Remember When

90 years ago

A big crowd assembled in Westwood for a flag-raising ceremony to kick off month-long festivities for Memorial Day. Many townspeople participated in a parade, led by the Westwood bank, and listened to the town choir. The wife of Fletcher Walker raised a new 25-foot long flag at the end of the ceremony.

90 years ago

A bill asking for a state appropriation of $60,000 to extend the Susanville-Red Bluff Highway — Highway 395 — to the Nevada state line passed both branches of the California legislature.

The bill was reportedly passed on the merits of providing a road of military importance.

30 years ago

Susanville resumed negotiations with CP National to purchase the city water system. Voters approved buying the system in October 1979, thus approving a $1.7 million bond for the transaction.

Water rates were expected to be sufficient to allow for necessary improvements and expansion of the system.

90 years ago

The local newspaper urged county residents to help clean the streets and storefronts of Susanville.

The announcement said citizens should prepare the town for a large influx of settlers expected to arrive after the city’s most prominent businessmen placed advertisements in East Coast newspapers in order to lure people to northeastern California.