Shasta Springs was a popular summer resort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Upper
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River ( es, RÃo Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento†...
in
northern California. It was located just north of the town of
Dunsmuir, and just north of
Upper Soda Springs
Upper Soda Springs is on the banks of the Sacramento River in Dunsmuir, California, USA. It consists of approximately ten acres (40,000 m²) of level ground on both sides of the River, the surrounding hillsides, and continues north along the eas ...
along the
Siskiyou Trail
The Siskiyou Trail stretched from California's Central Valley to Oregon's Willamette Valley; modern-day Interstate 5 follows this pioneer path. Originally based on existing Native American foot trails winding their way through river valleys, t ...
.
The resort was on the main line of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, where natural springs on the property were the original sources of the water and beverages that became known as the
Shasta brand of soft drinks.
The resort closed in the early 1950s when it was sold and continues to be owned by the
Saint Germain Foundation
The Saint Germain Movement is a religious organization, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with a major facility just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the buildings and property of the Shasta Springs retreat. There is als ...
, and is used as a major facility by that organization. It is no longer open to the public and the lower part of the resort – the bottling plant, the train station, the incline railway, the kiosk and the fountains – are all gone. The falls that were visible from the railroad tracks and what ruins are left of the lower part of the resort are all overgrown by blackberry bushes.
Angel Trail and Mineral Spring Trail in this private property leads down to the railway track near couple of small falls. The famous
Mossbrae Falls is on the other side of the bridge, crossing the Sacramento River.
File:Mossbrea_Falls_All_Sections.JPG, All Sections of the waterfalls
File:Falls_in_the_Vicinity.JPG, Other waterfalls in the vicinity
References
Saint Germain Foundation home pageCollected Images of Shasta Springs ResortThe Railroad stop at Shasta SpringsMuseum of the Siskiyou Trail
External links
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Mount Shasta
Buildings and structures in Siskiyou County, California
Springs of California
Defunct resorts
Bodies of water of Siskiyou County, California