Hi, This is part of Shasta Co., CA taken from the 1885 county directory. Sorry but I have no additional information on these. Only thing is says for sure is if your Ancestor was here in 1885. If there is no occupation it is because none was listed. for this county I can check census if you find a name. Janie http://www.freeyellow.com/members6/famos/cemetery.html my new friend card http://www.rosescafe.net/cards/friend9.html BURNEY VALLEY Post office, situated in Burney Valley, on the junction of the four main roads leading to Redding, Anderson, Red Bluff & Lakeview, Alturas & Adin. Distances - sixty-one miles to Redding, Sixty-five miles to Anderson, ninety-six miles to Alturas, and one hundred and sixty miles to Lakeview. Burney Valley is well watered and possesses a rich soil, all cultivated. The cereals raised are wheat, barley, oats, and hay. The locality is also fovorable to the groweth of fruit and vegetables. The average elevation of the whole valley is 3,000 ft. Population, 175. There is a belt if timber in the surrounding mountains. Two sawmills of an aggregate capacity of 4,000 ft. per day are in operation in the vacinity. Burney Valley is ten square miles in extent. Goose Valley nine square miles, and Hat Creek Valley, 5 square miles, are adjoining Burney Valley. The prospect for a town at this point is very good, the fertility of the contiguous country being such as to command prominent favor among new comers to the county. Ayers, Alfred - farmer Bidwell, Christopher C. - blacksmith Branstadter, Daniel V. B. - stockraiser Brauer, John - farmer 80 acres Carberry, Aaron - proprietor Spring Valley Hotel Cornez, Julian F. - farmer Crews, Robert - gen mdse, hotel Desmond & Kentner - gen mdse Desmond, Dennis - Desmond & Kentner Fitzpatrick, James H. - farmer Fitzpatrick, John W. - County Surveyor Fitzpatrick, Peter - farmer 160 acres Guptill, William N. - physician Hall, James W. - carpenter Hays, Thomas K. - carpenter Hulsey, Charles - farmer Hulsey, James A. - blacksmith Hutzler, Frederick - farmer Kentner, J. - Desmond & Kentner Kirk, John D. - farmer Littrell, John J. - farmer Pierce, C. W. - proprietor Burney Valley Hotel & Stage Station Postmaster - Chas. A. Teel Price, Robert - farmer Rank, John K. - farmer Ray, I. P. - sawmill 7 mi east of Burney Valley Ray, James - farmer Robinson, William B. - farmer Rowles, F. M. - stockraiser Spring Valley Hotel - Aaron Carberry proprietor, 6 mi w. Burney Valley Teel, Charles A. - postmaster, agent Wells, Fargo & Co., gen mdse VanNorman, D. N. - farmer/stockraiser Wilcox, Charles W. - stockraiser Wilson, John D. - farmer Wilson, Wm. H. - farmer CENTERVILLE (See Shasta) CHICAGO (see Igo) CHURNTOWN (See Buckeye) CLAYTON (See Fall River Mills) COPPER CITY (See Shasta) COTTONWOOD Post, express and telegraph offices, situated on the California Oregon division of the Central Pacific Railroad, 152 miles from Sacramento. The trade of southwestern Shasta and northwestern Tehama drifts to Cottonwood, and quite a lively merchandise business is done there by the houses of Becker & Forster and W. F. Price & Co. Two of the largest and best hotels in the county are situated there, and in that respect the town is very well off. Cottonwood is near the county line, between Tehama and Shasta, five miles southwest of Anderson. Large quantities of cattle and wool are shipped from this station, and it is the business town for quite a rich agricultural surrounding. The present population is about 150. Addison, Emsley - blacksmith Bahney, Eugene W. - merchant Baker, Andrew J. - laborer Baker, Wm. - farmer Becker, Charles J. - Becker & Foster Becker, Frederick W. - farmer Becker & Foster - gen mdse Belshe, Thomas J. - farmer Billups, Charles - farmer Burch, Wm. E. - farmer Burr, H. - school teacher Campbell, Thomas J. - farmer Campbell, Wm. - clerk Carpenter, Richard - farmer Central Pacific Railroad - John H. Forster agent Cook, Constant H. - farmer Cook, E. A. - proprietor Mountain House Cooley, Ralph B. - painter Crowley, Florence - farmer Ebele, John - bartender Forster Hotel Eubanks, John W. - farmer, miner Forster Hotel - Peter Reifenrath proprietor Foster, John H. - Becker & Foster, agent C. P. R. R., West. Union Tel Co., Wells, Fargo & Co. Foster, Charles Foster, Daniel D. - farmer Foster, Jacob - farmer Foster, Nathaniel B. - farmer Finch, Zeba - farmer Gallagher, Martin - bartender Forster Hotel Granger, Wm. J. - mason Giles, James K. - farmer Hardman, Wm. F. Hemphill, Maurice - farmer, laborer Hemphill, Valentine - farmer, laborer Horton, Wm. - stableman Jones, Elias - wagonmaker Jones, John A. - farmer Knowlton, William - Postmaster, gen mdse Knowlton, W. H. - compositor Kreuzer, Charles - hostler Forster Hotel Lean, Joseph G. - farmer Leonard, J. Miss - school teacher Ligett, James E. - farmer Logan, P. D. - saddler, harness maker Logan, Robert - harness maker McAlester, O. Miss - housekeeper Miller, Hartman - farmer Mountain House - E. A. Cook proprietor Nave, John C. - farmer Nickolas, Elmus - farmer Oliphant, Henry - farmer Oliphant, Horace M. - farmer Parker, Johnson - sheepraiser Peery, Wm. - livery stable Postmaster - Wm. Knowlton Price, William F. - W. F. Price & Co. Price, W. F. & Co. - gen mdse Reifenrath, Peter - proprietor Forster Hotel & livery stable Reynolds, A. J. - barber Forster Hotel Richardson, Wm. F. - blacksmith Runkel, Peter - farmer Schneider, Valentine - blacksmith Schulz, Richard S. - physican Scovel, Jerome B. - blacksmith Shadley, Henry - farmer Shadley, Matthew P. - farmer, laborer Shuman, A. - W. F. Price & Co. Smith, James O. - physican, 2560 acres Smith, John E. - laborer Smith, Otis - farmer Stone, Welcome G. - farmer 159 acres Stovall, W. W. Rev. Syman, Henry - merchant Taylor, Hiram - laborer Thompson, John R. - farmer Tupker, Adolphe - carpenter Wells, Fargo & Co. - John H. Forster agent Western Union Tel Co. - John H. Forster agent Westlake, Emery - farmer Westlake, Hiram - farmer Westlake, Richard - farmer White, Elvira Mrs. - domestic Forster Hotel Woodcock, Thomas T. - teamster Wright, John E. - farmer DELTA Barker, Harvey - waiter Blair, H. P. - carpenter Blumberg. W. C. - gen mdse Brink, Harry - laborer Butler, F. K. - laborer Conroy, D. C. - agent Central Pacific R. R. Co.; Wells, Fargo, & Co. Crigler, William - manager Fader's Corral & Stable Delta Hotel - Henry C. McClure proprietor Dunn, John J. - Dunn & Whiting Dunn & Whiting - saloon Emerson, John - barber Fader, L. J. - corral & feed stable Flanigan, Edward - laborer Gibson, Reuben P. - Justice of the peace Hubbard, Macmillin - laborer Kimbrell, Jos. P. - hotel keeper Kirch, James M. - Frank Klemstine & Co. Klemstine, Frank - Frank Klemstine & Co. Klemstine, Frank & Co. - saloon Leary, Daniel - carpenter Levy, Alexander - McCormick, Saeltzer, & Co. Lowden, George B. - blacksmith McClure, Henry C. - proprietor Delta Hotel McCormick, Saeltzer, & Co. - Branch of Redding House McDowell, James E. - McDowell & Morrison McDowell & Morrison - saloon Morrison, John - McDowell & Morrison Smith, William - laborer Summers, James E. - miner Stone, Hamden S. - boarding house Whiting, William C. - Dunn & Whiting Williams, Horace - agent CA & OR Stage Co. DOG (See Redding) EAGLE CREEK (See Igo)