Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-30
SHASTA COUNTY.

This county is bounded on the north by
Siskiyou and Modoc counties, east by Las
sen, south by Tehama and west by Trinity.
III 1882 the Government land officers esti
mated that there were 100000 acres of
land in the county and 1000, 900 acres then
unoccupied. In 1881 the Surveyor-General
reported only 143, $3.50 acres Enclosed, ard
less than $4,000 acres under cultivation.
While there is much rough and mountai'--
Gus land in the county, there are many
thousands of acres upon which the indus
trious and economical people can make
good and desirable homes. The annual
rainfall is about 40 inches. There are
many streams of unfailing water through
out the county, and the Sacramento river
runs north to south through the entire
county. Then there is Pitt river, the Cow
creeks, Montgomery creek, Hat creek, Cot
tonwood, Clear creek, Hazel creek and
many other smaller streams The Califor-
MIA and Oregon Railroad extends into the
county nearly sixty miles, and from Red
ding stages run to every point.
THE PAST YEAR
Has been one of much prosperity to the
county, the assessment roll showing an in
crease of nearly 81 600, not including
the twenty miles of new railroad Just COM
pleted There is no county in the State
that offers so good an opportunity to those
oflimited means and who are willing to
labor patiently for few years In the
past year many new settlers have gone into
this county, and only few days since they
held a meeting at Redding to become ac-
quainted and exchange views as regards
the county. They universally expressed
themselves well satisfied with the county.
and were exuberant over the
FUTURE PROSPECTS.
There can be no doubt that the railroad
will at no distant day be continued from its
present terminus at Delta 0milcs north Of
Redding) to connect with the road from
Portland, Or, now completed almost to the
California line. 1t was chiefly in anticipa-
ton of the completion of the railroad
through Shasta that settlers began to be at
tracted thither u couple of years ago; and
although that, like all other railroad enter
prises in this State, has been crippled by
unwise legislation, there is good reason
to hope that the resources of Shasta
county will be so largely developed
in the next few years that the
railroad will become a necessity
Shasta, like portions of Tehama, has been
already proven to be adapted to horticult-
ure and viticulture Even now there are
many young vineyards and orchards i'll the
county that are doing finely. All who
have invested in land there for the purpose
of cultivation are more than pleased with
the results. The Government and railroad
lands have not nearly all been taken up or
purchased, and immigrants can still find
good bargains. AS stated above, prosperity
and happiness there awaits persons of in
dustrious habits, of stout hearts and mus
cles; those who are not afraid to labor and
wait few years for their full reward.
CLIMATE AND SCENERY.
Shasta has delightful climate, notwith-
standing the midsummer often becomes
exceedingly hot in the lower attitudes. 1t
is a section of the State than which none
have been more favored by nature in the
way of grandeur of scenery. Until within
the last three or four years Shasta was a
greaty-neglected part of the State being
seldom visited by others than stock-raiseTs
and miners. But has now become q favor
lite resort for tourists, sportsmen and pleas
ure-seekcrs generally, and everybody that
visits the county has only words of praise
for it on his return. Among its most
picturesque features are Mount Shasta and
the beautiful McCloud river Both have
their praises sung throughout the land
yet be settled, and though much of the
forest may disappear before the agriculture
list, she will still stand pre-eminent among
her sisters-a land of plenty, beauty and
loneliness.