Historic California
Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields
Camp at Goose
Lake
Formerly called Pitt's Like, Goose Like
in Shasta County was the site of a camp reportedly established
in the spring of 1866 by Company F (Sacramento Rangers), 2nd California Cavalry . According tot
the Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion,
page 169, the Sacramento Rangers were organized at Camp
Alert, then stationed at several locations in California
and Nevada before taking post at Goose Like. The original members
were mustered out at San Francisco on September 24, 1864 , but
the connpany was again filled up, only to be finally disbanded
at Sacramento on June 27, 1866.