Redding CA Real Estate

Shasta, referred to as Old Shasta, is an unincorporated community in Shasta County  A bustling town of the 1850s through the 1880s, Shasta was for its time, the largest settlement in Shasta County and the surrounding area and is often considered part of neighbor, Redding CA Real Estate. Old Shasta was a vital shipping point for both the mule trains and stagecoaches that served the mining towns and the early settlements of Northern California. The discovery of gold near Shasta in 1849 brought California Gold Rush-era Forty-Niners up the Siskiyou Trail in search of riches – most passed through Shasta, and continued to use it as base of operations.

The site of Old Shasta is now Shasta State Historic Park, containing the original 1850s-era brick buildings. Shasta now has a population of approximately 750 people with the ruins of the gold mining town, a post office, a church, an elementary school, the oldest Masonic lodge in California, and a store.

Six miles west of Redding a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty “Queen City” of California’s northern mining district, once stood on this site. These ruins and some of the nearby roads, cottages, and cemeteries are all silent reminders of the intense activity that was centered here during the California gold rush.There are roofless commericial buildings that were once crowded with merchandise, and alive with the human sounds of business, trade, and social activities.

The County Courthouse, was restored to the way it looked in 1861 when it was converted to a Courthouse. Today the building is filled with historical exhibits, and an unparalleled collection of historic California Artwork that make it the central figure of Shasta State Historic Park.

This is another of the wonderful sites to visit along with the great recreational opportunities one can experience while in the historic Redding/Shasta area.

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