Harrison Gulch is located in southwestern Shasta County. Although the official name of the town (and the post office) was "Knob", it was referred to almost universally as Harrison Gulch by both residents and newspapers that reported on events here.
Knob was named after a big knob on one of the mountains that surrounded the gulch, while Harrison Gulch was named for Judge W. H. Harrison, who settled here in the early 1850s.
Just call it Harrison's Knob and be done with it.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought I knew about every old gold mining burg in California. Silly me.
ReplyDeleteHarrison Gulch is a very interesting story. It was a pretty busy place back in the day.
I've never heard of it either. I'm surprised that it was much further west than I thought it would be.
DeleteOh, I see. West of I-5 on Highway 36. I never knew that was gold country too.
DeleteThat road goes to Fortuna and it's a super fun road to drive. Lots of twists and turns, beautiful scenery and almost no traffic. It's like not even being in CA.