First School for Lip-Reading

Harriet B. Rogers, assisted by Mary S. Byam, opened here in 1866 the Chelmsford School, the first in America to successfully teach lip-reading and speech to deaf children. In 1867 it was moved to Northampton as the Clarke School for ...

Reading

1630 - 1930

Formerly part of Lynn,

called Lynn Village, set off

as a separate town 1664.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 28) and Route 129, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

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Reading Family Mills

Site of Reading Family Grist, Saw & Fulling Mills. C. 1800

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 523 and Darts Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on County Route 523.

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Reading Adobe

7 Miles ——>

Built 1847 by Major Pierson Barton Reading, who crossed the plains in 1843, and was granted Rancho Buena Ventura, most northern Mexican grant, 1844. Site of first county seat, 1850, when Shasta included other counties. Discovered gold at ...

Reading's Bar

Major Pierson Barton Reading, California explorer and participant in the Bear Flag Revolt, discovered gold on this bar in 1848. Soon afterwards he made a similar find on the Trinity River. News of these discoveries opened the entire northern region ...

Site of Reading Adobe

Rancho Buena Ventura

Home of Pierson Barton Reading (1816-1868)-California Pioneer of 1843-Major in Fremont's California Battalion, Mexican War of 1846, signer of Capitulation of Cahuenga-discoverer of second major gold strike 1848-adobe built here 1847, designated seat of Shasta County Government 1850-51, ...

Fort Reading

Located 80 rods north.

Established May 26, 1852

by Co, E 2nd Infantry U.S.A.

Evacuated June 1867.

Marked by

U.S. Army April 6, 1934

Sponsored by Shasta Historical Society

Marker is on Dersch Road 0.6 miles east of Deschutes Road, on the left when traveling east.

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