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UPPER SODA SPRINGS RESORT
A HISTORY TOLD IN PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Welcome ... |
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If you are visiting this website, I hope that you have also visited the excellent website about
Upper Soda Springs
(please click here) telling more of the story of Upper Soda Springs.
Please be sure to scroll down to the links to the other photos in this website ... |
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Upper Soda Springs Resort started in the early1850's as a small hostel along the Siskiyou Trail from California to Oregon. By the mid-1850's, Ross McCloud and Mary Campbell McCloud built a more substantial inn for travelers, and the main California-Oregon stagecoach road later passed right in front of Ross and Mary's inn, similar to the artist's rendering, above. In the 1880's, the railroad was built parallel to Ross's road -- with a stop for Upper Soda.
These next thirty years were the height of Upper Soda Springs, as fashionable people from the San Francisco Bay Area (and around the world) came for the summer, to enjoy the mineral spring water, the beautiful surroundings, and the hunting and fishing.
After leaving their ancestoral home on the Trinity River, the Tauhindauli clan of Wintu Indians lived at Upper Soda. For many years, the Tauhindaulis and the relatives of Ross and Mary shared the property at Upper Soda, and were friends and neighbors.
Unfortunately, the old Resort and its way of life would not survive the 1920's -- the arrival of the automobile and changing fashions guaranteed that. By the 1940's, almost all the old buildings were torn down, and the Resort began to fade into memories ... and old photographs. |
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These are the photos in this website |
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2. Location of main buildings at Resort |
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1. Basic orientation, using an aerial photo |
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4. Early view of main Guest Building |
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3.Snowy, overview picture |
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5. Picture taken from inside the Resort |
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6. Later photo of main Guest Building |
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7. Full view of main Guest Building |
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8. Grant Towendolly near Resort |
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10. Group with goat near Springs |
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9. Old Springhouse over the Springs |
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12. Amazing close-ups of 1864 photo |
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11. Rare 1864 photo of Upper Soda buildings |
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14. Wedding picture of Mary and Isaac Fry |
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13. Further close-ups of 1864 photo |
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15. Elda McCloud Masson at 80 years old |
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Go to NEXT PAGE |
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Please post a message in the Guestbook (right). When finished, hit the "Back" button to return to this page. |
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Other websites to consider visiting: |
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Official Dunsmuir website |
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Museum of the Siskiyou Trail |
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Semi-Official Dunsmuir website |
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California-Oregon Trail, including Upper Soda |
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"Unofficial" Dunsmuir Website |
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Other historic photos around Dunsmuir, especially of railroad-related sites |
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Upper Sacramento River Exchange |
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Historic reference to Upper Soda in local book |
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Webcams of Mt. Shasta and area |
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Wikipedia entry on Upper Soda Springs |
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College of the Siskiyous history page |
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Cave Springs Resort history |
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