Dog Creek was 25 miles north of Redding, California in the Sacramento River Canyon.

Almost overnight the town had McDowell Store, McDowell saloon, Kimball cafe, Kimball saloon, Stone saloon-hotel, a train engine house, a Train station, railway turntable, Wells Fargo Express Office, Central Hotel (Wiley's hotel), cattle yard, water tower and a corral.

[3][4] In Delta was the one-room school for all the children in the nearby districts, it is one of the few buildings still standing, but has been enlarged over the years.

With the combined tax income they were able to hire Simeon (Sims) Southern has Justice of the peace for the Sugar Loaf Township.

Sims move north to Hazel Creek and opened the historic Southern Hotel & Stage Station in 1859.