National Park in Siskiyou and Shasta Counties

"National Park in Siskiyou and Shasta Counties". Yreka Weekly Journal. January 4, 1888, p.3, col. 3.

National Park in Siskiyou and Shasta Counties.

A scheme has been suggested by parties below, and favored by the railroad company, to reserve as a national park, all that strip of territory along the upper Sacramento river, between Edgewood in this county, and Redding in Shasta county. The scenery of the country above named is of the grandest and most picturesque character. There are Castle Rocks, Mossbrae Falls, the five peaked cone of the Black Butte, gigantic pine forests, mineral springs, canyon walls, large caves, beautiful streams and lakes, and the towering summit of Mt. Shasta, 14,440 feet above sea level. The proposed area would cover fully 200 square miles, with the C. & O. Railroad running through its center for 75 miles or more.