To u. S. Cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. The gold height of rush, shasta had seven hotels, saloons, bars, bookshops, wholesale businesses, retail businesses. You can see the shell of the businesses across the street, ones that were oftentimes abandoned between the 1870s and 1880s when the countys county seat moved from the courthouse in this building to downtown redding. At shasta state historic park, we share the history of the gold rush with our visitors as well as telling the story is how the area was first settled by an american pioneers. One of whom was pearson redding who came to the area in the 1840s. At the time, he worked for another prominent california thedents, john sutter, in sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during the gold discovery on the American River. He realized that the terrain, geology, and geography along the American River was similar to the area that he had passed t