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And since the people of Mt. Shasta are so full of it, that's a lot of sewage!

As a boy I lived in Dunsmuir then Mt. Shasta City and I remember drinking some of that nasty tasting spring water that’s next to the river underneath one of the I-5 bridges, tastes like rusty water, why someone thinks that’s the best water can have it. Yes, I remember the little water spot in downtown Dunsmuir that had the water fountain but I didn’t notice anything special, lol. But I did enjoy living in Mt. Shasta City, we lived by the CHP station and it was like heaven to me, dad worked for SP so we later moved to Klamath Falls, OR which was nice but not as great as Mt. Shasta.

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You dont remember all the sprinkler barges at the river mouth to the lake attempted to aerate the water? The town basically perished and the river was dead for years

People died as a result of that spill . The fumes went up and down the river.

Milton, I was born and raised in Dunsmuir. I woke to the river looking like antifreeze and dead fish everywhere. The Sherriff told everyone to get to higher ground which is Mt, Shasta. The hospital was overcome with people having trouble breathing including myself I have asthma now because of the spill. Pacific Railroad quickly offered $750 to everyone. Some people took the money. Others settled years later... Sad thing is it's happened again. The train derailed 2021.

@@JMCyoungblood When there was a siding (two tracks) at Small, there was a derailment at least once a year. I remember 1 derailment dumped a car of barley seed and it sprouted, the caddis larvae ate like kings....lol

@Kye7967: what are the source materials supporting your statement? Not a challenge, I’m just trying to establish a factual narrative.

There was extensive testing done by California Dept of Water Resources in Red Bluff for years …I was named on the final report as one of the most junior techs

You’re quite right sir. I lived in Dunsmuir as a boy in the early to mid 70’s and fishing was useless unless you went near the Castle Crags and fished a creek over there but it wasn’t much better. I enjoyed roaming around as a boy and I’m thankful for having been able to experience life there. After a while we moved to Mt. Shasta City and lived not far from the fish hatchery and as you know, they raised rainbow trout there which was decent enough. I wonder how different the river was before the dam.

@@echohunter4199 Thanks for your comment. I loved vacationing there, in spite of never really catching any fish, but I still tried. I would go there every year during the last two weeks of June. It was perfect weather, plus more daylight to really get my money's worth. I loved it because where I went fishing, I was all alone and got so caught up of being in the moment among that rugged and majestic beauty. I would forget the stress of the city and job I was vacationing from. My first visit was with my parents. I can't remember the name of the hotel, but it was south of Dunsmuir a few miles. I can't remember the exit it was off of. But the hotel had a separate cabin, and that's where we stayed, sometime after that it mysteriously burned down, except for the cabin. The next several years after, we camped at Railroad Park, it was beautiful and inexpensive, and I enjoyed the little creek. One year I remember they had fixed up some train cars down below the campground and converted them into like a snack bar. It appeared to be the place for all the local teens to hang out, swim in the pond and hear the sixties hit music over the PA system. (Pretty cool!) Later on, I always stayed at the Bavarian, until the new owner in the early nineties took it over and let it go to pot. My parents and aunt would stay at Louie's Cave Springs. I think the soul of Cave Springs is being sucked out by the new owners and their plans. Louie and his wife Belinda were great people, and the vibe was always good. I would enjoy hearing your stories of growing up there. It's where my dad and my aunt grew up. Oh yeah, I can't remember the name of the restaurant, but I believe it opened after the spill, it was located in the heart of Dunsmuir, and it was only open for breakfast and dinner and the food was AWESOME! Do you remember the name of it?

I lived there for 8 years and didn’t know about this 😂

The Indians were the original inhabitants of these land's& revered it & weren't interested in mordernization would in all probability have been better custodians of America than the white man 🤔

@@sabihatanveer8494 subsistence cultures have their own draw backs and ‘wastes’ too