the first year american settler b.shasta county was pearson redding. 1844.n arrives in he had people arrive and start cultivating. he brought in cattle and started to do livestock industry, as well as cultivating and growing crops. is aew grapes here, which lot of people did not realize that something had been going on since 1844. redding comes in, sets up shop, he starts his rancho and begin selling land to other people. on thes another rancho other side of the river. then, the gold rush strikes in 1849. redding, who is friends with sutter, finds out what is going on with the gold,area has the potential, and goes to clear creek with native people and discovers gold himself on what bar." known as "redding's but ag was here before gold. we tend to celebrate the mining history of the area and forget about the roots, which are agricultural. adding, one california became state, was still trying to make sure his rancho got register. but he had to register his cattle brand with the state of california. in 1850, well into the 20th century, that system for registering grantors to get this le

settlert euro-american was pearson be redding. he arrived in 1834 and sets up shop. he did not occupy the land right away. he brought in horses and cattle and started the livestock industry as well as cultivating and growing crops. he grew grapes in shasta county very early on, which is something people have not realized. winemakers did not realize this had been going on since 1834. redding comes in and sets up shop and start his ranchero and begins selling off land to other people who sell off their farms and ranches. strikes inold rush 1849 and redding finds out what is going on with the gold and knows that this area has the potential and discovers gold himself. that became the beginning of the gold rush in shasta county. agriculture was here before gold. redding, when california became a state, he was trying to make registerednchero got but had to register with the state of california. century, the 20th system for registering brands was to get this cow shaped head and fill out the back with information. book is a wonderful produced by our historical registriess ea

red light went on. i picked up the one with the readlight it was peter peerson. -- sorry, not pearson -- marge get is cueing me on the name. davidson. peter davidson. a lot of peters. so peter said, i'm about to publish your -- publish a back by a canadian author, female, and i thought you might like to consider it. and i said, i would if the name is margaret attwood. some he said, yes. it all began. serendipity obviously. when i met her we were sitting across the table and i was very nervous about meeting her. because i knew something about her. i read her novel and had read some of their poetry, but she didn't know anything about me. when you sit down the table, the first -- got comfortable in our chairs, she asked me, what sign are you? so i said, i'm a gemini. she said, both my parents are geminies. so i thought, okay. that went pretty well. next question, can i see your palm? if you look very carefully at both palms, -- i don't remember what she said. curiously, sent that you have a lot of lines. but not so long after that, after we just had general conversation, margaret said, i think we should give i

telling the story of how the area was first settled by the early american pioneers, one of whom was pearson redding, who came to the area in the 1840's. at the time, he worked for another prominent california resident, john sutter, and was early small group of men during california's gold discovery on the american river. geology andthe geography along the american river was similar to the area that he had passed through earlier and had established mexicans mode -- mexico's most northern rancho. he came to the area early in 1848 and discovered gold. word soon spread throughout the united states and the world and the world rushton. shasta -- world rushed in. shasta quickly grew. within a couple of years, lands of dollars worth of gold passed through shasta -- millions of dollars worth of gold passed through shasta. a very cosmopolitan town, not just for miners. that is how residents truly struck it rich, was developing businesses to supply the miners throughout the different mining districts. street.is shasta's main shasta has the largest lecture -- collection of brick buildings north of san francisc

one of whom was pearson martin redding who came to the area in the 1840's. at the time, he worked for another prominent california resident john sutter in sacramento and was with a small group of men early during california's gold discovery on the american river. he realized that the terrain, alongology, angiography the american river was very similar to the area that he had passed through and h ad established mexicans most northern land grant. 1848 andto the area in discovered gold on clear creek. word soon spread throughout the united states and the world rushed in. shasta quickly grew. within the first couple of years inthe gold stirkerike california, millions of dollars worth of gold passed through shasta. i soon developed from a minort tent city in 1849 to becoming the queen city of the northern mines in a cosmopolitan town not just for minors. oftens that is how area residents struck it rich was developing businesses to supply the minors through different mining district. >> this is shasta's main stree t. shasta had the largest selection of brick build

one of whom was pearson martin barton redding who came to the area in the 1840's. at the time, he worked for another prominent california resident, john sutter in the sacramento area, and was with a small group of men early during california's gold discovery on the american river. he realized that the terrain, the geology, and the geography along the american river was very similar to the area that he had passed through earlier, and had established mexico's most northern land grant. he came to the area early in and 1848, discovered gold south of here on clear creek. word soon spread throughout the united states and the world rushed in. shasta quickly grew. within the first couple of years of the gold strike here in california millions of dollars , worth of gold passed through shasta. it soon developed from a miner tent city in 1849 to becoming the queen city of the northern mines in a cosmopolitan town not just for miners. often, that is how area residents truly struck it rich with developing businesses to supply the miners throughout different mining districts. >>