From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Susanville’s Railroad Era Part Two
By Susan Couso
Through ‘fits and starts’ and plenty of stops, 1912 offered an abundance of hope that a railroad was coming to Susanville.
By June, thousands of workers were toiling to get the Fernley and Lassen rail line through town on its way to...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Susanville’s Railroad Era Part One
By Susan Couso
By 1890, the railroads were the height of progress and economic stability. Everyone wanted a railroad in their area.
The Gilded Age, with its rapid industrial growth, had created huge financial success for those savvy enough to invest in any aspect of...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Susanville Post Office Safe
by Susan Couso
The Lassen County Historical Society is always thrilled to have a piece of our history returned to its ‘roots’. This safe was manufactured around 1909 and was customized for Postmaster Frank Henry Bangham. Bangham was Susanville’s Postmaster from 1901 until 1913.
In 1901,...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Lassen County Fair
By Susan Couso
In 1878, a group of local men got together and created the Plumas, Lassen and Modoc District Fair Association. The organization was incorporated, money was secured through investments, and the first Lassen County Fair was held around 1890. This was an agricultural...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: George Lincoln Tomb
by Susan Couso
Nurture vs. nature has long been a topic of debate, but no one will ever know what makes some people do the things that they do. Take George Lincoln Tomb.
George was born in Newburgh, New York in 1868, but things did not...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Lake Greeno
by Susan Couso
Honey Lake City was a beautiful place. The city was expertly planned and laid out to accommodate the future growth of the area. It boasted churches, theaters, a university and an opera house.
It even had electric cars, which traversed the broad...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Richard Thompson
by Susan Couso
Of course, domestic abuse is not new, but it still is painful to think of what some people have endured. Take the case of Margaret Thompson, wife of Richard. Richard Thompson came to Honey Lake Valley in 1857 and bought a place...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Chinaman Joe Folsom
by Susan Couso
We can only imagine what would cause a man to give up his home and emigrate to a new, unknown place, but so very many men have taken this course. Chin Sin Yu, who was born in China in 1871, was one of those...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: Helen Sybil Carkin
by Susan Couso
Curiosity may have caused a decline in the world’s feline population, but it has driven the human race to wonder and create and to excel and fail, all to make new achievements in every aspect of our lives.
Those who are blessed...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Prohibition Era
by Susan Couso
The Eighteenth Amendment was put into effect in 1920, in an attempt to quash the detrimental effects of the consumption of alcoholic beverages on society. The Volstead Act cleared up just how Prohibition would be defined and enforced. These two actions set...
From the Files of the Lassen Historical Society: The Sagebrush Rebellion
by Susan Couso
Our area’s Sagebrush War was a rather peculiar battle fueled by bravado, egos and hopes of independence from any ‘outside’ governmental control.
Honey Lake Valley was inhabited by those seeking liberty from ‘foreigners’, and the formation of the Nataqua Territory had proven...
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