And that title is so stupid, that the aforementioned problem is no longer of any concern. So that kind of worked out.
Check this out, though:
Don’t worry, I can’t read it either. This is a scan of the oldest bit of microfiche from Shasta County Library. It’s also possible that there could be an older record, but this is definitely the oldest among the accessible files near the microfiche machines. I didn’t have time to inquire with a librarian.
March 20, 1852. That’s not even that far away, really. What is that; a month, two days and 156 years ago? So, yeah, but let’s see…The Shasta Courier was the paper of record for the gold mining community of Shasta, which is 2 miles west of where I’m sitting. Where I’m sitting now — that was called Poverty Flats. Shasta was the first county seat of the County of Shasta.
This was a honky paper written in english which is a language using script that comes from the Latin tribes of Italy and junk. The native tribes of this Shasta County area didn’t use a writing to record stuff. I think most of it was oral tradition. I don’t know, I could be wrong. Wintu. This was Wintu country. Win-river casino sits down there on Clear Creek on the Wintu rancheria. Full stop.
I’m rambling. I’m outta here.
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