Lassen County Historical Society

Damage Caused by Wind Storm April 21, 1945 The violent windstorm of April 7th and 8th caused damage to homes and crops in Honey Lake Valley. Little damage was d...one in Susanville. Among the homes damaged was the three-room cabin belonging to Mr. and Mrs. O. Gasperoni at Janesville. The entire house, including its cement foundation was lifted into the air, resulting in a broken and shattered foundation, side walls blown apart; windows and doors blown in and partition and floor collapsed.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Marble Tourney for Susanville April 20, 1950 The Veteran’s of Foreign Wars post No. 2381 will sponsor a marble competition for Susanville boys on the playground... back of Roosevelt school May 6. Al Pliler is chairman for the VFW. Local winners will move on to district competition at Herlong on May 13, the winner of which will vie in state finals.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Susanville Rabbit Drive April 16, 1894 Yesterday the first rabbit drive took place. About 500 men, ladies, boys and Indians were on hand for the drive. A pair o...f wings one mile each in length were stretched and the drive began. A strip of ground two miles wide and three in length was drove over and nearly 2,000 of the pests corralled, and meet the fate of all transgressors on Leavitt’s ranch.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Susanville Studies Auto Racing Plans April 14, 1952 The possibility of auto racing at the Fair Grounds was discussed at a meeting of the county fair board and r...epresentatives of the 20-30 Club, which is interested in sponsoring the races, and a representative from the American Racing Association. The matter was taken under advisement until another meeting of the fair board at the end of this month.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Lassen County Short of Hay April 13, 1952 Due to the acute shortage of hay in Lassen County, some ranchers are reportedly contemplating the purchase of hay outs...ide the county, or from other areas of the county. Lassen County agricultural commissioner, Ernest E. Fix, points out that agricultural products coming from outside the county, or from other areas within the county must be held for inspection, so that this office can determine if the hay is contaminated with primary or secondary noxious weeds or seeds.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Susanville Park Plans Approved April 12, 1947 City officials and members of Susanville’s public park committee this week approved the final blueprint plans for ...what probably will be known as Susanville Memorial Park. Glenn Hall, city planning engineer from Sacramento, presented two plans to the group. One of these plans was accepted as fitting the area for the city’s new park after some revisions had been made and agreed upon.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

New Machinery Arrives February 10, 1920 The new machinery ordered by the Lassen Lumber and Box company for its box factory has all been delivered and the work of putting it in place is being done. This is part of the general plan for doubling the capacity of the plant for the coming season’s run. Between 75 and 100 men in the factory have been laid off temporarily while the new machinery is being installed.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Lassen Arranges Housing for County Hospital Patients February 9, 1935 County hospital patients will be housed in the hospital annex and cottages on county property, it was decided at a meeting of the Lassen County Board of Supervisors Wednesday. Pending a report of insurance adjusters called to Susanville after fire had destroyed the hospital, the county will care for its own instead of leasing a dormitory from the Fruit Growers Supply Company.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Pumice is Found Near Susanville April 9, 1947 Sam Sherman and Dudley Moss, Susanville residents, have recently discovered deposits of pumice on government-owned... land near the Rice Canyon Road one and one-fourth miles north of Leavitt station and approximately 10 miles east of Susanville. The two men have filed claim on the land. The property is reported to have three layers of pumice.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Susanville Plans Private Natatorium February 8, 1931 Plans have been completed whereby Susanville will soon have a natatorium, costing in the neighborhood of $35,000. S. O. Hansen of Susanville and R. E. Dickinson of Reno, Nevada, have incorporated under the name of Susanville Natatorium and Dickinson will at once dispose of the necessary stock. Hansen has been drilling for some time on his property to find good, pure, warm water, and has at last met with success. The water is 145 degrees temperature.

Salt Distributed for Lassen Herds April 8, 1950 Elmer Doty, Lassen County game warden, has just finished distributing nearly two tons of block salt in 50-lb. bl...ocks to the deer over a wide area between Secret Valley and Red Rock. The project which took two weeks to complete, was done in a jeep which took him to places normally could not be reached in a car.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Six Hours of Freedom After Escaping Lassen Jail February 5, 1928 Joe Walley, in jail here charged with burglary, and also know by many aliases, enjoyed a brief freedom when he climbed out of a window in the basement of the county jail and enjoyed about six hours of freedom. Walley asked permission to take a bath and, going downstairs, he espied an open window through which some wood was being delivered to the jail.

by Susan Couso Asa Merrill Fairfield is undoubtedly Lassen County's most important historian. He lived and wrote at a time when many of the early pioneers were ...still alive to tell their stories. These tales of early settlers in Honey lake Valley and their escapades were compiled into Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California, which was first published in 1916.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/from-the-files-of-the-lass/

Susanville Fredonia Highway Section Will Be Relocated February 4, 1931 For the past several weeks a corps of engineers have been stationed here and have been resurveying and relocating much of the highway between Susanville and the foot of the western slope of the Fredonia Summit. The road between Susanville and Westwood does not conform to present day standards of highway construction and the survey has been ordered that the conditions may be corrected.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

30 Enter Amateur Show in Lassen April 7, 1952 30 contestants will participate in the Susanville 20-30 club amateur show Tuesday, according to Frank Maurino, co-...chairman of the event. The youngest contestant is a little miss of three, and the oldest is a lady of 82 years. The club will have nothing to do with the judging, Mr. Maurino emphasized. A panel of five judges for the afternoon show and seven for the evening performance will be selected from the respective audiences.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Bone of Bison Found by Crew April 6, 1952 What was believed to be the tusk of a mastodon was unearthed recently by a county road crew digging in a gravel pit ab...out two miles west of Standish. However, when scientists at the University of Californian’s department of paleontology examined the relic they found it to be the horn core of an extinct bison, tremendously more important as scientifically than a mastodon tusk would have been.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Speed Boat is Used on Honey Lake April 5, 1938 Last Sunday a speed boat plowed through the waters of Honey Lake for the first time in twenty years. Howard Thron...hill and John Berglund, owners of the boat, with Mrs. Berglund, Kenneth Doyle and Leon Millsap enjoyed a day of motorboat riding, traveling through all three different sections of the lake, which are connected by passageways.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/

Susanville Votes for Annexation Big Territory Added to City April 2, 1947 By a margin of more than two to one, residents of five Susanville additions voted them...selves into the city in a special election here Tuesday. The move increased Susanville's population from slightly more than 1,500 to an estimated 7,500 and swelled the city's area by more than 200 percent.... https://www.susanvillestuff.com/lmud-presents-this-day-in-/