|
In the 1850`s several men had come to the Golden State in search of their fortunes. While prospecting in Shasta County in northern California, they crossed the Sacramento River at Cow Creek about 2 miles east of Fort Reading. Then the prospectors followed another creek eastward for about 25 miles when they came upon a high waterfall. There, they found a rich gold deposit sitting above the waterfall. However, this was a dangerous time in the region as Indians, fed up with miners encroaching upon their lands, were often known to attack. Taking from the gold deposit what they could carry, they return to the Fort Reading searching for protection in transporting the gold, but no troops could be found. After that, the men returned from whence they came. |
|
Read more...
|
