This grave was found in the under brush, such as you see on the hill in the photo, it was in the center of the New Highway to the town of Weaverville, so the Stait [sic] Highway Commissioners, ordered the road be built around the grave, which was done, they also put a concrete base, and Iron fence, and a wooden fence around it, at each end of the grave they put a post with red glass, so that autos will keep clear of the head stone of marble, with the following on ingraved [sic] on it. "Chas., son of George & Helena Brownstein. Born April 6th, 1864, died Dec. 14th, 1864, at Shasta City, Calif." It was a Jewish boy, as there are letters in Hebrew on the head stone, no one could be found in that part of the state, now living that knew these people. :13

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This grave was found in the under brush, such as you see on the hill in the photo, it was in the center of the New Highway to the town of Weaverville, so the Stait [sic] Highway Commissioners, ordered the road be built around the grave, which was done, they also put a concrete base, and Iron fence, and a wooden fence around it, at each end of the grave they put a post with red glass, so that autos will keep clear of the head stone of marble, with the following on ingraved [sic] on it. "Chas., son of George & Helena Brownstein. Born April 6th, 1864, died Dec. 14th, 1864, at Shasta City, Calif." It was a Jewish boy, as there are letters in Hebrew on the head stone, no one could be found in that part of the state, now living that knew these people.

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