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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. This town was very important during the mining days as it became a major commercial center and shipping point for mule trains serving the mining towns and later settlements of northern California. When gold was discovered near Shasta in 1849, it brought California Gold Rush searchers to the Shasta area, and then many continued to use the town of Shasta 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.
Just outside of Redding, about six miles, you will see a row of half-ruined, brick buildings that are reminders that Shasta City, was the “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.Iron shutters still swing on massive, old, iron hinges before the doors and windows of grass-filled, roofless buildings that once were crowded with merchandise, and alive with the human sounds of business, trade, and social endeavor.
The County Courthouse, was restored to the way it looked in 1861 when it was converted to become the Courthouse. Extrodinary historical exhibits, and a collection of historic California Artwork fill the building.
This is another of the wonderful historic sites to visit along with, natural wonders and the great outdoor recreation in the historic Redding/Shasta area.