In 1890, when NCO railroad’s terminus to be known as Amedee, no one knew, that initially it would become boom town. With the influx families, in the spring of 1892, residents of Amedee petitioned the Lassen County Board of Supervisors to establish a school. The Board denied it. Not to be defeated, the residents opened a private school in September with an enrollment of eighteen students. The residents again petitioned the Board to approve a new district. The Board granted it on January 27,1893, and appointed L.W. Brubeck, E.C. Brown and C.D. Hemmenger as trustees. Continue reading The Original Amedee School →

Since the 1850s, the region has always been referred to as a junction to Beckwourth Pass and the Sierra Valley. It has been told that emigrants in the 1850s, when they arrived at this spot, shouted “Hallelujah” whey they saw Beckwourth Pass—at 5228’ its the lowest pass over the Sierra. In 1932, Orville Stoy took up an 80-acre homestead there. Stoy built a gas station and it became a popular stop, known as Hallelujah Junction. In time, a bar, restaurant and motel were constructed. There was even the “Hallelujah International Airport” that consisted of a couple of airplane hangers and a runway that was an abandoned stretch of Highway 70. In 1973, the State of California purchased Hallelujah Junction. It was obliterated for the construction of the four-lane freeway from there to the Nevada State line. In 1991, a gas station and convenience store was built at the junction of Highway 395 and 70.

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If this post is disjointed, because my thoughts are out of control. However, I was served eviction notice yesterday, to leave the premises by Sunday night, April 12. Long story, for another  time.

The old Baxter property on Miller Road, next to the cemetery, sound appealing, it being cozy. The agent, Cheryl Holmes,, unfortunately we have not been able to contact

If you have any short term and or either long term housing please contact as soon as possible.

If you do not hear back me, I have jury duty duty today.

Tim

Things do changes and some times rapidly. When I was out to the Smoke Creek Ranch, in 1979, the ranch house was still there and three years later it was gone.

For those who did know where this place is, it is located just across the Lassen County line and In Washoe County, Nevada.  Actually, the upper portion of where the reservoir is located, a portion is located in Lassen County.

There is no longer public access to the ranch property.

Tim

P.S. – Still in search of a  home.

Back. in its day, it was a notable landmark. It was the second flour mill constructed in the Honey Lake Valley. Work began on the mill in the spring of 1864 near Johnstonville, approximately where the defunct Gables is located. The machinery came from a mill located on Cow Creek, Shasta County, which belonged to John Briceland. The operation was leased to various individuals and it was not until the 1870s that stability of the ownership came to be. In 1875, William Hall and Henry Snyder became partners and remained until it closed.

In 1907, Snyder desired to retire and move to a milder climate. Hall purchased Snyder’s interest, but he too, decided to retire and by 1908, the mill shut down. The mill sat idle for over a decade, and in 1919, as part of the liquidation of Hall’s Estate the mill was sold to M.A. Taylor of Oakland. Taylor attempted to sale it, but there was no interest. He gutted the machinery and took it to the Bay area. Sam Alexander of Standish, salvaged some of the lumber from the building which he used to build a barn at his place.

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