Stacy was a small agricultural community in eastern Honey Lake Valley and serviced by the Fernley & Lassen Railroad. The post office was established on July 11, 1912 and named for Stacy Yoakum Spoon, a wife of one of the town’s promoters. Of note, the Yoakum name may not be familiar to many. Stacy’s father in the early 1900s was the manager of the San Francisco Ranch in Willow Creek Valley, known today as Five Dot. Her sister, Eulalee, married Robert Trussell, a well known Johnstonville family back in the day.
Once upon a time, many years ago, when I was with my Dad, we met an elderly gentleman, who my father introduced me to him as the “Mayor of Stacy.” At that time, to be quite honest, I am not even sure if I knew where Stacy was. Anyhow, that man’s name was Allson Newman, a native of nearby Sierra Valley. In 1916, Newman’s parents, Ferdinand and Jennie located to Stacy, where is father operated a store and the post office. After his father’s death in 1942, Allson took over the family business and postal duties, too. As the region continued to de-populate, the Stacy Post Office closed on June 30, 1951. In the course of time, the Mayor of Stacy, would finally retire to make his home on South Spring Street, Susanville.
I lived on Spring Street, one house over from the Trusells. The
A family named French and one named Mortimer lived on either
side of them. They had a big old car seat under a lilac bush and sat out there every day that it was warm.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your articles on both Stacy and Spoonville. Stacy was my grandmother. I recently learned there was a town Stacy named after my her, and I’m thrilled to have discovered it is all true.
I’ve heard rumors for most of my life that there was a Spoonville but I have never seen any information of such. My great-grandfather was William, who owned the creamery.
Thank you for posting this information.
*correction although Stacy Spoon is my grandmother, William is my great grandfather’s brother.