Strawberry Valley Stage Station

No state plaque stands here; the county historical society's 1947 bronze calls the Sisson Hotel well known to mountain climbers, and one climber made it so. On April 30, 1875, John Muir and Jerome Fay, taking barometer readings on the summit of Mount Shasta, were caught by a blizzard and survived the night lying on the hot fumaroles below the top. Justin Sisson came up the mountain with horses the next day, and Muir woke in the hotel to sunlight on the cone. A 1997 plaque below honors "Boomer" Tonkin.

What the plaque says

Strawberry Valley Stage Station 1857 1886 Across the road from this marker stood the Strawberry Valley Stage Station which served the patrons of this line from its completion in 1857 until 1886 when the railroad construction reached the valley. The small building across the road was the Berryvale Post Office which operated from 1870 to 1887 the first postmaster was Justin Hinckley Sisson. Behind this marker stood the famous Sisson Hotel. Well known to mountain climbers, fishermen, hunters and vacationists throughout California. It was built about 1865 by J.H. Sisson and in 1916 was destroyed by fire. The Mt. Shasta Trout Hatchery was founded in 1888 but prior to this in 1877 J.H. Sisson reared trout to stock the streams in this vicinity. When the business center was moved to its present location on the railroad in 1886 its name was changed from Strawberry Valley to Sisson. In 1923 the town was renamed Mount Shasta City. Erected by Siskiyou County Historical Society 1947

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Battle Rock — 11 mi
• Southern's Stage Station — 17 mi
• Emigrant Trail Crossing of Present Highway — 18 mi