Whiskeytown Lake Harvest Festival Celebrates NorCal Heritage and Historic Fall Foods… Whiskeytown Lake is once again hosting its biggest event of the year, the Harvest Festival, on September 21. From …
Legacy Keepers
A Passion for Heritage at Shasta Historical Society… The Shasta Historical Society wasn’t always the name of the organization that has spent the last 94 years preserving, promoting and bringing …
Small Town Heart
Dick Short of Etna… The city of Etna has a population of 678 people, making it a very small town. But when it comes to one of its most famous …
Rich History
Stroll Down Miner Street in Yreka… Zephyr Books And Coffee in Yreka is a hangout as well as a business, a small-town social hub. It’s where you’ll find the regulars …
Archaeological Treasure Trove
Montague Museum’s Collection of Chinese Artifacts… On June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act bill. The goal: a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” …
A Bridge to History
The Beauty of Sims Flats… Sims Flat is rich in history and natural beauty – and definitely worthy of more than a blur-by on Interstate 5. Tucked into the Upper …
The History Of Valentine’s Day
Holiday of Love… WHO WAS St. Valentine and was he really the patron saint of love? How do Cupid, lovebirds and poetry enter into the theme of Valentine’s Day? What …
Yreka’s Siskiyou County Museum Exhibit—Aviation History
Flying High… Robert Trimble was one of the key players in the history of aviation in Siskiyou County. He trained pilots in World War II. After the war, he learned …