Historic Shasta, CA.
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Shasta Sate Historic Park is a ghost town and a California State Park. It was
a thriving town in the 1850s through the 1880s. The discovery of gold in 1849
brought thousands of forty-niners to the area in search of riches. Today the
area is referred to as Old Shasta and the park contains many of the remains of
the 1850s brick buildings. The park is located 6 miles west of Redding and
once contained close to 4,000 residents. |
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In the mid 1880's the railroad bypassed Shasta and went through Redding and
this started the decline of Shasta into a ghost town. Today it is a
California State Historic Park, It is a row of historic buildings along a
major highway. The county courthouse is restored to its 1861 appearance and
contains a museum with exhibits and historic artwork. It also includes the
jail cells below the courthouse and the gallows. |
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Shasta Dam was built between 1937 and 1945 and is the 9th tallest dam in
the United States at 605 feet. It functions as long term storage of water
and also provides flood control and power generation. The Bureau of
Reclamation offers free tours of the dam on a daily basis however on the
day we were there a school had all the time slots reserved so we did
not get to tour the dam. |
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