Today, a graveside service is being held at the Lassen Cemetery for Clara Beth Haley Green, a great-granddaughter of Andrew Litch. When the family relayed the news of Clara Beth’s passing, they were bewildered by the fact the entry in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, states that the town of Litchfield is named for Thomas Litch. Of course, this is false. While there is a ton of information to be found on the internet, it does not mean that it is accurate. Even commercial sites are not immune from providing paying customers with erroneus material.
In 1912, with the construction of the Fernley & Lassen Railroad was surveyed to go through ranch of B.F. Gibson and its location in that part of the Honey Lake Valley made it an ideal place for a combination townsite and railroad shipping point.
As Standish was less than three miles away, Gibson offered residents of that community free lots for those willing to relocate, which he dubbed his enterprise, New Standish. However, his offer was not well received, so Gibson named is his new town, Litchfield, in honor of pioneer settler and his father-in-law, Andrew Litch. By the way, the Thomas Litch referenced in Wikipedia, was Andrew’s son.