LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 15, 1926
Legion Men Join in Ceremony at Susanville
April 15, 1926
Joining forces, American Legion men from Susanville and Reno laid the cornerstone of the Lassen Legion Memorial at Susanville yesterday, more than forty members of Darrell Dunkle post of Reno, driving up to the Lassen town.
The...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 12, 1882
The Big Pipe Down
April 12, 1882
Walker & Merritt’s big pipe across Willow Creek, near Susanville, intended to convey the water flowing through the tunnel now being run to tap Eagle Lake, fell down one day last week.
This pipe is forty inches in diameter and...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 11, 1952
1,000 Participate in Lassen Hunt
April 11, 1952
An estimated 1,000 Lassen county children competed Sunday in the annual Susanville Lions club Easter egg hunt at the fairgrounds.
Approximately 2,100 eggs had been hidden in the barns, and 200 prizes were awarded to the finders of prize...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 10, 1900
Loses a Hand
An Employee of P. L. Flanigan Accidentally Shoots Himself.
April 10, 1900
Yesterday morning a man employed on a ranch on P. L. Flanigan, about fourteen miles east of Amedee and known as “Dutch Fred,” accidentally shot himself in the left hand nearly severing...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 9, 1953
Take Suspect in Cemetery
April 9, 1953
Officers from Long Beach arrived here Saturday to take custody of Virgil C. Lewis, wanted in Long Beach on a jewelry theft charge, and apprehended by county, city and FBI officers in the Lassen cemetery at about 10:30 a.m.,...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 8, 1947
City Unification Steps Outlined
Need Ordinance for Annexation
April 8, 1947
According to the City Attorney J. A. Nutting, the next step in unification of Susanville, following the vote in favor last Tuesday by a majority of 2 to 1, is the canvassing of votes at the...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 5, 1947
Susanville Votes for Annexation
April 5th, 1947
By a margin of more than two to one, residents of five Susanville additions voted themselves into the city in a special election here Tuesday.
The move increased Susanville’s population from slightly more than 1500 to an estimated 7500 and...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 4, 1952
Youngsters Get Use of Fields
April 4th, 1952
Three practice fields have been made available for teams of the Susanville Little League it was reported. The practice field committee said that grounds at Lassen Union high school and at Lincoln and McKinley elementary schools may be...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 3, 1966
Lassen Lumber Company Leveled by Blaze
April 3rd, 1966
The Lassen Lumber and Box Co., which was closed in 1962, was leveled Sunday by fire.
More than 50 firemen from the Susan River District, City of Susanville and the California Division of Forestry battled the blaze for...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 2, 1975
Lassen Principal Fires Coach
April 2nd, 1975
If Lassen High School principal Mike King has his way, the Grizzlies will have a new varsity football coach next season.
“I am making a recommendation for a football coaching staff that, in effect, is different from the past,” King...
LMUD Presents: This Day in Susanville History – April 1, 1947
Wingfield Ranch Promoter Arrested As Embezzler
April 1st, 1947
Alleged to have embezzled $32,000 during the promotion of a ranch transaction here. J. E. Hoskins is under arrest at Meeker, Colo., Sheriff Olin S. Johnson announced Thursday.
Bail on the charge was set Thursday by Justice of the...
Susanville
clear sky
33.6
°
F
33.6
°
33.6
°
93 %
0mph
0 %
Mon
44
°
Tue
46
°
Wed
37
°
Thu
42
°
Fri
47
°
The Freshest Susanville Stuff
