Site of Reading Adobe
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.
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