Dog Creek bridge. Year: 1927. Photographer unknown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

In 1926, a general engineer named Charles E. Andrew began the construction on the brand-new 234-foot open spandrel arch shaped Dog Creek bridge which is located in the Sacramento River Canyon, 30 miles north of Redding at Dog Creek, and just east of present-day Interstate 5. This bridge was designed by a general engineer named Harlan D. Miller, of Oakland, who was the State Bridge Engineer for the California Division of Highways from 1923 until he died while maintaining that position in 1926. Miller is also credited with designing the open spandrel arch shaped Charlie Creek and Doney Creek bridges in Lakehead.

Above: this sepia image captured the Route Highway 99 traversing through the canyon with the Dog Creek bridge under construction. Year: 1927. Photographer unknown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

When the Dog Creek bridge construction was completed it connected motorists with U.S. Route Highway 99 (also known as the Pacific Highway) spanning Dog Creek Canyon as a two-lane bridge for $123,000, despite original reports stating that it could be built for $110,000. The Dog Creek bridge was opened for public transportation on December 4, 1927, and its services were suspended thirty-years later in 1957. During 1957 a brand-new four-lane north and south bound bridge span connected motorists with Interstate 5 which was built an eighth of a mile west of the Dog Creek bridge. Before the four-lane bridge was built it was planned, that year, for the north bound traffic to utilize the Dog Creek bridge and have the south bound traffic utilize the brand-new bridge but that changed before the four-lane bridge was completed and the Dog Creek bridge became abandoned.

In 1927, the California Division of Highways dedicated the Dog Creek bridge to the memory of Harlan D. Miller. Later on, in 1974 a resolution was passed by the California Legislature that officially changed the name of this historic bridge to the Harlan D. Miller Memorial bridge. For many years, this historic bridge was scheduled to be dynamited by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and then in 1977 the bureaucrats in Sacramento wanted it dynamited as well. Yet, this bridge was saved from being dynamited that year. Presently, this bridge is protected by Federal law and it was designated as a California Historical Landmark on May 29, 1984. The bridge is still intact and visible today.

Above: a sepia image of an open span aerial view of the Dog Creek bridge. Year: 1927. Photographer unknown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

Above: Present day. L-R: Jeremy M. Tuggle and his son, Carson K. Tuggle, below the historic Harlan D. Miller Bridge along the railroad tracks near the confluence of the Sacramento River and Dog Creek. This photograph was taken January 21, 2022 by Jeremy Tuggle.

RESOURCES:

H.D Miller Is Named New Bridge Engineer - The Stockton Independent newspaper of Stockton, December 2, 1924

Napa Contractors Low Bridge Builders - The Healdsburg Tribune newspaper of Healdsburg, August 31, 1926

Two Highway Bridges Open Next Sunday - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, December 1, 1927

Blue Lake Advocate newspaper of Blue Lake, December 17, 1927

Harlan D. Miller Memorial Bridge by Charles E. Andrew - Western Construction News newsletter, page 47, December 25, 1927

Madera Tribune newspaper of Madera, December 29, 1927

Old Bridge written by Garth Sanders for the Record Searchlight newspaper, January 22, 1977

California Department of Transportation Library. McCurry Album Collection

The Sacramento River Canyon,  SEC-E: 388, available at the Shasta Historical Society

Bridgehunter.com

That Ribbon Of Highway I: Highway 99 from the Oregon Border to the State Capital by Jill Livinston 1996 0-9651277-3-2  Second edition. Published by Living Gold Press. 212 Pages.

ENTREPRENUER: JOHN DURWOOD WEAST & HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHASTA COUNTY

Above: a young John Durwood Weast. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle

EARLY LIFE

John Durwood Weast was born to Jacob Gordon Weast and Elizabeth (Reasson) Weast on January 1, 1859, at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. At the age of one year old in 1860, John was living with his parents at Rochelle, in Madison County, Virginia. His father was a miller by trade. He was the youngest child in their household at that time, and an older sister by the name of Sarah was living with them at the age of three.

In 1870, the Weast family were living in Rapidan, Madison County, Virginia, which recorded John at the age of eleven years old. His parents kept having additional children as well. John became well-educated throughout his adolescence, and at the age of twenty-one years old he was living with his parents and siblings in Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia, in 1880. This is where he was employed as a miller. 

