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NoeHill Travels in California
Photographs of Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Northern California
NoeHill Travels in California
Photographs of Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Northern California
California Landmarks in Shasta County
California Landmark 131
Whiskeytown
Highway 299 and Whiskey Creek Road
Whiskeytown
 "California Historical Landmark #131: Whiskeytown")
24 September 2006
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We were unable to locate a California Bear Flag marker for Whiskeytown. The California Office of Preservation
offers the following citation at ohp.parks.ca.gov.
Whiskeytown
Settled by gold miners in 1849, the town was first called Whiskey Creek for the stream on which it was located, but later the name was changed to Whiskeytown. A barrel of whiskey lost off a pack mule christened the stream with the popular drink of that day. The town is inundated by Whiskeytown Reservoir.