Actually, I had something ready to go , but due to some unforeseen  circumstances I had to pull it for a later date.

In a conversation on Sunday about the Purdy Brothers logging episode and the one log load. I happen to witness my Dad’s last one log load. It was a huge sugar pine located near Poison Lake, i.e. Swains Hole. For those who knew my father, lets just say this was a very colorful episode. One party that was not pleased was the Sierra Pacific’s mill in Susanville. They no longer had the sawing capacity to handle such a large log and had to dynamite it in to two pieces.

Tim

P.S. – A piece of evidence was found many years later in Dawson Arnold’s basement!

In 1928, Bank of America bailed out the Lassen Industrial Bank. The latter was near financial collapse due to the outstanding loans with  the Honey Lake farmers who were heavily invested in Leon Bly’s failed Eagle Lake enterprise.  However, it was not until the end of 1931, that Bank of America got around to replace the Lassen Industrial Bank signage with their own.

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There is no doubt that 2020 has presented many challenges. For me, it was on October 27, 2019 that was a preview of the year ahead. It was on that date that I experienced my “fall from grace” and broke my leg. Before there was the “shelter in place,” scenario, I had three months practice at it, before I finally I was able to navigate on my own. Onward ho, for better things to come!

Tim

The historic Hulsman Ranch has been in the family since 1862, and suffered major losses from the recent Sheep Fire that devastated Diamond Mountain. While some may not know the property by its name, they know the property in the pretext as it surrounds Peter Lassen’s Monuments. It should be noted that in 1952, the Hulsman family donated the property of Peter Lassen’s final resting place to Native Daughters, who in turn gave it to the Masonic Lodge, and has been for over century a popular picnic spot.

Among the losses the Hulsman Ranch sustained was the original hay barn built in 1878, by founder, John F. Hulsman. You can read more on the Go Fund Me account, which there is a link below.

There are two ways to contribute:

Send a check direct to Hulsman Ranch,, P.O. Box ,850 Susanville, CA 96130

There is s Go Fund Me Account,

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-hulsman-ranch-recover-from-the-sheep-fire?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

Thank you.

Just going through the process to eliminate timipurdy@citlink.net

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While the proposed Lassen Park/Western Pacific Railroad did not pan out, the Western Pacific did not abandon Halls Flat. In 1931, when the Western Pacific constructed its Highline route between Keddie, Plumas County to Bieber, Lassen County, they constructed a depot at Halls Flat. This is rather peculiar since not a single person resided for miles in the vicinity of Halls Flat. Little did any one know at the time, that this would suddenly change in a few years and then for the next fifteen years it would be a hub of activity.

The next installment is that of the Halls Flat CCC camp that operated from 1933 to 1942.

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Since early January, I have been working in due diligence to correct the flaw in this feature, without success. It has caused me a lot of grief. Making changes and upgrades has been created domino side-effects to other features.

Please refrain to use the login feature or change your password, because it does not work. At this time, nothing is blocked, so it is not necessary. Once a solution is done, everyone will be notified. I would appreciate your patience.

To complicate matters because of other outside influences has been the unexpected passing of my mother’s sister, Joyce Tanner Cunha, 1928-2019. Thus, among my other obligations, is to deal with the future of Tanner Ranch.

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