FIRST MARRIAGE

John was first married to Emma John King about 1881, a native of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and the daughter of Pleasant James King and Mary (Thomas) King. To this union the following children were born to John Durwood Weast and Emma John (King) Weast:

1. Mary Myrtle Weast (1882-1909) married Floyd M. Tyler

2 . Ruby Elizabeth Weast (1885-1981) married Henry U. Rush

3. James Gordon Weast (1888-1963) married Lillian M. Watson

4. Lutie Hazel Weast (1893-1977) married Charles M. Tucker

5. Frank P. Weast (1895-1958) married Juanita M. Arbogast 

Sometime between 1896 and 1898, John and Emma were separated and divorced, a search for their marriage license yielded no results or for any documentation of their divorce. In 1898, John Durwood Weast, enlisted into military service serving his country during the Spanish-American War as a private in Unit 3 Virginia Infantry, Company B., at the age of thirty-nine. Two years later, John was living in the Francisco District, of Buckingham County, Virginia, where he became the hired hand of a man by surname of Baldwin. Weast was working as Baldwin’s farm laborer at that time. The 1900 U.S. Census indicates that he was single. No children were recorded for him and it fails to record him as being divorced, separated or widowed.

As for Emma, she was residing with her children in the Court House Precinct, of Albemarle County, Virginia, where she is recorded as being widowed and the mother of five living children. However, John Durwood Weast was alive and well living in Buckingham County, Virginia, as its detailed in the above record.

ARRIVAL IN SHASTA COUNTY

After divorcing his first wife Weast departed Buckingham County, Virginia, venturing west to California leaving his kids behind with their mother, because he wanted to live near his brothers who were already residing in Redding. John Durwood Weast arrived in Redding during March of 1902, and the March 22, 1902, edition of the Daily Free Press newspaper, of Redding, exclaimed the following about him:

"J.D. Weast, eldest brother of the Weast brothers of this city, is here extrolling the virtues of an insect exterminator. Mr. Weast is a resident of the old state of Virginia." (SIC)

John eventually purchased some property at Copper City, which is where he settled. Copper City was a thriving mining town which featured an U.S. Post Office called Ydalpom. Copper City was situated on Squaw Creek (now under the Squaw Creek arm of Shasta Lake) and the town was in the boundaries of the Pittsburg mining district, of Shasta County. Weast was employed as a teamster for a local mining company in the area.

The 1910 City of Redding Telephone Directory for Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties records him as working at Merrill's Livery Stable at Redding. Merrill’s Livery Stable was owned and operated by Abbott Merrill, a former mayor of Redding. By the time the 1910 U.S. Census was enumerated in April, of that year, it recorded Weast at the age of fifty-one years old living in east Redding and being the head of his household.  

Weast was living with his son James and a boarder named William M. Reidy, at that time, who was employed as hostler at a local livery stable. Eventually, Weast established his own livery stable called J.D. Weast Stables on the corner of Pine and Yuba Streets in downtown Redding.

Above: a J.D. Weast Stables receipt for the account of Jacobson Grocery Company, of Redding, dated May 31, 1917. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

SECOND MARRIAGE 

Three years later, Weast married a second time to Creosa Alma Doll, a daughter of Shasta County pioneers Valentine Doll and Harriett Emma (Smith) Doll, of Ono, on February 23, 1913,  in Redding. This was Creosa's first marriage, and she is the author’s maternal great-great aunt.

Then on, June 16, 1915, the Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, heralded the following article:

"Weast Is Awarded Knob Mail Contract

(Special To The Union)

Redding, (Shasta Co.,), June 15 - Leslie Alward has resigned the mail contract to Knob and Washington has awarded the contract, one of the most important in the state to John D. Weast, well known liveryman, who will take up the work Monday morning. Under the provisions of his contract Weast will get $4,095 a year for handling 600 pounds of mail daily to Knob. All over 600 pounds he will get $1.45 a hundred: 40 cents a hundred to Ono and 25 cents a hundred to Igo. Alward's contract called for $8,400 a year with $200 a hundred over 600 pounds."

