Remember When

120 years ago
Monday night was a wild one on the boulevard. The saloons were full and most of the denizens were there. The energetic candidate made merry music with silver on the bar and the long suffering and thirsty voters took many a bath. The plots were formed, jobs put up, promises made, issues pooled and heads held close together in secret conclave. All of this gave evidence of the great and mighty questions on which hung the future of the state.

120 years ago
The first meeting of the Lassen Board of Trade was held at the Steward House Hall for the purpose of incorporation and membership roll call, which included more than 40 local businessmen.

120 years ago

Susanville residents were surprised to learn that the watershed of the Susan River is much greater than that of Eagle Lake. The more the course and tributaries of the Susan River are studied, the more it appears as the water supply source for the Honey Lake Valley. The fact that the surplus water forms a lake each year in the lower Honey Lake Valley which is 16 miles long and 12 miles wide, proves the immense amount of water which finds egress from its headwaters at Caribou and Silver lakes.

120 years ago
The Seward House had more than 200 people for dinner for each day during the fair.

70 years ago
A Pittville man drew a serial number one in the shuffle of selective service training cards filed with the country draft board. From the 2,277 registrants officially recorded in the county, a Susanville man drew the second serial number.