NoeHill Travels in California
California Landmarks in Shasta County
California Landmark 379
Fort Reading
Dersch Road at Cow Creek
Anderson
 "California Historical Landmark #379: Site of Fort Reading")
18 September 2006
 "California Historical Landmark #379: Site of Fort Reading")
27 February 2011
 "California Historical Landmark #379: Site of Fort Reading")
9 November 2011
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FORT READING
LOCATED 80 RODS NORTH.
ESTABLISHED MAY 26 1852
BY CO. E 2ND INFANTRY U.S.A.
EVACUATED JUNE 1867.
MARKED BY
U.S. ARMY APRIL 6, 1934.
SPONSORED BY
SHASTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
We were unable to locate a California Bear Flag marker for Fort Reading. The California Office of Preservation
offers the following citation at ohp.parks.ca.gov.
Fort Reading
Fort Reading, established on May 26, 1852 by Second Lieutenant E. N. Davis, Co. E, 2nd Infantry on the orders of Lieutenant Colonel George M. Wright, was the first and largest fort in Northern California. It was named in honor of Pierson Barton Reading and stood in a clearing of 10 acres. The fort was abandoned in June 1867.
Historic sites associated with Major Pierson Barton Reading: