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Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a reservoir, or artificial lake, that ...
Levi Tower’s Grave Site
Levi Tower died on November 13, 1865 at age 45 in San Fran...
Wintu Native People
Before Charles Camden and Levi Tower made their homes and ...
Camden Saw Mill
By the summer of 1852, Charles Camden decided to expand hi...
El Dorado Mine
To find gold veins beneath the surface tunnels were dug an...
Mt. Shasta Mine Loop
The Shasta Mine Loop can be explored in either direction, ...
Tenant House and Barn
As the Camden family spent less and less time on the banks...
Whiskeytown Dam
As the Great Depression drew to a close, the concept of...
Camden House
The original Camden house had only one room. As the family...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Rock Art of Alta
This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arct...
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Whiskeytown Lake
Whiskeytown Lake is a reservoir, or artificial lake, that stores water as part of the Central Valley water projects, and serves as the domestic water supply for several local communities. It also provides recreation for 700,000 visitors annually. Because of ...
Levi Tower’s Grave Site
Levi Tower died on November 13, 1865 at age 45 in San Francisco. Tower had gone to see a doctor about a lingering illness, later identified as typhoid fever. Typhoid Fever, or Salmonella Typhi, lived only in humans and was ...
Wintu Native People
Before Charles Camden and Levi Tower made their homes and livelihood here, the Wintu and their ancestors resided in this territory for thousands of years. At the confluence of Willow, Crystal, Mill and Clear creeks were a number of Wintu ...
Camden Saw Mill
By the summer of 1852, Charles Camden decided to expand his mining operations beyond using a gold pan. Flumes, sluices, and long toms were needed to carry water, so Camden thought it would be more economical to build his own ...
El Dorado Mine
To find gold veins beneath the surface tunnels were dug and ore was brought out and crushed at the stamp mill. This was an example of hard rock mining. In 1885, William Paul found gold near the present El Dorado ...
Mt. Shasta Mine Loop
The Shasta Mine Loop can be explored in either direction, and is relatively flat for the first mile or so through a forest of primarily canyon live oaks and knobcone pines. White leaf manzanita, blueblossom ceanothus, and poison oak comprise ...
Tenant House and Barn
As the Camden family spent less and less time on the banks of Clear Creek, they realized the need for a caretaker. By 1868, Camden spent winters in Oakland so the girls could go to school. Not only did the ...
Whiskeytown Dam
As the Great Depression drew to a close, the concept of claiming the waters in Northern California for agricultural purposes became a reality with the completion of Shasta Dam in 1945. The Central Valley Project started in order to supply ...
Camden House
The original Camden house had only one room. As the family grew by 1867, two rooms and a second floor were added. This second floor later continued across the entire length of the house. Other additions to the home in ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Rock Art of Alta
This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from c. 4200 to 500 B.C. The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human ...
