Friday, February 7, 2025

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Emerson Hotel

by Susan Couso On the morning of June 6th, 1900, a devastating fire began in Stark’s blacksmith shop on the southeast corner of Roop St. and Main St. in Susanville. The fire was discovered around 3:15 a.m., but by that time it had already made...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Labor Trouble at Red River Lumber Part Two

by Susan Couso Click here to read Part One of this story. The C.I.O/I.W.A. claims of signing up 600 new members during the first few days of the strike may have been exaggerated, but it was obvious that they were ‘making headway.” On July 12th, the C.I.O./I.W.A....

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Labor Trouble at Red River Lumber Part One

by Susan Couso It was a company town, run by the company, and owned by the company. The head of the company made all of the decisions. By 1914, everything was thriving. The company mill was in full swing, and the streets had been laid...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: William Weatherlow

by Susan Couso For many years after the town of Susanville was founded, Weatherlow Street was the eastern limit of the small settlement. One would think that the street was named for some famous general or highly ranked politician, but William Weatherlow had little acclaim...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Trail Through Susanville

by Susan Couso Thousands of emigrants passed along the Nobles Trail into what was to become Lassen County. As they turned south onto the route of today’s Highway 395 and crested the rise, which is still called Viewland, they were amazed at the beautiful panorama...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Industrial Workers of the World

by Susan Couso The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or ‘Wobblies’) was formed in 1905 to promote better working conditions for workers who had been left out of protection under other unions. Different from the American Federation of Labor (AFL) which was made up...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Mary Barr

by Susan Couso By the 1920’s American women had been a part of tremendous change - the right to vote, transformations in fashion, new advances in communication and the media and labor-saving devices on the ‘home front’ allowed women to seek new pastimes, thoughts and...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Albert Halen

by Susan Couso Sometimes people spend only a few years in Lassen County before moving on to somewhere with more hope, more promise or more interest. Albert Halen was one of these people. Halen was born in Holland about 1852 and spent some time in the...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Lassen County Place Names

by Susan Couso Lassen County has some interesting place names, and there are also many misconceptions as to where these names came from. Since we are in Lassen County we should probably begin with the name ‘Lassen.’ Most people around here have heard of Peter Lassen,...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Modoc Air Rodeo of 1931

by Susan Couso Our neighbor to the north, Modoc County, has a lot in common with Lassen County. The climate, wildlife and the people are the same, and the sparsely populated county faces the same problems of being isolated from the rest of California. But...

From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Gibson Ranch

by Susan Couso Sometimes when people see a stately home, they think of how lucky the owners are. While ‘luck’ most certainly plays a part in a great number of successes, hard work and determination play a much larger role in most. The beautiful Gibson Ranch...
Susanville
light snow
27.8 ° F
30 °
27.8 °
84 %
1.3mph
0 %
Sat
33 °
Sun
33 °
Mon
33 °
Tue
35 °
Wed
35 °

The Freshest Susanville Stuff

Congratulations to Luke Clark! This Week’s Uptown Cinemas Ticket Winner!

Welcome to our weekly feature where we give you a chance to win a pair of passes to Uptown Cinemas. Congratulations to this week's winner...

Lassen County Educators Gather for 2025 Educator Summit

The Lassen County Office of Education hosted the 2025 Educator Summit on February 1st, at the Lassen County Fairgrounds, bringing together seventy-five educators from...

Rotarians Seeking Talented Young Musicians for Annual Contest

Susanville's Sunrise Rotary Club is looking for talented high-school aged virtuosi to compete for a chance to attend the District Final Contest in May,...

LCC Foundation Announces Deadline for Elliot Dow Scholarship

The Lassen College Foundation has announced that April 11th, 2025 will be the application deadline for the Elliot Dow Memorial Scholarship fund. The scholarship...