The Southern's Stage Station site is on 9010 Mears Ridge Road, south of Castella, California in Shasta County.

Travelers on the stagecoach or riding through could stop for rest and food for the 50 years this station operated till 1909.

[2] Simeon Fisher Southern, nickname was Sims, was born in Stephensburg, Kentucky, on a farm, on September 6, 1822.

In 1858 the Simeon and Sarah Southern moved to Dog Creek in the Sacramento River Canyon and ended his Empire hotel lease.

The Station did well and Simeon and Sarah Southern built it into a large two-story wooden building.

[5] In 1902, Southern's hotel and Stage Station was sold to timber company, Knight & Shelbey, by Sarah.

, Sims Lumber Company in 1913 sold to George Ralph & Sons, who built a logging railroad.

[2][7][8][9] A historical marker is at the site of the former Southern's Stage Station at 19010 Mears Ridge Road, Castella, California.