2010- 
"Up the Sacramento River Canyon on old Highway 99", second
in our Landmarks & Legends series. Beginning at Mountain Gate, CA
we take a historical journey on old Highway 99N up the Sacramento River
Canyon to Castella. This video includes family stories, a little
history, and over 300 personal and historical photographs. Some places
we visit no longer exist (are under the waters of Shasta Lake) and some
places are just names on road signs.....the towns are gone. Some
narrations are read by descendants of families that lived there. The
video is to give you a glimpse into what life was like from around 1900
into the "Fifties" for those folks living "in the canyon". Many
pioneers' stories are included, as well as, a couple of Native American
legends, a story about "Black Bart", and an old time railroad clipping.
Naming a few of the stops are: in the Mountain Gate area: ranches of
Endicott, Fish, Peterson & Rodrieguez, the Buffalo Ranch and Bass
Hill; Pit River Bridge; O'Brien; Salt Creek; "Old Pollock"; Lakeshore;
"New Pollock"; Lakehead; Gregory/Smithson/Antler; Matquaw Flat;
Riverview; Dog Creek Bridge; Trail Inn; Delta; LaMoine; Gibson; Herron's
Motel; Conant; Vollmers; Sims Bridge; Sims/Hazel Creek; Slate Creek;
Pollard Flat; Sweetbriar; Castle Crags, and Castella. The next time you
travel on I-5 in the Sacramento River Canyon, you will be linking the
road signs to this video and you may even stop to look for a few old
landmarks that still remain......
"Up the Sacramento River Canyon on old Highway 99", second
in our Landmarks & Legends series. Beginning at Mountain Gate, CA
we take a historical journey on old Highway 99N up the Sacramento River
Canyon to Castella. This video includes family stories, a little
history, and over 300 personal and historical photographs. Some places
we visit no longer exist (are under the waters of Shasta Lake) and some
places are just names on road signs.....the towns are gone. Some
narrations are read by descendants of families that lived there. The
video is to give you a glimpse into what life was like from around 1900
into the "Fifties" for those folks living "in the canyon". Many
pioneers' stories are included, as well as, a couple of Native American
legends, a story about "Black Bart", and an old time railroad clipping.
Naming a few of the stops are: in the Mountain Gate area: ranches of
Endicott, Fish, Peterson & Rodrieguez, the Buffalo Ranch and Bass
Hill; Pit River Bridge; O'Brien; Salt Creek; "Old Pollock"; Lakeshore;
"New Pollock"; Lakehead; Gregory/Smithson/Antler; Matquaw Flat;
Riverview; Dog Creek Bridge; Trail Inn; Delta; LaMoine; Gibson; Herron's
Motel; Conant; Vollmers; Sims Bridge; Sims/Hazel Creek; Slate Creek;
Pollard Flat; Sweetbriar; Castle Crags, and Castella. The next time you
travel on I-5 in the Sacramento River Canyon, you will be linking the
road signs to this video and you may even stop to look for a few old
landmarks that still remain......