Above: one of the trucks belonging to the J.D. Weast Trucking Company, in Redding, is loaded with 14,000 pounds of bridge girders [steel], to be hauled to the La Grange mine near Weaverville in Trinity County. John D. Weast had a contract to haul supplies and additional materials for the La Grange Mining Company. The men in the photograph are employees of Weast., their names are unknown. Circa 1918. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

LATER LIFE EVENTS

In April of 1925, The Searchlight newspaper of Redding reported that, "the railroad commission has granted to John D. Weast of Redding a franchise to operate an automobile passenger, express and freight service between Redding and Pit No. 4, and also between Montgomery Creek and Mud Springs. Weast already has a franchise for a line from Redding through Ingot, Montgomery Creek, Burney and Fall River Mills to Bieber. The franchise just granted authorizes him to operate a branch from his line between Montgomery Creek and Pit No. 4., which is near Big Bend on the Pit. Pit No. 4., will be a busy camp before the year ends. In fact it already has become a little settlement."

Then, in July of that year, Weast was in the process of having a brand-new state of the art building erected in replace of his old building at the corner of Pine and Yuba Streets in downtown Redding for his company, J.D. Weast Trucking (formerly J.D. Weast Stables). A local newspaper mentioned that its  size was:

“100x140 feet, is being built of brick and glass and will be one of the finest structures of its kind in this part of the state. When it is completed it will have cost Weast at least $30,000.”

However, it caused Weast a major dilemma as he was trying to decide to keep the building for a garage for his business or to turn it into an union stage depot for Redding which was being requested of him to do so by local citizens and staging companies at that time. He eventually kept this building to be used for his garage.

An interesting note is that his ex-wife, Emma, was living in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1929, and she still claimed that she was the widowed wife of J.D. Weast. She must have known that John was alive since their son James lived with him in Shasta County in 1910. Once again, John D. Weast was alive and well residing in northern California, and happily married to Creosa.

Then, on September 11, 1938, John’s first wife Emma John (King) Weast died at the age of seventy-eight years old at Swiss Village, Albemarle County, Virginia. Her death certificate claimed she was divorced from John Durwood Weast. The informant named on the death certificate was their daughter, Lutie (Weast) Tucker.

John Durwood Weast became an active member of the International Order Of Odd Fellows, Reading Lodge No. 271, at Redding, and he continued living with his wife Creosa at 1314 Oregon Street where he died on June 28, 1948 at the age of eighty-nine. After his death, Creosa married a second time to an O. Brown, and she died in Redding on September 25, 1965.

Above: L-R: an elderly John Durwood Weast standing on crutches and wearing a hat, while his second wife, Creosa Alma (Doll) Weast, stands beside him holding a toy doll in front of their Oregon Street residence in Redding. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle

The headstone of John Durwood Weast (1859-1948), at Redding Memorial Park, in Redding, This photo was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on December 7, 2021.

The headstone of Creosa Alma (Doll) Weast-Brown (1882-1965), at Redding Memorial Park, in Redding. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on December 7, 2021.

RESOURCES:

1860 U.S. Census


1870 U.S. Census


1880 U.S. Census


1900 U.S. Census


The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 8, 1902


The Daily Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 22, 1902


https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=003-1902-052


California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 for John Durwood Weast


1910 U.S. Census


The 1910 City of Redding Telephone Directory for Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties


The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 8, 1912


Weast-Doll - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 28, 1913


Redding-Knob Mail Contracted Awarded - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 1, 1915


Weast Is Awarded Knob Mail Contract - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, June 16, 1915


Redding Business Men Raise $1,000 - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 15, 1916


Shasta Board Grants Auto Stage Permits - The Sacramento Union newspaper of Sacramento, July 14, 1918


1920 U.S. Census

Charlottesville, Virginia, City Directory, 1929, available online through Ancestry.com
Franchise Granted To John D. Weast - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 14, 1925


Redding To Have A Union Stage Depot - The Courier-Free Press newspaper, July 31, 1925


1930 U.S. Census


40 Dogs Die By Poisoning At Redding - The Colusa Herald newspaper of Colusa, April 9, 1931


The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 22, 1932


Death Certificate for Emma John (King) Weast dated, September 12, 1938, Albemarle County, Virginia available on Ancestry.com.


