SNAPSHOT IN TIME: Boomtown.

Boomtown also known as Central Valley, now called Shasta Lake City, with a row of buildings, three unidentified people are pictured in front with four vintage cars parked in front of them. Two of the businesses are the: Mint Pool Hall and the Silver Dollar.

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can Anyone Identify This Mine?

We need help in identifying this mining location. We believe its Shasta County, but it could also be out of the area. This is a mystery photo from our Society's archives. We know the photographer is Chester Mullen. Where is this place? Perhaps you hold the answer to the mystery? There are buildings on a flat surface of a tailings pile here. Feel free to comment, like, share, call and or e-mail us at Shasta Historical Society. 

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SNAPSHOT IN TIME: The Saint Rose Catholic Church

This week our snapshot in time focuses on the Saint Rose Catholic Church. This photograph was taken during the 1970s at French Gulch, in Shasta County, California. It was Mrs. Rose Anna McDonald who donated the money and the land, across the road from the McDonald property, for the construction of Saint Rose Catholic Church in 1898. The first Catholic Church a rough board affair with white-painted benches for seats, was situated on top of the hill to the west of the site where St. Rose was built, where a small two-acre Catholic cemetery is still located. St. Rose Catholic Church was dedicated on November 21, 1900 by Bishop T. Grace. The church was renovated and redecorated in 1926 by Mrs. McDonald (1861-1946). This church was destroyed by an arson fire in November of 1998.

 

SNAPSHOT IN TIME: Whiskeytown.

Four scenes of Whiskeytown on Whiskey Creek. Two of old hotel, one street scene and one of two horsemen beside hotel. Date: circa, 1900.

SHASTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Our building was built in 1902 by Chauncey C. Bush (1831-1907) and it was located at 1449 Market Street in Redding. It served home to the Redding Post Office, Harry O. Cummins Chevrolet Car Agency, J.C. Penney’s, C.B. Singleton Women’s Wear, Burke’s Dress Shop, J.J. LeFebvre & Son Hardware, Redding Hardware (proprietor Jimmy Fox), Graphic Emporium (proprietor Freddie Papineau) and finally Shasta Historical Society, in 1998, when we moved from the Redding Museum of Art And History building in Caldwell Park to this location. Historic name of building: brick commercial, common name: commercial. The first photograph (top) is a post card showing L-R: the Shasta Historical Society building and the Bank Of Shasta County building in 1913. The bank at that time was called the Redding National Bank. The second photograph (below) is a store front view of LeFebvre Hardware in Redding, circa 1950s.

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OLD CITY HALL

Old City Hall was built in 1907 at 1313 Market Street in downtown Redding. The historic name of the building is: brick commercial style, and the common name of the building is: commercial. From 1907 to 1979 this building was occupied with city offices, and between 1984 to 1985 it occupied an art gallery. At the present time this building serves as a art gallery and included the honor of being on the National Register of Historic Places. The photograph of City Hall was taken between 1907-1908 the man on horseback is Justice of the Peace, Francis Carr.

 


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THE LORENZ HOTEL

The construction of the Lorenz Hotel started in “1901” as the date appears on the side of the building. The bricks in the building were supplied from the Holt and Gregg Company of Anderson. Its grand opening was celebrated on October 18, 1902; its owner was Mrs. Susan Lorenz (1844-1925). Historic name of building: brick commercial, common name: hotel. When it opened to the public this hotel had a total of 132 rooms. Bathrooms were eventually installed in every room of the building. This building is located at 1509 Yuba Street in downtown Redding, and it also provides housing for senior citizens by the Shasta Housing Development Corp. They have owned the building since 1995. This photograph below is from 1911 looking south-west in Redding

 


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