Uptown Susanville in 1953 ~From the Eastman Collection at UC Davis~ Marble Tourney for SusanvilleApril 15, 1950 The Veteran’s of Foreign Wars post No. 2381 will sponsor a marble competition for Susanville boys on the playground back of Roosevelt school May 6. Al Pliler is chairman for...

Uptown Susanville in 1953 ~From the Eastman Collection at UC Davis~ Alleged Jewel Thief Wanted by Long Beach Captured in Cemetery at SusanvilleApril 14, 1953 Officers from Long Beach arrived here Saturday to get Virgil C. Lewis, wanted in Long Beach on a jewelry theft charge and...

Susanville Rabbit DriveApril 11, 1894 Yesterday the first rabbit drive took place. About 500 men, ladies, boys and Indians were on hand for the drive. A pair of wings one mile each in length were stretched and the drive began. A strip of ground two miles...

Democrats Lead in Lassen CountyApril 10, 1950 Democrats outnumbered Republicans in Lassen County more than two to one as shown by the recently completed count of registered voters. Total registration was 7,588, with 5,087 Democrats and 2,182 Republicans. The count showed 303 non-partisans, 11 for the...

Speed Boat is Used on Honey LakeApril 9, 1938 Last Sunday a speed boat plowed through the waters of Honey Lake for the first time in twenty years. Howard Thronhill and John Berglund, owners of the boat, with Mrs. Berglund, Kenneth Doyle and Leon Millsap enjoyed...

Bone of Bison Found by CrewApril 8, 1952 What was believed to be the tusk of a mastodon was unearthed recently by a county road crew digging in a gravel pit about two miles west of Standish. However, when scientists at the University of Californian’s...

Susanville Park Plans ApprovedApril 7, 1947 City officials and members of Susanville’s public park committee this week approved the final blueprint plans for what probably will be known as Susanville Memorial Park. Glenn Hall, city planning engineer from Sacramento, presented two plans to the group. One...

Pumice is Found Near SusanvilleApril 4, 1947 Sam Sherman and Dudley Moss, Susanville residents, have recently discovered deposits of pumice on government-owned land near the Rice Canyon Road one and one-fourth miles north of Leavitt station and approximately 10 miles east of Susanville. The two...

Salt Distributed for Lassen HerdsApril 3, 1950 Elmer Doty, Lassen County game warden, has just finished distributing nearly two tons of block salt in 50-lb. blocks to the deer over a wide area between Secret Valley and Red Rock. The project which took two weeks...

30 Enter Amateur Show in LassenApril 2, 1952 30 contestants will participate in the Susanville 20-30 club amateur show Tuesday, according to Frank Maurino, co-chairman of the event. The youngest contestant is a little miss of three, and the oldest is a lady of 82 years. The...

Susanville Studies Auto Racing PlansApril 1, 1952 The possibility of auto racing at the Fair Grounds was discussed at a meeting of the county fair board and representatives of the 20-30 Club, which is interested in sponsoring the races, and a representative from the American...