It is only fitting that I bring my first book Sagebrush Reflections: The History of Amedee & Honey Lake to the forefront, since there is water in Honey Lake. A lot has happened on the lake, whether it had water or not. Honey Lake is a remnant of Lake Lahontan, as many have witnessed the playa lake goes through periods of high water and/or the other extreme no water. It was at one time popular with boaters, its water was used in irrigation projects, it supported a fishery, among the topics explored. In addition, the first segment contains the only concise work on the infamous Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad boomtown of Amedee located on the east shore of Honey Lake. So for a mere $12.00 you can buy this classicwork.
This month’s scheduled got derailed, so while a portion of it is prepared, it is incomplete. I just returned from the San Francisco Bay Area for a little respite of matters, but also to visit with Wyn Wachhorst. Wyn is the only great-grandchild of Albert and Malvena Gallatin. During my visit with Wyn he shared with me a variety of Eagle Lake photographs that I will be included in future posts. For nearly fifty years the Gallatins were the largest property owners in the Eagle Lake basin. Stay tuned. In addition, I met with Michael Clynne of the U.S.G.S. and revealed some very interesting material, some of which will be included in the forthcoming Inspiration Point Tour.
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When traveling the back country around these parts. Google maps and GPS not the best move. Use some common sense. Though it should be noted that AAA maps indicated Shinn Ranch Road was maintained. May be it was back in the 1870s when the Shinns lived there.
Sooner or later we should start experiencing some nice weather conditions. After a long wet winter many are anxious to get out and about. With that in mind here are some of the tour dates scheduled:
Saturday, May 13 – Inspiration Point Tour. Susanville’s first park, provides a wonderful vista to explore the regions geology, as well as mining, and plenty of other topics in between.
Saturday, June 17 – Mural Tour. This is in uptown Susanville and not only the history behind the mural, but the history of the building that it is on. Should there be plenty of interest, this may be held once a month during the summer inconjunction with the Farmer’s Market.
Another view in the Sunrise Chamber
Wednesday, June 21 – Summer Solstice Sunrise Tour. Visit Belfast and see what happens, it only happens on this one day, every year since ancient times.
Saturday, September 16 – Lassen County Courthouse Centennial. A lot of activities are planned that day, including a Susanville Cemetery tour that will feature a cross section of county officials interred there.
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The grave of Daniel Cramer, September 21, 2016. This was part of the Oktoberfest Cemetery Tour.
Last year at this time I conducted a St. Patrick’s Cemetery Tour, in which we visited the graves of the various Irish immigrants who played a role in the region’s heritage. Last October we did a Oktoberfest Cemetery Tour, similar to the St. Patrick’s, but the focus was on the German immigrants.
While, of late, I have not given much consideration of future cemetery tours. There has been an informal discussion about a cemetery tour this fall to focus on the county officials buried in the Susanville Cemetery as part of the centennial Lassen County Courthouse celebration. Whatever, the case may be I am always open to suggestions.
Susanville Cemetery entrance prior to the February 5, 2015 windstorm
Two years ago, on February 5, 2015, I launched this website, without much fan fare. Partly due to the fact the region was hit with a violent windstorm, and by that afternoon the region was without power. Even when power was restored, it would still take several days to upload the various archive and cemetery records. In addition, it was a big learning curve for me, and still is, a little more about that later.
On March 1, 2015, I began doing the daily postings. It was not until April after I became a bit more proficient with the daily posts, that the subscription feature appeared. I do thank all of you who subscribe for your support.
Register/Member Log In Feature as some of you have experienced, its not quite functioning. There is a glitch somewhere, that I have not figured it out. At the moment nothing is blocked, but I want to change that so certain posts are available for subscribers only. In addition, I have a 1939 film of the Christensen Ranch operations, that I want to put up, but first I need to fix the register problem.
Main entrance to the Susanville Cemetery, February 8, 2015. A casualty of the windstorm three days prior. I have it on good authority that a new entrance will be placed this spring, or at the latest by Memorial Day.
Onward we go, with a final note. In the month of March, there are a few posts from early 2015 that will appear, for many they will be new. I am hoping by the end of the month, to have sorted through everything in my mother’s house (estate sale pending) and when that occurs I can return to a more normal schedule.
