On a quarterly basis, I ask you the reader, if there is something you would like to learn more about or maybe its something you heard, but question its validity. So here is an opportunity to participate. I will do my best to answer any questions. It should be noted, it may take awhile for the answer to appear as a post. The primary reason, many of the daily posts are done nearly a month in advance. So by the time you read this I am already working on posts for the middle of August, or at least I should be. Whatever the case may be, I look forward to hearing from you. Of course, it should be noted that paid subscribers requests receive priority. In addition, you can always send a request at any time.

Tim

As a public service announcement the park highway at Lassen opened on Saturday, July 1. The park gives special thanks to Caltrans for the assistance in snow removal.

Tim

It certainly was a wet winter and I do not recall ever seeing this much water in this reservoir, which was built in 1900..

Tim

Readers of the Modoc County Record may recall a recent article by Jean Bilodeaux. The following ia a brief excerpt and a related story.

”A few days ago, a man from Peru was driving in Cedarville when he noticed the sign in this photo. It did not look right to him. Later he looked in a dictionary and could not find ‘cemetary’ listed. He knew something was off, after all it was pointed to a graveyard. Upon further searching he learned that ‘cemetery’ was from Latin and it meant to put to sleep or a place where the dead were buried.”

A long time ago, when I was learning to be a scribe, I made the same mistake of misspelling cemetery with an “a.” I received a long lecture from my editor about this error, and I never made that mistake again.

Tim

This, the truth be known is a public service announcement. It is that time of year that on Saturdays through the summer a farmers market is held in Susanville on South Gay Street. Usually, you will find me there from 11 to noon.

If I get my act together, it is my intent on the last Saturday of each month is to do a walking tour of the murals on the south side of Main Street, along with the history of the buildings that adorn them. Stay tuned.

Tim

For those headed out to Eagle Lake for Memorial Day Wekend, don’t forget about Camp Ronald McDonald’s  Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast. From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday May 27, and Sunday May 28, the public can enjoy an all you can eat breakfast; including pancakes, sausages and hot and cold beverages! The price is $5 per person. The camp located at the south shore and adjacent to the Gallatin House.

Tim

It was in May 1983, my first book Sagebrush Reflections: The History of Amedee and Honey Lake was released. Being a neophyte author this was an interesting learning adventure. A financial success it was not. Yet, it did not deter me to carry on, though a somewhat saner person would have explored other avenues. By a fluke it still happens to be a print, though probably not much longer. The only reason why it is still in print, is I found two boxes while cleaning out my mother’s house after she passed away a few years ago. To order go to Books

.Tim

Tuesdays, as many are aware, is usually a day I do not post, unless I have a short tidbit to share. It may be some time before I provide some Tuesday Tidbits, while I concentrate on an upgrade to resume scanning photographs, which I have a back log, but I can guarantee there are a lot of interesting old photographs coming your way in the near future!

Tim