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
Category Archives: News
Where Are We?
Tuesday Tidbit—“Spelling Is Important”
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
Susanville’s Farmers Market
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
Johnstonville School, 1895
Sitting: Pearl Cooper, Neva Cahlan, Edna Brockman, Teacher Will Spoon, Kate DeForest, Rose Bantley, Gilberta DeForest, Lena Cahlan, Grace Elledge
Front Row: John Cooper and Charles DeForest
Today is a special day. It happens to be Arthur Cahlan Mathews 101st Birthday, who was born in Susanville on June 5, 1922. This explains today’s photograph of the students and teacher of Johnstonville School, 1895. Art’s mother Lena Cahlan, and his aunt, Neva attended Johnstonville School and are featured in this photograph, notice the matching dresses. They grew up on Cahlan ranch which was located about halfway between Susanville and Johnstonville. Lena, was a member of the first graduating class of Lassen County High School in 1907. Art’s grandmother, Charlotte Cahlan, by the way, was a moving force behind the establishment of the Lassen County Free Library in 1915.
Happy Birthday Art. I will have the traditional ”Susanville pour” in your honor.
Tim
Camp Ronald McDonald’s Pancake Breakfast
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
Sagebrush Relections—40 Years Later
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
Summer in Lassen County, 1970
Normally, at this time of year, I publish my annual Go Exploring post. This time, I deviate and provide a different angle—though the emphasis remains the same. On the front cover of this Lassen County Chamber of Commerce states:
”May is the Annual Cattlemen’s Jr. Rodeo. July 4th is Westwood’s Old Timers—Newcomers Picnic. With August comes full five days of Lassen County Fair typical of the old county fairs with rodeo, log rolling and all the usual western events. Each year an annual Three day Trail Ride of fun packed time of barbecue and campfires under star filled skies.”
Times have changed. The Junior Rodeo is no more. The Lassen County Fair is now in July and has almost no resemblance of the prior August venue. The trail rides was a brief annual event.
Anyhow, there is always something interesting to see or do, so enjoy.
Tim
Tuesday Tidbit – Quiet for awhile
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
Ask Tim
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 May, 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