It's been a very long while since I posted anything on our beloved website... I took this photo of Kings Creek in July 2022 at Lassen Park. Welcome to Our Historic Jefferson Backroads Website containing all of Our Beloved Happy Little Publications. We ran Jefferson Backroads and delivered them to our readers monthly in both paper and electronic formats, from April 2010 through March 2020. … [Read more...] about To A Bright & Hopeful Future
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Artists in our Midst
Photo: by Michelle Fain. Fun, whimsical hand-crafted Frog Box created by Gerry and Marlene Ludlow of Mt. Shasta City, California. You know that feeling you get when you walk into a home and all the decor and neat items the people have displayed are so cool you just can’t get enough? Well it happened to me again last week. I was honored to have been invited to the home of Gerry and Marlene … [Read more...] about Artists in our Midst
The Shasta Route along the Southern Pacific Railroad
Featured Photo taken near Edgewood Contributed by Yreka Preservation It took from 1850 until December 16, 1887 before the railroad had the last piece of rail connecting San Francisco with Portland. It was with great angst that the railroad decided to bypass Yreka, the county seat, in favor of a different route via Montague. But, with determination and pluck Yreka set out to build a connecting … [Read more...] about The Shasta Route along the Southern Pacific Railroad
Butte Creek Flour Mill, Eagle Point, Oregon
Historic Photo of Butte Creek Flour Mill located in Eagle Point, Oregon Well, very sad news... this lovely, historic and majestic place burned to the ground on Christmas morning, 2015... The history that you will read below was written and published just over a year ago........ there are already plans to re-build this amazing place... if you are interested in offering any support and/or … [Read more...] about Butte Creek Flour Mill, Eagle Point, Oregon
Fort Jones
Ft. Jones plaque. Photograph courtesy E Clampus Vitus. For Fort Jones’ 2010 September sesquicentennial celebration, E Clampus Vitus Humbug Chapter along with Scott Valley Bank commemorated Fort Jones and the bank with a granite plaque. James “Dirt” Ordway, Chapter President, was responsible for leading the charge to get this historical marker completed. James, along with Clampers Dan Weimers … [Read more...] about Fort Jones
Deadwood
1948 Deadwood plaque dedication. Photograph courtesy Ft. Jones Museum. In 2009 I was Humbug (Club president) of the Yreka E Clampus Vitus Humbug No. 73 Chapter. My summer Doin’s was the Scott Summit Saloon and Plaque Tour. One of the stops we made along the Saturday route was the old town site of Deadwood on Greenhorn Road. It was right there, as we viewed the vandalized plaque, that Dan … [Read more...] about Deadwood