Beginning in the 1870s, sheep ranchers, mainly from Butte &Tehama counties would  bring their sheep to higher elevations for summer grazing to this region.  Western Lassen County was ideal for such.

Of course, tenders to these flocks needed some type of housing. Since the accommodations were seasonal, many were log cabins.

The 1920s and1930s were turbulent times for the sheep industry. Wool prices plummeted. Many outfits went bankrupt. The annual tradition of moving sheep from winter to summer ranges would be abandoned. Those summer headquarters suffered the same fate.

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