1940 U.S. Census


John D. Weast Passes At 89 - The Redding-Record Searchlight and the Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 28, 1948


Services Set For John D. Weast - The Redding-Record Searchlight and the Courier Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 29, 1948

THE TUTTLE GULCH CEMETERY, ESTABLISHED: 1860s

Filmed on location on November 6, 2021.

RESOURCES:

Shasta County Democratic Convention - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 11, 1853

Gas Point Correspondence - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, February 11, 1860

Janesville Correspondence - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, March 17, 1860

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.

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

A Journey Through Time: Ono and the Bald Hills by Jeremy M. Tuggle, published by Preserving Memories, Charlotte, North Carolina. 2008 Pages 95. ISBN: 978-0-9742576-8-6

POLLOCK; A FORMER TOWNSITE ON THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ARM OF SHASTA LAKE

The historic Pollock bridge above the Sacramento River in 1936 with the town of Pollock in the distance on the north-east side of the Pollock bridge. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle.

Above: where Pollock should be at the mouth of Salt Creek on the Sacramento River arm at 115.20-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. Time to compare the ridge line of the mountains in the background with the first picture. This photo was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on June 11, 2021.

Above: a 1915-1945 map which predates the establishment of the townsite of Pollock at the junction of Salt Creek and the Sacramento River. This map shows the former alignment of the Central Pacific Railroad which was later acquired by Southern Pacific Railroad. It shows what was known as the Shasta Route on this map at that location. Source: CalTopo.

Pollock was formerly located along U.S. Route Highway 99 at the junction of Salt Creek and the Sacramento River. Today, Pollock is located just opposite of Sugarloaf Resort and Antler’s Marina on the Sacramento River arm at the mouth of Salt Creek under Lake Shasta. Construction on U.S. Route Highway 99 (also known as the Pacific Highway) began in California in 1914 and it was finished in 1922. During the interim years, a man named George G. Pollock, a native of Indiana, and a general contractor owned and operated the Pollock Construction Company, of Sacramento, which was awarded a contract from the California State Highway Commission in 1916 to construct a bridge which would span the Sacramento River at this location. The bridge was open for auto travel in February of 1917.

Later, a fire broke out on August 11, 1921, at Pollock “...which destroyed seven outfit cars sidetracked there, found that it was due to hoboes entering one of the cars and building a fire for cooking or keeping warm, and failure to extinguish it entirely when leaving.” (SIC) As Pollock was emerging into becoming a permanent fixture along the new highway, north state locals Davis & Robinson obtained a permit from the local railroad commission to operate an automobile passenger stage line from Redding to Sisson (now Mount Shasta City) in Siskiyou County. Along the route this stage line conveyed passengers to Pollock, Delta, La Moine, Hazel Creek, Castella and Dunsmuir. It promised weary travelers fast traveling times at cheap rates. 

It was Redding resident Chris Kutras who purchased eighty acres on the east side of the Sacramento River near the highway bridge from landowner Mrs. N.S. Stillson on February 17, 1922. Kutras promised that this transaction would include the erection of a general grocery store, combination post office and service station building to be leased to H.L. Scott. Scott was slated to be the first postmaster of this U.S. Post Office, but he was bypassed by the officials in Washington D.C., for unknown reasons. 

Then, on January 5, 1924, John Steinaker became the first postmaster of the brand-new United States Post Office at Pollock. The Pollock United States Post Office was established by the United States Postal Service in Washington D.C., and they named the post office after George G. Pollock. It was a fourth-class post office which served about 30 families residing at Pollock. However, Steinaker had leased his store’s building from Kutras, and it was in operation before July of 1923 without the post office, which began serving the area on January 5, 1924. 

Above: a 1939 mineral deposit map of Shasta County surveyed by Charles V. Averill showing Pollock and the railroad.

Above: the combined Pollock Grocery Store, Post Office & Service Station at Pollock owned by Chris Kutras and leased to John Steinaker on the Sacramento River at Salt Creek. Date unknown. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

Above: originally labeled as the Pollack Auto Camp. This is the Pollock Auto Camp at Pollock on the Sacramento River at Salt Creek. Date unknown. Courtesy of Shasta Historical Society.

