Fair at Susanville Wednesdays Races November 8, 1879 The first race at the Fair grounds Wednesday was running, mile heats, three in five, free for all three-year-olds in the district, for a purse of $200 – first horse $125, second $75. Three entered Up-and-Up, Sleepy and Duroc....

Lassen Pranks Damage Property November 7, 1945 Much damage to public and private property was caused by Halloween pranksters of teen age Tuesday and Wednesday night. Getting a jump on the season and in spite of the copious downpour, gangs of boys Tuesday night wrecked a parking...

No Halloween Pranks Played in Susanville November 6, 1932 Halloween held no terrors for property owners in Susanville when a gala parade and a free show for youngsters of the town took up the would be mischief makers time and interest until a late hour. The parade...

New Sidewalk and New Hotel Large Amounts of Material is Being Assembled at Susanville November 5, 1913 Susanville will be a division point. This has been settled beyond cavil by the commencement of a seven stall round house like the one at Colfax. Not only will this...

Susanville Officers Arrest Theft Suspects November 2, 1943 Sheriff Olin S. Johnson has arrested Floyd Jackson Hudson, 39, an alleged inmate of Folsom prison as one of the alleged night prowlers who broke into several Susanville homes on Tuesday, October 19, stole a number of valuables...

Lassen Officials to Stand Trial November 1, 1940 Judge A. K. Wylie from Alturas is presiding in Lassen superior court during the absence of Judge Curler. Former Supervisor James Leavitt and his foreman, Charles T. McNeil, are in court, the former charged by the grand jury with...

Wingfield Ranch to be Club Home October 31, 1924 The Susanville Country Club, which is an outgrowth of the Susanville Golf Club, has voted to buy from the Lassen Lumber and Box Company the Wingfield ranch near Susanville, Cal., ninety miles northwest of Reno, on the...

Pumice Deposit to be Mined October 30, 1951 Possibility of developing a pumice deposit on land owned by B. F. Barbee of Susanville was discussed at a meeting of the industrial Chamber of Commerce. The deposit covers about 30 acres in the Lake Leavitt area of Lassen...

Flux Heads Farm Bureau October 29, 1944 Frank Flux of Doyle, Lassen County, was elected president of the Lassen County Farm Bureau for 1945 at the bureau’s annual meeting held in Susanville on Saturday, November 4. Flux is a stockman in the Bird Flat area and...

Foundations Set for New School Co-op October 26, 1949 Foundation for the new student-built JC co-op building will go in this weekend between the cafeteria and the JC building, and will be about 15x20 feet. The JC students wanted a larger room in which to relax, chat,...

  Lassen Workers Receive Awards October 25, 1949 Three bureau of land management members of Susanville have been recently awarded citations by Secretary of the Interior J. C. Krug for meritorious service in their work last winter on “Operation Snowbound.” Logan Morton, ranger manager, Harold Ward, conservationist foreman;...