Southern Hotel & Stage Station
historical place in Shasta County, United States
Southern's Stage Station was built in 1859 by Simeon Fisher Southern. The Southern's Stage Station site is on 9010 Mears Ridge Road, south of Castella, California in Shasta County. The Southern's Stage Station is a California Historical Landmark No. 33 listed on August 1, 1932. Simeon Fisher Southern and his Sarah Southern operated the Stagecoach Station wife Southern's Stage Station and Southern Hotel were log cabin building built in 1859. Travelers on the stagecoach or riding through could stop for rest and food for the 50 years this station operated till 1909. The town was called Hazel Creek, California, but change to Sims, California in 1871 as Southern's Stage Station and store was the center of the town.
History
Simeon Fisher Southern, nickname was Sims, was born in Stephensburg, Kentucky, on a farm, on September 6, 1822. He departed Kentucky and worked west, stopping and working in Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. He arrived in Shasta County California in 1854.
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