School Recalls its Anniversary September 13, 1930 The twenty-first anniversary of the dedication of the Lassen County High School at Susanville was observed Tuesday afternoon in the assembly hall at the school. Student Body President Don Cook addressed the meeting. Two telegrams were read, one from...

Public Park to be Built September 12, 1929 At a public meeting of the citizens of Susanville Monday night in regard to the proposed city park, a gift of the land to the city was made by Frank P. Cady, who purchased ten acres from M.O....

Lassen Fights For Main Line September 11, 1926 With the advent of a freight stage line, operating between Susanville and Reno on a regular schedule, it is almost residents of Lassen County will continue their fight to put Susanville on the main line of the Southern...

Gas Prospectors Meet Barrier September 10, 1933 Hundreds rushed to the vicinity of Honey Lake dry bed and located claims when it was reported that natural gas had been discovered there the early part of last week when Zebnoi Johnson was having a well bored for...

Work Started On Big Plant September 7, 1919 The Fruit Growers’ Supply Company has commenced work upon the four buildings which it plans to erect this fall as the first unit of its proposed big plant here. The buildings are a large warehouse, two dormitories and...

Susanville Banker Retires September 6, 1919 After more than forty years of business life in Susanville, Jules Alexander, principal owner of the Lassen Industrial Bank, has sold his stock in that institution and will retire within a shot time. The purchaser is Roy D. Mays, who...

Survey Completed On Susanville Road September 5, 1919 Division Engineer Bradford of the California highway commission has just completed the preliminary survey of the proposed state road from Susanville, Lassen County; to the Nevada state line, which, under a recent agreement, is to be built jointly...

Straw Stack On Fire September 4, 1894 The buildings and hay stacks on the McKissick Ranch have a narrow escape. A man working with Berry & Lamb’s Thrasher, came hurriedly to town with the information that the straw stack and chicken house on the ranch of Jacob...

Lightning Stuns Forest Ranger September 3rd, 1923 Louis Peterson, a forest ranger attached to the Bogard Ranger station between Susanville and Pittville, was stunned by lightning during the electrical storm last Wednesday night, according to the Lassen Mail of Susanville. Peterson was sitting near a stove in...

Michigan Man Buys Advocate August 31, 1945 After two years as editor and publisher of the Lassen Advocate at Susanville, during which time he made the periodical one of the outstanding weekly newspapers on the west coast, Ted Friend, who left Broadway to become a country...

Flames Destroy Susanville Club August 30, 1944 Many residents of Susanville were awakened Monday morning at 2:38 o’clock by the loud blasts of the general fire alarm whistle at the Fruit Growers’ Supply Co. The Fruit Grower Supply Company fire department, headed by T. K. Oliver, resident...