It is a small stream that flows through Janesville and is tributary to Baxter Creek. It was named for Ferdinand A. Sloss (1832-1889) who came to the Honey Lake Valley in 1859. In 1860, Sloss opened a combination saloon and bowling alley at that then booming mining community of Richmond. The boom was short-lived he relocated to Janesville along the creek that bears his name. In 1872, Sloss sold his property at Janesville and relocated at Susanville.
Tim
Ferdinand Sloss was one of the early gold miners near Quincy at a high elevation diggings known as Mountain House, about 1853-1859. After leaving there and going to Honey Lake Valley, he did as Tim has noted, then eventually the family moved to the Alturas area in Modoc County.