In 1864 Heiro K. Cornell and his brother-in-law William S. Hamilton constructed Susanville’s first warehouse. Cornell located on property that now occupies Lassen High School and extended past to McDow Street. In 1873, he sold out and moved to western Modoc County. In 1902, his son, John Cornell returned to Susanville and purchased a piece of his father’s original holdings. During the boom era ten years later Cornell sold to R.F. Pray, General Manager of the Red River Lumber Company. In 1920, Pray subdivided the property and created three streets–Cornell, Foss and Small.