Baird, California
Baird was home to the first federal fish hatchery, pictured here. It operated from 1872-1937, when it closed to make way for Shasta Dam.
About this community
- Dam
- Shasta Dam
- River
- Sacramento River
- Region
- California
- Basin
- Sacramento
- Project
- Shasta
- Established
- 1872
- Inundated
- 1945
- Population
- 1,200
The community that was displaced
- Displacement cost
- $24,804,336
- Property value
- $367,469
- Vocations
- farmer, fisherman, rancher
- Birthplaces
- local