| Horsetown Clear Creek Diggings | |
|---|---|
 Clear Creek near Horsetown | |
| Location | Clear Creek Road, Reading, California |
| Coordinates | 40°29′40″N 122°29′53″W / 40.4944°N 122.4980°W |
| Built | 1851 |
| Architect | 49er mining town |
  Location of Horsetown Clear Creek Diggings in California  Horsetown, California (the United States) | |
Horsetown was a major historical mining town on the Clear Creek in Reading, California in Shasta County. The town was founded as a tent mining town in 1851 after Major Pierson Barton Reading found gold just east of where the town was founded. Reading's gold find site is called Reading's Bar after the sandbar on Clear Creek. The small mining town was first called Clear Creek Diggings in 1851, it was founded on Clear Creek Road and Clear Creek. As the town grew it was given the name One Horse Town and then it was changed to Horsetown. The gold found here starting a California Gold Rush in the surrounding area. [1][2]
- ^ Shasta Valley mines, blm.gov
- ^ "HORSETOWN". CA State Parks.