Shasta, California - Old Shasta Ruins, Ghost Prisoner
- Address:
- Highway 299 West, Shasta, CA
- Directions:
- Shasta Courthouse Museum at Shasta State Historic Park. Highway 299 West, 6 miles west of of Redding.
- Hours:
- Museum W-Su 10 am-5 pm. Closed M-Tu, major holidays. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 530-243-8194
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Shasta, California - Old Shasta Ruins, Ghost Prisoner There are brick ruins of the old town of Shasta on Highway 299 West between Redding and Whiskeytown Lake. The site features an 1800s bakery, blacksmith, Mason's Lodge, and a courthouse museum.
In the belly of the Courthouse Museum is the old jail, and in one of the cells the "ghost" of a prisoner wakes up and tells you about the criminals that were tried (and hanged) at the jail.
There are also short hiking trails around the site that lead to 1800s cemeteries. In the spring there are native poppies growing all over the place. [Mary Hanson, 07/28/2009]
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