Remember When

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.

90 years ago

A public meeting was called to organize a local military company. Headed by Frank Cady, the movement would have placed Susanville in line with hundreds of other communities that were engulfed in a nationwide patriotic wave.

These communities wanted to prepare citizens in case the federal or state government called them to duty.

90 years ago

According to the local newspaper, the county could expect a rash of settlers to flock to Northern California. An article stated more people were looking to escape from the nation’s big cities on the East Coast and along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

A group of Susanville businessmen paid for an advertisement to run in several metropolitan papers, encouraging people to discover both the beauty and the friendly people of Honey Lake Valley.

90 years ago

Gabe Dortson, of Susanville, caught a 13-pound largemouth bass from the waters of Honey Lake.

According to the local newspaper, Dortson was widely regarded as the most knowledgeable fisherman in the county.

In fact, the paper reported aspiring fishermen would pay him money to spend a day learning the secrets of luring in prize catches.