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Resources for Shasta County Industries and Places

Prepared by Dottie Smith, 2008

Bridges

►Caltrans office on 1657 Riverside Drive, Redding.  530/225-3426.

Churches

►Between the Lines, the Catholic Church of Shasta County, California, 1853-1977 by Veronica Saturius.  A copy is in the Redding Library.

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications, 1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.

Lumbering and Logging

►California Heritage - A History of Northern California Lumbering by W. H. Hutchison.

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications, 1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.

Mining – Gold and Copper

►Ronald Rogers, Geologist at BLM, Redding.  530/224-2127

►Mines and Mineral Resources of Shasta County, California - County Report No. 6 by Philip A. Lydon and J. C. O’Brien.  Report prepared for the California Division of Mines and Geology.  On file at the Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Redding, CA.  1974.

►The Copper Mining Era in Shasta County, California, 1895-1919: An Environmental Impact Study by Kris Vidar Kristofers.  Master’s Thesis for Chico State University.  On file at California State University, Chico, CA

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications, 1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.

Railroads

►Matt Shuman, President of the Shasta Cascade Rail Preservation Society.  530/241-4350.

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications, 1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.

Schools

►Call Shasta County Office of Education on Magnolia St., Redding.  530/225-0200.

Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake

►Contact the Dept. of Reclamation office at Shasta Dam.  http://www.usbr.gov.

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications,1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.

Other Good Resources

►The Dictionary of Early Shasta County History  Sells at Shasta Historical Society, Redding, and Fort Crook Museum, Fall River Mills.

►On the web:  www.cagenweb.com/shasta

►On the web:  www.usgwarchives.org/ca/cafiles/htm

►Microfilms at the Shasta County Library

►Various stories published in Shasta Historical Society’s Covered Wagon publications, 1449 Market St., Redding.  Ask to look at their Index to the Covered Wagons.