This being Veteran’s Day it is only fitting  to acknowledge the fallen soldiers of Lassen County from World War I. Initially, a monument was to be placed at Inspiration Point, but that never materialized. In 1922, the highway entrance into Susanville’s west end was constructed, saw the placement of a bronze plaque with the names of Lassen County men who perished in World War I. In 1966, the highway was realigned and the plaque removed. Continue reading A Remembrance →

First of all, I want thank Pam Bell of Edmond, Oklahoma for sharing this photograph. I had posted  similar one, but it lacked clarity, Pam is under the impression that the man featured might be her great uncle Ferdinand Zarbok who had a desert homestead near Stacy.

Calneva was located in the eastern Honey Lake Valley with a close proximity of the California and Nevada border, approximately six miles east of Herlong. In 1910, the Western Pacific Railroad established the Calneva Station. During the 1910s, this area experienced a great deal of homestead activity. Individuals were lured there by a promise of water from the South Lassen Irrigation District, that planned to divert water from the Little Truckee River via Long Valley Creek to irrigate the desert lands of eastern Honey Lake Valley. Those and other proposals never materialized.

In 1921, the Western Pacific Railroad received permission from the California Railroad Commission to abandon the station. They cited in 1920, only 61 passenger tickets were sold and freight revenue was $435.01–the station’s total profit for that year $117.27.

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In 1926 Susanville was a gearing up as the host city of the California American Legion convention which would bring thousands of visitors. This editorial appeared in the Lassen Advocate:

“Susanville has been on the map in the state to a large extent in the last few months through the efforts of the American Legion. Not to take full advantage of the wonderful opportunities that are now presented let the outside world know of our town would be almost criminal and the 4,000 to 5,000 delegates and friends come to Susanville. this August you and each every one of you, should have an individual interest, not pecuniary, to see that the town looks its best and did its best to entertain the Legionnaires from all over the state.  What favorable influence for future good to Lassen County. can be accomplished by that impression that is going to be made the visitor in our midst. Are you doing your share now?

Tim