The Park Fire has crossed Highway 172 in upper Mill Creek and south of Lassen Park. Information about damages or even general particulars are scant.

State Highway 172, is not that well known to many. It is also a very short highway. It is really an old remnant Highway 36. When the highway was realigned over Morgan Summit, the old route became Highway 172.

Those who do take the route, usually are headed to the Mill Creek Resort, that is popular dining spot for locals. The resort originated as the Mill Creek Campsite by the Lassen National Forest. In 1924 the forest service surveyed for a planned 25 summer homesites, a store and resort. E.J. Foster and Leon Cordy of Cottonwood (Shasta County) built a store and several cabins. The forest service would expand the summer homesites to 118.

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