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130 years ago According to newspaper reports, everyone was enjoying the great outdoors 120 years ago in Susanville. Sleighing was …
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97 years ago Lassen County residents struggled to remove the nearly 10 feet of snow that fell during a three-week …
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97 years ago For the first time, women had the opportunity to serve on a trial jury. Throughout the country, …
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150 years ago There’s gold in them thar hills! On Dec. 31, 1869, a group of prospectors from Yreka discovered …
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96 years ago A man was caught traveling 20 miles per hour through the heart of Susanville in an early …
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120 years ago Merchants in Susanville must have been pleased with the holiday shopping rush as the paper reported “quite …
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120 years ago The more things change, the more they stay the same. One hundred years ago, a Lassen County …
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120 years ago The following product was being advertised: “Ladies, if you desire a transparent, clear and fresh complexion, use …
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120 years ago For a considerable time, E.V. Spencer had been diligently, though quietly, working on a plan for building …
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120 years ago Since the Audubon Society and public sentiment have decreed that stuffed birds were not appropriate ornaments for …
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96 years ago One hundred cases of Spanish influenza were reported in Susanville. Four deaths were the result of the …
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97 years ago The Lassen Grain and Milling Company began flour production with a capacity of 50 barrels of flour …
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122 years ago Susanville residents met at the Rest Room on Main Street to discuss the possibilities of opening a …
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122 years ago George Nellson, of Adin, broke his back when he was thrown into a fence while riding one …
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120 years ago A tall muscular stranger with dark hair, a sandy complexion and a two-inch scar in the middle …
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96 years ago A forest fire burned more than 500 acres near the Pit River, located around Nubieber, and threatened …
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30 years ago Lassen County’s oldest cultural event, The Bear Dance, was held for the first time at its new …
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