Guest Writer Spotlight: Unconditional Love – Examples from the books of Luke and Acts

By Cynthia Teske The ministry of Jesus Christ as it is recorded in the book of Luke is the easiest gospel to comprehend. In it Luke stresses Jesus’ relationships with people, he emphasizes prayer, the miracles of Jesus, angels, and he shows how women have a prominent place throughout Jesus’ ministry. Since Luke was a doctor he put the life […]

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Nathan A. Townsend: The man behind the historic Townsend Flat Ditch

Above: the Townsend Flat Ditch on the left along with its marker on the right. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on April 28, 2020. Nathan A. Townsend was a native of New York who was born about 1824. Townsend arrived and settled at Middletown in Shasta County in 1853. Soon after, Townsend was elected as a member to […]

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Guest Writer Spotlight: Relinquishing Freedom and Liberty is not Safety

Guest Writer Spotlight – Op/Ed: Robert SochaShared with permission from Mychal Massie – The Daily RantMain image courtesy: Forbes: How COVID-19 Is Also Killing Democracy I have been thinking about the exponential growth of the Coronavirus. It has single-handedly taken out myriad man-made enterprises; sporting, entertainment, religious and financial. Astonishing barely scratches the surface of my wonder at its possibility. […]

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Hamden Holmes Noble and his contributions to Shasta County

Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle: Shasta Historical Society Hamden Holmes Noble was a son of James W. Noble, a farmer of Somerset County, Maine. Hamden was born in that county at Fairfield on August 16, 1844. This is where he earned his education. Later, he relocated to San Francisco where he first registered to vote in 1866. At that […]

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Bella Vista: A lumber town

Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle: Shasta Historical Society The original carpenters behind the famous Shasta Lumber Company’s flume (also known as the Terry lumber flume) were Orison D. Morse and his siblings who completed the first five miles of lumber flume in 1886 before Morse sold the lumber flume to Holbrook and Phillips. Later, these gentlemen sold out to […]

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The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company building; and the history of the telephone in Redding

Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle The building at 1629 Market Street in Redding was once the official headquarters of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. According to Redding Electric Utility the building, which is located in between Yuba and Placer Streets on the east side of Market Street, is still in use to this day. This building often attracts […]

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