Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight November 1900 1st the directors of Shasta Consolidated Oil Co. held a meeting in Redding in which articles of incorporation for the company were adopted. 2nd two fires in the French Gulch area destroyed several buildings and irreplaceable books and records. 3rd it was reported that extensive improvements would soon be made by the Pacific States Telephone Co. to its lines in Shasta County. A loop was to be run from Redding to the towns of Keswick and Shasta. 4th a lengthy strike by workers at Iron Mountain Mine was ending with neither side giving in or making any aggressive movement. 5th five cars of a south bound freight train piled up in a wreck within 100 yards of Keswick station. Three men were crushed and killed in the wreck. 6th the annual five-day conference of the California and Oregon Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was called to order in Redding. 7th W.H. McNames completed arrangements for a two-day horse racing contest starting on Thanksgiving in Redding. 8th it was announced that J.A. Hubbard of Anderson had been elected as the district's next state assemblyman. 9th 1 million salmon eggs from Baird Station fish hatchery were being shipped to New Zealand to stock streams there. 10th it was reported that Iron Mountain Mine was on fire. The fire had originated and been confined to one tunnel of the mine, and the 100 men who had been working in the tunnel were laid off. Janie my Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/1c2001.html Janie My Shasta Site http://famos.freeyellow.com/cemetery.html my card site http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/cardidx.html