In the mid-1920s the U.S. government sought to establish a munitions depot in the west. The two main criteria, that it be a sparsely populated region and have railroad access. In 1927,the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce, along with the Lassen County Board of Supervisors petitioned Congressman Harry Engelbright to consider Secret Valley. It had rail access and only five families lived within thirteen miles of the proposed site. In the end the government selected Hawthorne, Nevada.

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