Little Shasta Church

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41°42′39.9″N122°23′23.1″W / 41.711083°N 122.389750°W / 41.711083; -122.389750 Coordinates: 41°42′39.9″N122°23′23.1″W / 41.711083°N 122.389750°W / 41.711083; -122.389750
Location Little Shasta, California
CountryUnited States
History
Former name(s)Little Shasta Congregational Church
Founded1875 (1875)
Founder(s)Roswell Graves
Architecture
Groundbreaking 1878 [1]

Little Shasta Church is a church located in Little Shasta, California.

Little Shasta is an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County, California.

History

In 1875, after a series of meetings, Reverend Roswell Graves organized the church, [2] then known as Little Shasta Congregational Church, [3] which was built in 1878.

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References

  1. National Geographic Traveler. National Geographic Society. 1998.
  2. The Pacific. 59. J.W. Douglas. 1909.
  3. Mord, Jeanne; Bette R. Mills (1990). Sentinels of Love: Rural Churches of California (illustrated ed.). Fithian Press.