A: There are four types of hiatal hernias. Most hiatal hernias are called type I or âsliding hernias,â where the stomach intermittently slides up into the chest through a small opening in the diaphragm. Sliding hernias are very common, and most donât require surgery.: There are four types of hiatal hernias. Most hiatal hernias are called type I or âsliding hernias,â where the stomach intermittently slides up into the chest through a small opening in the diaphragm. Sliding hernias are very common, and most donât require surgery.
Shasta Dam, which was completed in 1945 on the upper Sacramento River northwest of Redding, is the second-largest reservoir run by the Bureau of Reclamation in the country, behind Grand Coulee Dam in Washington.
The railroad signaled the demise of Shasta, which occurred around 1888. Not to be confused with the city of Mount Shasta, located at the base of the mountain of the same name, Shasta is an interesting stop along the way. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth. Six miles west of Redding on Highway 299 a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty Queen City of California s northern mining district, once stood on this site.