Reading Adobe

Shasta County · 7 miles east of Cottonwood on Adobe Lane · location approximate

Was built by Pierson Barton Reading in 1847. Shasta County was created by the first California Legislature and on February 18, 1850, the adobe was made county seat. The Court of Sessions met here February 10, 1851, to organize county government and moved the county seat to Shasta. The adobe stood over a century, finally falling to vandalism and elements.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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