In the spring of 1892, Amedee was in its glory as a boomtown craze escalated. The regional newspapers proclaimed that Amedee would “kill” Susanville and that county seat would be moved to Amedee. It should be noted that many leading merchants of Susanville had opened stores in Amedee.

By fall, the talk of moving county seat had somewhat subsided. That would change. On July 18, 1893, the worst fire in Susanville’s history occurred. The entire business district had been reduced rubble. Certain segments of the population pondered whether to rebuild, and let Amedee prevail by moving county seat there. Of course it did not happen. While Susanville was slow to rebuild Amedee’s shine would fade. This was especially true in 1899, when the NCO Railroad began construction of extending the line to Madeline Plains, and Amedee was no longer was terminus.

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