Red Bluff in Tehama County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Moore's Blacksmith Shop
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 24, 2015
1. Moore's Blacksmith Shop Marker
Inscription.
Moore's Blacksmith Shop. . James E. Moore, the son of Irish immigrants, worked as a blacksmith in the logging camps of the late 1800's. It was there that he met his wife Mirah who was employed as a cook and laundress. In 1910 he founded Moore's Blacksmith Shop which served the early timber industry. The shop was sold to his son Leonard in 1943. Leonard sold the business to his son Richard in 1973. The shop at this time built agricultural equipment for the world market. In 2005 it was passed on to Jim Moore, the great grand-son of James with his children children assisting in the business. The shop celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and has been owned and operated by the Moore family for five generations.
James E. Moore, the son of Irish immigrants, worked as a blacksmith in the logging camps of the late 1800's. It was there that he met his wife Mirah who was employed as a cook and laundress. In 1910 he founded Moore's Blacksmith Shop which served the early timber industry. The shop was sold to his son Leonard in 1943. Leonard sold the business to his son Richard in 1973. The shop at this time built agricultural equipment for the world market. In 2005 it was passed on to Jim Moore, the great grand-son of James with his children children assisting in the business. The shop celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and has been owned and operated by the Moore family for five generations.
Erected 2010 by E Clampus Vitus, Lassen-Loomis Chapter #1914 & Trinitarianus Chapter #62 and Tehama County Historical Society.
Location. 40° 10.453′ N, 122° 14.36′ W. Marker is in Red Bluff, California, in Tehama
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County. It is at the intersection of Oak Street and Jackson Street, on the right when traveling west on Oak Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 742 Oak Street, Red Bluff CA 96080, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Valley, specifically in the Central Valley, in the Shasta Cascade, and on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,051 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 28, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
