Longtime Mount Shasta resident Karrie Ann Snure said she began the “Mount Shasta, memories of our lives here” Facebook group because she thoroughly enjoyed being raised in this small town.
Since creating the group about a year ago, she’s discovered that she’s not the only one. Currently, the group boasts over 700 fans, with many making regular posts of their memories, photos, videos and other memorabilia of time spent in Mount Shasta.
“I just wanted an outlet for my appreciation for Mount Shasta,” said Snure, who has lived here since 1985 and has enjoyed every moment of it. “I know that not everyone feels the same, but I’m finding that many who didn’t appreciate it when they were young may feel differently now.”
Fans of the page include current residents, people who vacationed here, and those who lived here and have landed in countless cities across the country and the world.
“Part of me feels that this site will help kids who are growing up here now see life on the other side. It’s really all about perspective,” Snure said.
“As you read through everyone’s memories, nostalgia will pass over you like an emotional tsunami... For those of you still here, across the nation or even overseas, all of us have played a part in making this little place what it is. Many more will come and go, and so life will go on,” Snure writes in the page’s description.
One of the things Snure’s most excited about are recent postings of old television shows filmed in the 1970’s and 1980s, including “Real People,” which talks about alien sightings and the search for lemurians. Another, called “In Search Of,” is a dramatization of what would happen if Mt. Shasta ever erupted.
Both videos show vintage shots of downtown Mount Shasta in the 1980’s. They also include interviews with several familiar faces, including former Mount Shasta Police Chief Bob Montz, MSPD officer Jim Carden, and former Mount Shasta Herald owner Ore Apperson.
An episode of “Rescue 911” which deals with a rescue in Box Canyon in the early 1990’s has also recently been linked to the page.
Two of the places which stick out in Snure’s memory are Windsor’s Drug Store and Jungle Jim’s pet store. Both businesses were located on Main Street, Snure said, and she used to visit them as a kid. These are the types of memories she likes to relive when reading postings, she said.
Snure is now a photographer. She and her husband, Zach, who also grew up in Mount Shasta, have two children.
Though Snure said she enjoys many other places, she’d never want to live anyplace other than Mount Shasta.
“I love the small town feel,” she said. “I value being around my family... there are just too many things I love that are here.”
Snure said the page is open to anyone who cares to share memories and reminisce. To find it, use your regular search engine and type in the page name: “Mount Shasta, memories of our lives here.”
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Longtime Mount Shasta resident Karrie Ann Snure said she began the “Mount Shasta, memories of our lives here” Facebook group because she thoroughly enjoyed being raised in this small town.
Since creating the group about a year ago, she’s discovered that she’s not the only one. Currently, the group boasts over 700 fans, with many making regular posts of their memories, photos, videos and other memorabilia of time spent in Mount Shasta.
“I just wanted an outlet for my appreciation for Mount Shasta,” said Snure, who has lived here since 1985 and has enjoyed every moment of it. “I know that not everyone feels the same, but I’m finding that many who didn’t appreciate it when they were young may feel differently now.”
Fans of the page include current residents, people who vacationed here, and those who lived here and have landed in countless cities across the country and the world.
“Part of me feels that this site will help kids who are growing up here now see life on the other side. It’s really all about perspective,” Snure said.
“As you read through everyone’s memories, nostalgia will pass over you like an emotional tsunami... For those of you still here, across the nation or even overseas, all of us have played a part in making this little place what it is. Many more will come and go, and so life will go on,” Snure writes in the page’s description.
One of the things Snure’s most excited about are recent postings of old television shows filmed in the 1970’s and 1980s, including “Real People,” which talks about alien sightings and the search for lemurians. Another, called “In Search Of,” is a dramatization of what would happen if Mt. Shasta ever erupted.
Both videos show vintage shots of downtown Mount Shasta in the 1980’s. They also include interviews with several familiar faces, including former Mount Shasta Police Chief Bob Montz, MSPD officer Jim Carden, and former Mount Shasta Herald owner Ore Apperson.
An episode of “Rescue 911” which deals with a rescue in Box Canyon in the early 1990’s has also recently been linked to the page.
Two of the places which stick out in Snure’s memory are Windsor’s Drug Store and Jungle Jim’s pet store. Both businesses were located on Main Street, Snure said, and she used to visit them as a kid. These are the types of memories she likes to relive when reading postings, she said.
Snure is now a photographer. She and her husband, Zach, who also grew up in Mount Shasta, have two children.
Though Snure said she enjoys many other places, she’d never want to live anyplace other than Mount Shasta.
“I love the small town feel,” she said. “I value being around my family... there are just too many things I love that are here.”
Snure said the page is open to anyone who cares to share memories and reminisce. To find it, use your regular search engine and type in the page name: “Mount Shasta, memories of our lives here.”
