

Welcome to Exploring Shasta County history... With this blog, I am bringing to life the stories of the early day pioneers and some of the oft-forgotten history of a bygone era in Shasta County, California. I'll also focus on important events after the turn of the 20th century. I would like to reflect upon current historical sites of the modern age as well. This is copyrighted by Jeremy M. Tuggle.


RESOURCES:
"Shasta Sun" Is Born at Redding - The Siskiyou News newspaper of Yreka, March 27, 1924
The Shasta Sun newspaper of Redding, March 21, 1924
The Shasta Sun newspaper of Redding, July 17, 1925
Library of Congress; the Shasta Sun newspaper archives, 1924-1925, Redding, California.
H.G. Moody Ex-Newspaper Man Dies - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, December 14, 1962
In this episode of Exploring Shasta County History, I explore the interior of Shasta, California's Historic 1860's Courthouse, and its history, which still stands in the present-day town of (Old) Shasta. This wasn't the first courthouse in Shasta County's history, due to Major Pierson B. Reading's Adobe housing county records, and it wasn’t the first courthouse in Shasta either. It was actually the second courthouse in this ghost town. Come learn more in this episode of Exploring Shasta County History.
Resources:
Pacific Coast Dispatches - The Sacramento Bee newspaper of Sacramento, August 27, 1874
The Gallows - The San Francisco Examiner newspaper of San Francisco, August 27, 1874
Execution of Baker and Crouch - The Appeal-Democrat newspaper of Marysville, California, August 27, 1874
Hanged By the Neck Until Dead - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, September 17, 1903
Here's More About Romantic History of Old Shasta - The Searchlight newspaper of Redding, March 10, 1940
Museum Impress Fourth Graders - The Record Searchlight newspaper of Redding, April 24, 1965
One of the most iconic features of this terminus was the turntable system which rotated iron horses around on the rail line which came north towards Redding from Anderson and south from Redding to southern localities already in existence by rotating them on this circular contraption. Redding became the end-of-the-line at that time for trains traveling north in California for about a decade from 1872 until construction resumed north in 1883. At this location Redding’s iconic turntable once stood off of Tehama Street, in the railroad yard at Redding. Find out more in my newest video from Exploring Shasta County history.
SOURCES:
New Town - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 15, 1872
The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 22, 1872
Redding City - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, June 29, 1872
Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, July 13, 1872
Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, August 3, 1872
First Train - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 7, 1872
Trip To Redding - The Shasta Courier newspaper of Shasta, September 28, 1872
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.
Redding Loses Old Turntable - The Tehama County Daily Republican, October 27, 1910
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 Helene Bacon Boggs. Published by Howell-North Press ©1942
Shasta County, California A History, by Rosena Giles, published by Biobooks, ©1949.
In this episode you can learn some interesting facts about downtown Redding, and its history with this walking tour presented by Shasta Historical Society, and hosted by Gabriel Leete, whose been featured on my YouTube channel in past episodes as well. This tour features local historians Robert Frazier of California Unearthed and Jeremy M. Tuggle of Exploring Shasta County History. We spent the day educating a group of people and toured 17 plus historic sites on a 2.2 mile walk in downtown Redding. The following sites can be seen in this film here: Jesse Litle Shoemaking Shop, Bank of Shasta County, Shasta Historical Society, Old City Hall, Railroad Turntable Tracks, Railroad Semaphore, The Lorenz Hotel, Damburger and more. Please like share and comment, and if you haven't yet, please smash that subscribe button. I will see you on the next episode.