BUZZARDS ROOST

NAME: Buzzards Roost COUNTY: shasta ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: hot summer, rare snow in winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late winter, spring

COMMENTS: There are several contemporary houses in the area. REMAINS: daffodills near some foundations

Buzzard Roost was on the Stage Rd. from Redding to Burney. Buzzard Roost Rd. turns off CA State Highway 299 just north of the site. There was a hotel/stage stop on the south side of Cow Creek where Buzzard Roost Rd. bridge crosses the creek.The name came from a remark made about some drunks sitting on the rail of a corral fence. Submitted by: Grant Johnston

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