Category: History Stories
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
