Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. Word of news spread rapidly. and in the Honey Lake Valley, like so many areas, there were numerous concerns. First, at any given time there were usually a dozen of local residents visiting San Francisco and it came as a great sigh of relief when news reached those individuals were not harmed.

On April 20, 1906 a local relief committee was formed to provide aid to all those in the bay area affected by the devastation. At the initial meeting held in Susanville, $600 was immediately raised. A clothing. drive was held and within three days, wagon loads of clothes were hauled to the Hot Springs Station (Wendel) to be shipped on the NCO Railroad. The residents of Amedee raised $75, which many considered substantial, since the community’s saw sharp decline in population and now only had 16 registered voters. Initially, over a $1,000 was raised for the relief effort.

Tim