Gail Fiorini-Jenner
As It Was ContributorGail Fiorini-Jenner of Etna, California, is a writer and teacher married to fourth-generation cattle rancher Doug Jenner. They have three children, seven grandchildren and live on the original homestead. Her first novel Across the Sweet Grass Hills, won the 2002 WILLA Literary Award. She co-authored four histories with Arcadia Publishing: Western Siskiyou County: Gold & Dreams, Images of the State of 老夫子传媒, The State of 老夫子传媒: Then & Now, which placed in the 2008 Next Generation Awards for Nonfiction and Postcards from the State of 老夫子传媒. She co-authored Historic Inns & Eateries in the State of 老夫子传媒, featuring 30 locations and their recipes. Fiorini-Jenner has placed in several writing contests: The Jack London Novel Contest; The William Faulkner Story Contest; The Writer's Digest Inspirational Story and Screenplay Contests. She appeared on History Channel's How the States Got Their Shapes, and NPR's West Coast Live. She also writes for 老夫子传媒 Backroads.
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In 1848, the first pioneer settler in the Shasta region, Pearson B. Reading, successfully mined the Trinity River near Douglas City. News of his exploits鈥�
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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鈥�
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Although the California Gold Rush that began in 1848 peaked in 1852 and was over within a decade, Northern California mining companies continued producing鈥�
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Thousands of Chinese worked and lived in Northern California during the gold rush. One of their Taoist temples of worship, the Weaverville Joss House, is鈥�
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The Southeast Oregon and Northeast California lava landscape contains many caves, one of the most noted being Captain Jack鈥檚 Stronghold. Another鈥�
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In addition to keeping the Bosworth Jewelry Store and Gift Shop in Fall River Mills, Calif., open for 20 years after her husband鈥檚 death, Josephine Brown鈥�
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Siskiyou County historian Alex J. Rosborough was born on Aug. 30, 1865, in Yreka, Calif., one of six children of District Court Judge A. M. Rosborough and鈥�
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The winter of 1920 in Siskiyou County, Calif., was destined to become a severe one.By mid-November, travel over Salmon Mountain was closed to trucks and鈥�
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Before being named Yreka, the Northern California settlement was known as Shasta Butte City, a conglomeration of little more than shanties, brush huts,鈥�
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A frequent stopping place in the 1800s for travelers moving north into Trinity and Siskiyou counties was located at Cottonwood, Calif., between Red Bluff鈥�
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Irish immigrant Peter Fitzpatrick did not stay in the East for long before he caught gold fever and headed West with a friend named Henderson. The two men鈥�
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Life was an adventure for Charlotte Rose Henry as a child in Cottonwood, Calif. Her parents, Leland and Gladys Cunningham Rose, both born in 1898, were鈥