As there has been so much local chatter going around about the recent destruction of Susanville Memorial Park Grandstand, here is some history about the property before it became a park.

In 1909, Cyril “Cy” Houghton arrived in Lassen County. After the establishment of Westwood, Cy went work for the Red River Lumber Company.  In 1934, Cy, along his wife Eleanor and their family opened a dairy which, is now Susanville’s Memorial Park. In 1938, the dairy received extensive damage from the Piute Creek flood. At one point, he considered abandoning the dairy, but changed his mind. In 1942, Cy’s dairy closed for business. He put the property up for sale, asking price $7,000.

Not one to be idle, Cy later when went to work for Sierra  Army Depot at Herlong and retired from that place in 1957.