As early as April of 1925, talk of a dam being built in the Sacramento River Canyon was already mentioned in statewide media coverage, and the Healdsburg Tribune of Healdsburg, reported the following about submerging the town of Pollock within in the future reservoir of what would become Shasta Lake by the construction of this dam in the following article:

"Would Create Lake In Shasta County

SACRAMENTO, April 10.- A dam in the Sacramento River canyon at the proposed Kennett site would submerge the towns of Kennett, Antler, Copper City and Pollock, twenty miles of the main line of the Southern Pacific, nine miles of the stale highway, two smelters, one mine and the state fish hatchery on the McCloud River. These consequences of the backing up of water in the Sacramento and Pit Rivers for thirty-two miles with a 400-foot dam are discussed by Paul Bailey, engineer who is making the survey of the state’s water resources begun in 1921, in his supplemental report on the work to date made to the present legislature."

Six years later, a brush fire erupted into flames two miles south of the town of Pollock in April of 1932 on the Kobe farm which resulted in the death of resident Mathew Kobe, age seventy-two, a native of Austria, and a local farmer. He had been fighting the fire when his trousers got caught in the flames and he jumped into Salt Creek to extinguish them. The flames caused serious burns upon his body, and in time, those burns were fatal to him. Kobe died on April 18, 1932, the decedent was survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter. The fire grew to two acres with no structure damage.

Beginning May 1st, of each year swimming at Salt Creek kicked off and even during the summer months Pollock residents were able to cool off in the creek which flowed year round. It would rise during rain storms. Much like today, even the local wildlife shared the running water of Salt Creek with their human neighbors.

Above: an article about Pollock happenings from the Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, dated: May 1, 1935, Pollock was a lively place along the Pacific Highway during the decade of the 1930s.

The town of Pollock was flooded during the historic Sacramento River flood of February 28, 1940, with winter storms flooding the river at that location, as Pollock got its first taste of being submerged in water. The flooding caused the Pollock bridge to be under six feet of water and at Woolman's store. The City of Redding was isolated in all directions which saw the traffic and the railroad trains stopped in all directions until the routes were passable a week later when the flood water lowered.

Four years later, on June 1, 1944, the Pollock United States post office was discontinued with Sarah Ann Moody being the last postmistress. Then it’s post office was relocated. The name of this United States post office was changed to Loftus in honor of Charles Loftus, a grandson of Mrs. Stella Woolman. The reason the Pollock United States post off was discontinued was due to the construction of Shasta Dam which threatened with submerging the town site into the reservoir of Shasta Lake (or Lake Shasta). Pollock would eventually become under the main water mark of the reservoir at full pool 1,067-feet elevation or distance from crest of Shasta Dam at 0-feet, with its 365 miles of shoreline. Lake Shasta began flooding its reservoir in 1942. Shasta Dam was engineered by Frank T. Crowe the owner of Pacific Constructors Incorporated, and construction began in 1938 and its construction was completed in 1945.

The Pollock townsite has surfaced during the drought years of 1976, 1977, 1991, 2008 and 2021 with portions of historic U.S. Route Highway 99 surfacing and the railroad of the Central Pacific built in 1884 and later acquired by the Southern Pacific Railroad this railroad was also known as the Shasta Route and traversed on the westside of the Sacramento River at Pollock. During these years, local Pollock relics included a 1916 cut and grade and a highway masonry wall with minimal foundations. The Pollock bridge is fully out of the water at 166.87-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam; and in the 1990's the resort that owned the bridge cut the bridge in half and repositioned it at an angle so they could start launching boats off of it during drought years, so not all of the bridge is intact. The Sacramento River arm at this location has changed drastically over the years. On July 11, 2021, the historic Pollock bridge began emerging out of the water at Lake Shasta for the first time in seven years at 131.15-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. 

POLLOCK POSTMASTERS:

John Steinaker - January 5, 1924

Mrs. Stella Klineschmidt - acting P.M. June 7, 1926, appointed June 10, 1926

Mrs. Stella Woolman (formerly Klineschmidt) - July 23, 1930

Mrs. Florence Mason - November 16, 1940

Mrs. Hazel N. Collins - April 23, 1942

Mrs. Sarah Ann Moody - December 1, 1942

Mrs. Sarah Ann Moody - June 1, 1943 - June 1, 1944.

