Inskip - California Ghost Town

INSKIP

NAME: Inskip
COUNTY: Butte
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 1
CLIMATE: Cool winter, mild summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: On SR 191 off SR 70 North of Sacramento, current residents.
REMAINS: The hotel and a few small buildings.

Inskip was developed as a stage stop along a heavily traveled route used by miners. P.M. Kelly took interest and began to develop Inskip with a store and hotel. Within a year, many stores, hotels, saloons, and other businesses sprang up. Today, only the Inskip Hotel and a few smaller buildings remain of this prosperous mining community. John Stokes purchased the hotel in 1866 and renamed it Stokes Hotel. John moved his family to Inskip where it was home for more than 65 years. "The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1868 and later rebuilt. It was probably then that it was renamed Inskip. Legend says the fire was arson and that a resident ghost named Charley is still looking for the arsonist. It has operated almost continuously as a hotel. Bob and Kathy Duffey are its current owners having purchased the hotel in 1968. In 1975 it was approved and listed in the National Register of Historical Places." - www.paradisedirect.com.

Inskip was developed as a stage stop along a heavily traveled route used by miners. P.M. Kelly took interest and began to develop Inskip with a store and hotel. Within a year, many stores, hotels, saloons, and other businesses sprang up. Today, only the Inskip Hotel and a few smaller buildings remain of this prosperous mining community.
John Stokes purchased the hotel in 1866 and renamed it Stokes Hotel. John moved his family to Inskip where it was home for more than 65 years. "The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1868 and later rebuilt. It was probably then that it was renamed Inskip. Legend says the fire was arson and that a resident ghost named Charley is still looking for the arsonist. It has operated almost continuously as a hotel. Bob and Kathy Duffey are its current owners having purchased the hotel in 1968. In 1975 it was approved and listed in the National Register of Historical Places." - www.paradisedirect.com.

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