Earlier this year I wrote about the proposed town of Cromwell, the current location of Herlong. In the spring of 1912, Fred Cromwell, the promoter approached the Lassen County Board of Supervisors to construct a new road from Milford, with a 1800 foot bridge across Honey Lake to his new town. The Board took the matter under advisement with a wait and see approach to see what would materialize of the development. It was a good call, because by the end of the year the proposed community of Cromwell was abandoned.