NoeHill Travels in California
Photographs of Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Northern California
California Landmarks in Shasta County
California Landmark 10
Reading Adobe
End of Adobe Road Near Cottonwood Creek
Six Miles East of Cottonwood
 "California Historical Landmark #10: Site of Reading Adobe Near Cottonwood")
 "California Historical Landmark #10: Site of Reading Adobe Near Cottonwood")
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Rancho Buena Ventura
Home of Pierson Barton Reading (1816-1868) - California pioneer of 1843 - major in Frémont's California Battalion, Mexican War of 1846, signer of Capitulation of Cahuenga - discoverer of second major gold strike 1848 - adobe built here 1847, designated seat of Shasta County government 1850-51, kitchen wing of Reading Mansion 1854-1881, destroyed by vandals 1942 - best stock farm in California 1862 - Major Reading buried nearby.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 10
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Shasta Historical Society, May 18, 1968.
