Bestville, California Explained

Bestville is a former settlement on the North Fork Salmon River in Siskiyou County, California, just downstream from Sawyers Bar.^[1] Bestville is located at 41.3007°N -123.1431°W.

History

Bestville, now in Siskiyou County, was a California Gold Rush mining camp, established in 1850.^[2] It was named for its founder, Captain John Best.^[3] In 1854, Bestville was said to have a saloon and bowling alley;^[4] nothing remains today.

See also

• List of ghost towns in California

References

1. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=154:3:33102167474890::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1658042%2CBestville GNIS Feature Detail Report for: Bestville
2. Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California, Vol. VI, 1848-1859, The History company, San Francisco, 1888, p.370
3. News: . 17 Jul 1963. $65,000 fire roars through Sawyers Bar . Siskiyou Daily News . Yreka, CA . 11 Jan 2024.
4. News: . 22 Jul 1854 . Salmon River Correspondence . The Shasta Courier . Shasta, CA . 11 Jan 2024.

41.3007°N -123.1431°W