My catalogue filing bin is perpetually overflowing. Truth be known, filing and cataloging is not my favorite chore. There are some gems in those boxes, and this recent one has a tremendous wealth of material in a four page document, that would put to shame modern day planning documents, too much verbiage and light on facts. Just for record, I served as Lassen County Planning Commissioner from 2009 to 2020, so I am familiar with the topic.

With that introduction, I examined the July 1958 Standard Industrial Survey Summary Report for Susanville.  To understand fully of the fact filled document it even includes humidity levels of a given starting a 5.a.m, Noon and 5 p.m.  As to the community’s ethnic makeup of those foreign  born were from Italy, France and Canada. During the late 1800s, the foreign born residents were from  Ireland, Prussia and Great Britain.

Tim

P.S. – Another instance  of the details was an exact break ground as to the community’s ethnicity. It showed that Susanville had two Negro residents. Seasoned residents will know who they were, and as a matter of  fact a street is named in their honor.. Subscribers will receive this additional information.