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Jul 14, 2022 · The only notable commercial operation I passed in the canyon was the Scott River Lodge. This exclusive property serves up high-dollar, Christianity-based couples therapy weeks. If that’s your sort of thing, check them out. The post office/library. An incredibly sad headstone in the Scott Bar Cemetery. An early-day burial in the Scott Bar ...
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Scott Bar was one of the earliest gold discoveries in California and the first discovery in the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California. John Scott discovered gold here in January of 1850 and both the Scott River and the town of Scott Bar would be named after him. A post office opened at the town in 1856 under the name Scott River, but was change...
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Scott Bar, formerly Scott River, is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California, United States. The Scott Bar community is located 19 miles (31 km) west of the town of Yreka and is three miles (4.8 km) upstream on the Scott River from the river's termination point as it flows into the larger Klamath River.
Scott Bar is on the lower Scott River in Siskiyou County a few miles south of Hamburg, where the Scott joints the Klamath River. John Scott discovered gold here in 1850. The district was an important center during the early days when the river and older bench gravels were extensively mined.
Nov 1, 2013 · John W. Scott, from whom the valley and river later derived their names, discovered gold at “Scott’s Bar.” The discovery of gold near Shasta, six miles from present-day Redding, brought miners from the Mother Lode and Sierras up the Siskiyou Trail in search of riches.
Scott Bar is on the lower Scott River in Siskiyou County a few miles south of Hamburg, where the Scott joints the Klamath River. John Scott discovered gold here in 1850. The district was an important center during the early days when the river and older bench gravels were extensively mined.
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The Scott Bar community is located 19 miles west of the town of Yreka and is three miles upstream on the Scott River from the river's termination point as it flows into the larger Klamath River. Overview
