Named for German immigrant John Ruf (1843-1904) who came to California in 1866 and to Lassen County in 1874. For several years, he worked at Adam Jakobs sawmill in Willow Creek Valley. In 1883, he married Mrs. Pauline Hulsman, and they had eleven children. In 1885, he purchased the Cyrus Myers place, just south of Susanville where he lived the rest of his life.
What is all that heavy equipment up to in the upper left corner?