- In 1949 the year I was born, in Redding they did not have a clean water service from the city as we see now. A large portion of the inhabitants obtained their water from wells but there was a small private corporation which had constructed a small reservoir which pumped water from the river without any method of purification and when the river was muddy, the people received muddy water in their homes. Most people boiled the water before using. It had been reported that some people found small frogs in the water.
- Nearly all the private homes were lighted by kerosene lamps.
- Little attention had been paid to drainage and nearly everyone had malaria.
- The schools consisted of a small one room frame building.
** Source: "Redding Then and Now, by W.D. Tillotson, Page 39 The Covered Wagon, a Newsletter, Annual Edition, Shasta County
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