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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During the gold rush, there was a layover spot called Mud Springs in Shasta County that was used by those traveling to and from the gold fields of Shasta鈥�
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The teacher at the Big Springs School in Siskiyou County, Calif., Maybelle Needham, married Joe Stallcup in 1916. A home was built for the young couple on鈥�
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Two married brothers were farmers in their hometown of Red Bluff, Calif., when they decided to try their hand at cattle ranching. The brothers, John B.鈥�
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A history marker at the intersection of California Rte. 3 and East Side Road notes that giant bucket dredges 鈥渢urned the Trinity River upside down for鈥�
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Well-known Siskiyou County hunters, Gordon Jacobs and Walter Bray, were brought together in 1895 by their love of hounds.The Bray family frequently took鈥�
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The first Henley, Calif., schoolhouse was a simple building at the southwest end of the community鈥檚 main street.Big enough to handle 40 students, it was鈥�
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The quaint, remote communities of Igo and Ono in Shasta County, Calif., are a pair of settlements established during the gold rush. Fifteen miles from鈥�
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Many pioneer gravesites have been lost over time, requiring great effort to locate them. One of them is the Turtle Gulch Cemetery in Shasta County,鈥�
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During the late 1890s and early 1900s, the Montague Brass Band toured Siskiyou County, providing music for special events..Many of the members belonged to鈥�
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Vesta Ranous Terwilliger was born in 1861 in Yreka, Calif., the daughter of Francis M. Ranous and Mary H. Hood. Her father became a carpenter and builder鈥�
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In 1897, an important mining strike was made in Northern California only four weeks after the claim was purchased for a pittance.William Hanson, an Etna鈥�
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A Butte Valley native, Erna Evans Franklin, wrote about growing up in the Picard Calif., community east of Yreka on the road to Alturas and Dorris. Evans鈥