Our family began settling and ranching in the Shasta Valley located in the far North of California beginning in the 1840s.

Our great, great, great grandfather, George Deter, built the Deter Mill on Ball Mountain-Little Shasta Road in the late 1800s. The mill included a three story hotel named, 'Forest Vale.' It offered accommodations for both man and beast and even sported an ice skating rink.

Our Shasta Vale ranch pays tribute to our family's settlement. Today, our family continues to ranch and farm in the Shasta Valley.