25 students on a tour up the west coast stopped by the Susanville museum on Tuesday and got a real treat! Not only did they learn about Lassen County history, but they got to meet Zellamae Miles, the great-granddaughter of town founder Isaac Roop. Miles serves as both a volunteer docent at the museum and as a board member for the local Historical Society.
The group began their journey in San Jose and were on their way to Mt. Saint Helens on a geology-based trip – traveling in a bus called the Green Tortoise, which has room for 32 people to sleep.
How did the kids end up at the museum? Each of the kids got to research the trip and find an interesting place to stop along the way. Nico, in the dark blue sweatshirt behind Zellamae in the above picture, picked the museum as his choice.
According to Susan Couso, one of the museum docents on duty when the students visited, the kids had never seen snow before, so they had stopped on Donner Summit so the kids could play in it.
“The teacher said that they were all ‘city kids’ and had never been anywhere before,” Couso explained.
“They all had notebooks and took notes and asked tons of questions. They were there over two hours.”
The highlight of the visit for the kids was Zellamae Miles – they were fascinated to meet Susan Roop’s granddaughter!
As part of their visit the history-minded students got to see Roop’s Fort and then went to the park to eat lunch.
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