Editing Mount Shasta, California (section)

==History==
The site of the present-day city of Mount Shasta was within the range of the [[Okwanuchu]] tribe of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].

During the 1820s, early Euro-American trappers and hunters first passed through the area, following the path of the [[Siskiyou Trail]]. The Siskiyou Trail was based on a network of ancient Native American footpaths connecting California and the Pacific Northwest. The discovery of gold at nearby [[Yreka, California]] in 1851 dramatically increased traffic along the Siskiyou Trail and through the site of present-day Mount Shasta. Pioneer [[Ross McCloud]] built one of the first lumber mills in the area, near the site of the present Sisson Museum. The completion of a stagecoach road between Yreka and [[Upper Soda Springs]] in the late 1850s led to the building of Sisson's Hotel, as a stop for weary travelers, and as a staging ground for adventuresome tourists intending to climb Mount Shasta.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

The area where the town grew was known first as '''Strawberry Valley''', and then as '''Berryvale'''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Apperson|title=Sisson - Mount Shasta: The Early Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4nDHAAACAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Mount Shasta Print. Company}}</ref> The post office opened in 1870 as Berryvale.<ref name="Orlove">{{cite book|author1=Benjamin S. Orlove|author2=Ellen Wiegandt|author3=Brian H. Luckman|title=Darkening Peaks: Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgJ1EKyK8RoC&pg=PA56|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-25305-6|pages=56–}}</ref> After 1886 it was known as '''Sisson''' after a local businessman, [[Justin Hinckley Sisson]] who ran a stagecoach inn and tavern, [[Strawberry Valley Station]], as well as donated the land for the town site and the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] station in 1886.<ref name="Orlove" /> Street names honor members of Sisson's family.<ref name="Orlove" />

The 1887 completion of the [[Central Pacific Railroad]], built along the line of the Siskiyou Trail, brought a dramatic increase in tourism, lumbering, and population into Mount Shasta. This early development continued to focus on tourism and lumbering. The early 1900s saw the influx of a large number of Italian immigrants to Mount Shasta and neighboring towns, most of whom were employed in the timber industry.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

The city incorporated on May 31, 1905.<ref>{{cite book|title=California Roster|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=copXAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Secretary of State|page = 106}}</ref> The name of the city was finalized "City of Mount Shasta" on November 10, 1925,<ref name="Miesse">{{cite book|author1=William C. Miesse|author2=Mount Shasta Collection (College of the Siskiyous)|author3=College of the Siskiyous. Library|title=Mount Shasta: an annotated bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBASAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=College of the Siskiyous| page = 111}}</ref><ref name="Hellmann2006">{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA100|date= February 14, 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94859-7|pages=100–}}</ref> after a popular vote in 1922.