Guidebook
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - Founded in 1849 as Reading's Springs, the town was named Shasta June 8, 1850. It was the second county seat for Shasta County, 1851-1888, and the metropolis of northern California during the 1850s. Here, until 1861, the road ended and the Oregon pack trail began. It is the home of the Western Star Lodge No. 2, F. & A.M., whose charter was brought across the plains in the Peter Lassen party of 1848. In 1851, Dr. Benjamin Shurtleff, pioneer physician and Shasta's first and only alcalde, built his home. The Shasta Courier was founded in 1851. The entire business section of Shasta was destroyed by fire in 1853.
Location
Shasta State Historic Park, State Hwy 299, NW corner of Main Stand Trinity Alley, Shasta
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NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - State Park
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - Marker
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - State Plaque
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - ruins
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - ruins
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - ruins
NO. 77 OLD TOWN OF SHASTA - Masonic Temple