After the Susan River passes near Standish it breaks up into sloughs, some are natural and others man-made like Hartson Slough. The Whitehead Slough was named for John Wesley Whitehead (1845-1939) who relocated from Pyramid Lake in 1886, and settled along the banks of this slough, which is located between the Dakin and Fleming Wildlife Units. In 1920, he retired to Pacific Grove, California, which was also known as Honey Lake Heaven, since so many people from the Honey Lake Valley retired there in the early 1900s.