Above: on top of the 1916 cut and grade (which is used for vehicle parking) on the north side of the Pollock bridge at Antler's Marina with historic U.S. Highway Route 99 below me. The Lake Shasta water level was 135.00-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. This video was filmed on location July 16, 2021.

Above: at 148.45-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam the historic Highway Masonry Wall on Historic Route Highway 99 at Salt Creek is FULLY OUT of the water. This is at Pollock. A lot of Pollock history is discussed in this film. Filmed on location August 6, 2021.

Above: Portions of the historic railroad at Pollock surfacing out of the water at Shasta Lake. This is the railroad just north of the historic Pollock bridge. This video was filmed on location, September 4, 2021.  

Above: the end of the Pollock bridge. The Pollock bridge is now full out of the water on 9-10-2021 at 900.13-feet elevation wise or 166.87-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle.

Above: Jeremy Tuggle discovers a foundation of a building possibly connected to the Shasta Route Railroad at Pollock, just north of the historic Pollock bridge, at 891.58-feet elevation wise below full pool or 175.42-feet below the crest of Shasta Dam. Filmed on location on October 2, 2021 in Lakehead, California.

(Note: this article was featured in the  October 2021, Shasta Historical Society Stagecoach newsletter, page 9, written by Jeremy Tuggle for the Shasta Historical Society.)

RESOURCES: 

Canyon Roads Open For Automobiles - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 16, 1917

Sacramento Canyon Open To Auto Travel - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 16, 1917

Road From Redding To Dunsmuir Finished - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, February 18, 1917

Marin Journal newspaper of San Rafael, April 12, 1917

1920 U.S. Census

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 4, 1921

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, August 21, 1921

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 27, 1921

Stage Permit Granted - The Sacramento Daily Union newspaper of Sacramento, September 28, 1921

Pollock Will Have Post Office Store - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 17, 1922

Chris Kutras Buys 80 At Pollock - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, February 17, 1922

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, July 19, 1922

The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 7, 1923

Automobile Truck Had Five Million In Gold As Cargo - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, May 29, 1923

Pollock Wants To Have A Post Office - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, June 23, 1923

For Pollock - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, July 10, 1923

Kennett-Pollock Road May Get State Money To Be Used As Detour - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 22, 1924

Would Create Lake In Shasta County - The Healdsburg Tribune of Healdsburg, April 10, 1925

Former Pollock Merchant Asks Divorce - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, June 10, 1925

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 20, 1925

Folks You Know - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 23, 1932

Personal - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 9, 1932

Pollock Man's Death Blamed On Trousers - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 18, 1932

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 9, 1935

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 12, 1935

Pollock Woman Struck By Small Boy In Snowball - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, January 31, 1935

Camp Salt Creek Quarantine Lifted - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 7, 1935

Local Brevities - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 22, 1935

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 9, 1935

Highway Rerouting Is Studied - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, March 16, 1935

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 2, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 8, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 18, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 20, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 23, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, April 27, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 1, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 8, 1935

Pollock Items - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 17, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, May 18, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 4, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 11, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, June 18, 1935

Pollock - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, July 9, 1935

The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 12, 1935

Pollock Items - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 17, 1935

Pollock Items - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, August 22, 1935

Pollock Items - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, September 4, 1935

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

Redding Isolated - The Courier-Free Press newspaper of Redding, February 28, 1940

That Ribbon Of Highway I: Highway 99 from the Oregon Border to the State Capital by Jill Livinston 1996 0-9651277-3-2 Second edition. Published by Living Gold Press. 212 Pages.

http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/samcc/MS0032.pdf

California Unearthed presents: Historic 1909 Freight Car Discovered

Head on over to California Unearthed to watch the brand-new episode that features myself, and in collaboration with the Shasta Cascade Rail Preservation Society’s general historian, Dave Jungkeit. Filming Rizzle Hammon, James White and Riah Stevens’ 1909 Freight Train Car Wreckage discovery site at Shasta Lake.