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5 days ago · Today the building is filled with historical exhibits, and an unparalleled collection of historic California Artwork that make it the central figure of Shasta State Historic Park. The park is six miles west of downtown Redding. Highway 299 passes through the town’s main street.
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Located less than 5 miles from Redding city center, Shasta Ghost Town is the unique remains of one of California’s busiest towns during the gold rush of the mid 1800s. The town is now a state historic park, and it is literally on the highway that you would take to get to Whiskeytown Recreation Area.
This historic park houses the remains of Shasta City, alive and bustling in the Gold Rush days, and now a ghost town with restored stagecoach, barn and courthouse.
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- 15312 Hwy 299, Redding, 96087, California
On Hwy 299, 6 miles west of Redding, this state historic park preserves the ruins of an 1850s Gold Rush mining town called Shasta – not to be confused with Mt Shasta City.
Walk historic trails and roads that give hints of past occupants with cottage ruins, gardens and orchards. The cemetery trail will lead visitors to the Catholic Cemetery, where many of Shasta’s prominent citizens are buried, and the Pioneer Barn area is adorned with farming and mining implements of the 1800s.
Explore – Shasta State Historic Park. Six miles west of Redding a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty “Queen City” of California’s northern mining district, once stood on this site.
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Shasta State Historic Park. Shasta State Historic Park includes a row of old brick building remains where Shasta City, the lusty "Queen City" of California’s northern mining district, once stood. The 1861 Courthouse Museum is open from 10:00am to 5:00pm Friday through Sunday.