Admission Day

The Lassen County Library bookplate used several local iconic features representing the pioneer era.

On September 9, 1850, California was admitted to the Union as the 31st State.  Older residents will recall it was a state holiday and everything closed. By the late 1970s, was the beginning of a change. In Lassen County, for instance, employees traded the holiday for the day after Thanksgiving.  In 1984, Gov. Deukmejan eliminated the traditional observance, thus giving state employees a “personal holiday.”

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