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Pierson Barton Reading (November 26, 1816 – May 29, 1868) (also referred to as Pearson, and as Parson) was a California pioneer.
Aug 14, 2018 · Then on March 18, 1848, with the help of the Wintu Tribe of Native Americans, Major Pierson B. Reading discovered gold in Clear Creek at what is now known as Reading's Bar, making the second gold discovery in California.
- Redding, California, United States
Pierson Barton Reading (pronounced. New Jersey, on November 26, 1816. He was the (Guild) Reading and a descendant of the Reading Jersey (1684). His grandfather was Joseph. County and a captain in the American Revolution, was John Reading, governor of New Jersey and. Princeton University.
MAJOR PIERSON B. READING 1816-1868 Passed through Shasta County the first time in 1843 while enroute to Sutter's Fort as a member of the Chiles-Walker Party. Lived and worked at Sutter's Fort for John Sutter as a clerk and trapper until 1847.
Pierson B. Reading, one of the two or three most conspicuous fathers of Northern California, was born in New Jersey, November 26, 1816, and died at his ranch, Buena Ventura, in Shasta County, on the 29th of May, 1868, aged fifty-one years and six months.
Pierson B. Reading: Shasta County Pioneer. Chapter 1 – Birth and Early Life. Chapter 2 – The Trip West. Chapter 3 – As Sutter’s Lieutenant. Chapter 4 – Paymaster: California Battalion. Chapter 5 – Gold Seeker, Rancher, Merchant, and Politician. Chapter 6 – The Last Years.
“Major Pierson B. Reading was the first white settler of Shasta county. His settlement was made in 1845, near the junction of Cottonwood creek with the Sacramento river . There was no further white settlement in Shasta county until 1849, when immigration trains began to arrive across the plains.
