California Genealogy and History Archives
Shasta County History
A Memorial and
Biographical History of Northern California -
Chicago, Lewis Publ. Co., 1891, pages 226-234
“The History and Business Directory of Shasta County”
As written in 1881
by B.F. Frank and H.W. Chappell, published in 1881
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
List of Post Offices of
Shasta County, California
(Well’s Fargo & Co.’s offices are marked with an *)
| OFFICE |
POST MASTER
|
| Anderson * |
Geo. Anderson
|
| Baird |
--- Richardson
|
| Ball’s Ferry |
W.W. Ball
|
| Bell’s Bridge |
H.W. Chappell
|
| Blair |
Mrs. E.F. Blair
|
| Buckeye |
Geo. Burtt
|
| Burgettville |
J.E. Mooers
|
| Burney Valley * |
Mrs. Mary Johnson
|
| Cottonwood * |
Wm. Knowlton
|
| Fall River Mills * |
J.A. Winter
|
| French Gulch * |
T. Plumb
|
| Gas Point |
Albert Erwin
|
| Hazel Creek |
S.F. Southern
|
| Igo * |
G.K. Willard
|
| Millville * |
C.A. Teel
|
| Montgomery Creek |
Herbert Bass
|
| Oak Run |
W. Morley
|
| Pinckney |
J.M. William
|
| Pitville |
(blank)
|
| Redding * |
Jas. McCormick
|
| Round Mountain |
(blank)
|
| Shasta * |
C.L. Paige
|
| Shingletown |
--- McCarley
|
| Slate Creek |
E.J. Curtis
|
| Stillwater |
Miss Mary Bass
|
The History of Shasta Co. and it's communities.
book pages 5-36 & 125-152 including
| Horsetown Shasta Round Mountian or Cow Creek United States Fishery (Baird) Millville Fall River Valley Burney Valley Igo and vicinity Redding Cottonwood Anderson Bell's Bridge Copper City Churntown - Early Settlers of |
Distances From Redding
~ To ~
|
By Towns |
|
By Distance |
||
| Adin |
124
|
Reid’s Ferry |
½
|
|
| Alturas |
165
|
Hughes’ Ferry |
2
|
|
| Anderson |
12
|
Bell’s Bridge |
5
|
|
| Arbuckle (Shasta Co.) |
30
|
Centerville |
6
|
|
| Ball’s Ferry |
18
|
Loomis Corners |
7
|
|
| Bass’ Station |
12
|
Shasta |
7
|
|
| Bell’s Bridge |
5
|
Anderson |
12
|
|
| Bieber |
108
|
Bass’ Station |
12
|
|
| Big Valley |
64
|
Horsetown |
12
|
|
| Burgettville |
90
|
Whiskytown |
12
|
|
| Burney Valley |
64
|
Well’s Ferry |
13
|
|
| Canby |
145
|
Oak Bottom |
14
|
|
| Centerville |
6
|
Piety Hill |
14
|
|
| Copper City |
25
|
Igo |
15
|
|
| Cottonwood |
18
|
Millville |
15
|
|
| Eagle Creek |
19
|
Ball’s Ferry |
18
|
|
| Fall River Mills |
83
|
Cottonwood |
18
|
|
| Fort Bidwell |
211
|
Eagle Creek |
19
|
|
| French Gulch |
22
|
Tower House |
19
|
|
| Furnaceville |
25
|
Gas Point |
20
|
|
| Gas Point |
20
|
French Gulch |
22
|
|
| Horsetown |
12
|
U.S. Fishery |
22
|
|
| Hughes’ Ferry |
2
|
Copper City |
25
|
|
| Igo |
15
|
Furnaceville |
25
|
|
| Lakeview |
225
|
Arbuckle (Shasta Co.) |
30
|
|
| Loomis Corners |
7
|
Red Bluff |
35
|
|
| Lower Soda Springs |
66
|
Shingletown |
35
|
|
| Millville |
15
|
Montgomery Creek |
45
|
|
| Montgomery Creek |
45
|
Weaverville |
49
|
|
| Oak Bottom |
14
|
Big Valley |
64
|
|
| Piety Hill |
14
|
Burney Valley |
64
|
|
| Pittville |
101
|
Lower Soda Springs |
66
|
|
| Red Bluff |
35
|
Upper Soda Springs |
69
|
|
| Reid’s Ferry |
½
|
Fall River Mills |
83
|
|
| Roseburg, Oregon |
275
|
Burgettville |
90
|
|
| Sacramento |
169
|
Pittville |
101
|
|
| Shasta |
7
|
Bieber |
108
|
|
| Shingletown |
35
|
Yreka, via Sacramento river route |
115
|
|
| Tower House |
19
|
Yreka, via Scott Mountain route |
122
|
|
| U.S. Fishery |
22
|
Adin |
124
|
|
| Upper Soda Springs |
69
|
Canby |
145
|
|
| Weaverville |
49
|
Alturas |
165
|
|
| Well’s Ferry |
13
|
Sacramento |
169
|
|
| Whiskytown |
12
|
Fort Bidwell |
211
|
|
| Yreka, via Sacramento river route |
115
|
Lakeview |
225
|
|
| Yreka, via Scott Mountain route |
122
|
Roseburg, Oregon |
275
|
Other Interesting Information About Shasta Co.
includes
| Natural Curiosities A Speck of War “Shasta” - the meaning Difficulty Among the Indians Newspapers Mount Shasta Societies and Lodges County Officers Poems about Mt. Shasta |
List of names in the 1881 Shasta Co. Directory