John Hamlin was a frequent visitor to the Lonkey Ranch, known today as Five Dot in Willow Creek Valley. Of course, it should be noted that he was a brother to Georgianna Lonkey. Hamlin was a writer and his stays in the area provided him with lots of material for several novels. In 1925, Beloved Acres was published about the saga of the Hill Ranch in Willow Creek Valley, though he renamed it Clover Valley, after all it is a work of fiction. He published two other works borrowing on the local color namely Desert Dancer and Range Rivals.
Interested in Beloved Acres – how do I find out more about the saga of the Hill Ranch?
The novel is in the Special Collections and Archives of California State University Chico.