From Shingle Camp to Shingletown
Guest Writer Spotlight: Jeremy M. Tuggle: Shasta Historical Society Above: an early photograph of Shingletown. From the collection of Jeremy Tuggle. Shingletown was first called Shingle Camp, it was established in 1848 as a tent community, and its name derives from the first production of shingles and shakes in Shasta County. Due to the abundance of sugar pine and cedar […]
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