cover photo: Caltrans District 2 Siskiyou County Dunsmuir, Cedar Street 1940’s Siskiyou County, Cedar Street …
By Harriet Alto
When I first arrived in Dunsmuir in the late summer of 1952, it was the largest town in Siskiyou with a population of 5,000.
Dunsmuir Elementary School was “bursting at the seams” with 700 students. The school was located near the business district on the main street of the town which also served…






