6/27/2010
6/27/2010
6/27/2010
6/27/2010
Landmark information
- Location:
Shasta State Historic Park, Hwy 299, NW corner of Main St and Trinity Alley, Shasta - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
10/11/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/27/2010 - GPS Coordinates:
N 40 35.940, W 122 29.538 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Shasta
Founded 1849 as Reading's Springs. Named Shasta June 8, 1850. Second county seat Shasta County 1851-1888. Metropolis northern California during 1850's. End road and beginning Oregon pack trail until 1861. Present home Western Star Lodge No. 2, F.&A.M., whose charter brought across plains Peter Lassen party 1848. Shurtleff House built 1851. Business section destroyed, fire 1853. Shasta Courier founded 1852.