In the past, I have written snippets about the Standish Creamery, so now a complete version. In 1898, Standish was founded as a utopian community based on the belief of Myles Standish. In beginning all worked well. By 1901, the Associated Colonies of New York, backers of Standish filed for bankruptcy. With that entity removed it allowed the community to grow without the former’s restrictions.
In 1901, Buntingville merchant Mike Phillips relocated from the west side of the Honey Lake Valley to Standish. One of his many enterprises at Standish was the establishment of a creamery. In 1904, Phillips for unknown reasons sold his various businesses there and moved to Reno. Susanville businessman, Charlie Emerson bought the creamery
In 1916, Emerson boasted that his creamery had the only pasteurized milk in Lassen County. It should be duly noted that California State Law required all milk to be pasteurized.
In 1929, the creamery was destroyed by fire and not rebuilt.
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The Monticola Club refers to it as the Triangle and are somewhat the unofficial overseer of it. In 1958, The Garden Section of the Club began planting flowers there. In 2023, the Monticola Club planted daffodils. In 1987, the Monticola Club through the hard work of Patty Davies put together a history of the various activities of that organization. The following is an excerpt from that booklet: “The Triangle. The 50 foot steel flagpole erected in the ‘triangle’ at the west end of town was purchased by the club in 1967. The club also ordered a flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol. Since then, the club has paid the Lions Club $10 annually to raise the flag on major holidays. Several members donated six junipers for the area and planted lawn and petunias. Almost every year since, the club has been responsible for the beautification of that area.”