Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum

Time to get out of our houses and do something!

If you haven't read about the 1918 Flu Pandemic, this is a great introduction to it, from History.com. Definitely worth reading. Gives insight into how contagious a disease can be. Our great uncle, in WWI, got influenza in 1918 and fought it for years and died in the late 1920s from the complications...

Just before breakfast on the morning of March 4, Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reports to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, complaining of the

First cases reported in deadly Spanish flu pandemic Just before breakfast on the morning of March 4, Private Albert Gitchell of the U.S. Army reports to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, complaining of the

As It Was-Chinese Fit into Trinity Center Community after 1872 There’s no doubt that in general Chinese miners were ill-treated in the mining camps of California. Still, there were exceptions and one such story comes

Come to the Museum on Saturday, March 7 @ noon to hear local trail expert Richard Silva (and friends) give a
presentation on the 1855 Kelsey Trail. Another great Siskiyou Story brought to you by Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum.

New item in the Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum Gift Shop! Made by local quilter, a microwave bowl and splatter guard. There are several colorful designs to choose from. Open Tuesday thru Saturday 9:00 - 3:00 in the Museum at 910 S. Main St, Yreka.

We had an enthusiastic crowd to hear about CHP history from Byran Duncan at the Jan. Siskiyou Stories. Many more great presentations to come for 2020! Coming up in Feb.: "A Family's Siskiyou Mining History 1935-1988." Eric Harms will share stories and photos from Larsen and Harms company dredging operations. Feb. 14 at noon Siskiyou County Museum.

Had a wonderful turn out for the first Siskiyou Stories event of 2020 on the history of the CHP! Next month's Siskiyou Stories will take place in February, on the second Friday! Bring a friend....always FREE and always entertaining and educational. Open to ALL. Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum are working to expand the museum's ability to serve our county! Stop by and visit our Friends' Museum Store. Check out the research room; check out the new exhibits, including the Aviation exhibit. And join the Friends of Siskiyou Museum for only $10 a year. Call 842-3836.

We are busy creating a great lineup of speakers for Siskiyou Stories in 2020. First up on Friday Jan. 10 at noon will be retired CHP officer (and museum volunteer) Byran Duncan speaking on the history of the CA Highway Patrol and their equipment development to meet the changing times, including a "show and tell" exhibit! The photo is of fallen officer Stephen Kent who was shot in downtown Yreka in 1933.

Reminder - the Friends of the Siskiyou County Museum Gift Shop has two days left for your holiday shopping. We are open today through this Saturday the 21st (9:00 -3:00). Just in.... these My Shasta mugs by Dorothy Peters Pottery.
We will be back on January 2nd 2020!

As It Was: Historic French Gulch Survives Multiple Fires French miners settled French Gulch in Shasta County in 1849 or 1850. It was located west of the original town of Shasta, about six miles west of Redding.