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SILVER STAR LODGE No. 135, I. O. O. F .- This lodge was instituted June 19, 1868, by Charles N. Fox, G. M., with Z. N. Spalding, William Brockman, I. J. Harvey, J. Jansen, Jacob W. Smith, Samuel Peyser, and David Knoch as charter members. The lodge has now a membership of 52.
SUSANVILLE ENCAMPMENT No. 66, I. O. O. F .- D. G. C. P. Applegate organized this encampment July 5, 1881. The charter members were C. M. Fuller, Z. N. Spalding, Morris Asher, B. F. Sheldon, Lewis Powers, E. Etzehouse, and Marcus Nathan. The membership has now increased to 21.
LAUREL LODGE NO. 134, A. O. U. W .- This lodge was instituted in Susanville, October 2, 1878, by Harold G. Oliver, D. G. M. W. The charter members were Wright P. Hall, P. M. W .; William H. Crane, M. W .; Albert G. Cummins, F .; T. H. Ward, O .; Edward A. Weed, Rec'd; Paul M. Norboe, Fin .; J. D. Newington, Rec'v; Thomas B. Sanders, G .; George R. Lybarger, I. W .; Samuel Johnson, O. W .; George Hurley, Med. Ex. The lodge has steadily grown in strength, and in January, 1882, had 47 members. The gentlemen who have held the position of M. W. are W. H. Crane, A. B. Cummins, J. G. Newington, T. B. Sanders, M. P. Chamberlin, and W. T. Masten.
MILFORD.
On the tenth day of May, 1856, Robert J. Scott located, for farming purposes, a section of land about twenty-five miles south-east of Susanville. On a portion of this, one and one-half miles from the west shore of Honey lake, and on the stage road to Reno, lies the town of Milford. Scott built a shanty of logs and brush, inclosed five or six acres of his land with a brush fence, and raised a small crop. He diverted for irrigating purposes the water of Mill creek, a stream that flows from the mountains skirting the lake on the west, and discharges into Honey lake. About a year later Scott sold his claim to Peter Lassen, who proceeded to build a log house, but abandoned it before completion. It was near the site of Fairchild's saw-mill; about 400 yards west of town. In 1859 Frederick Washburn and Thomas Fairchilds bought the property from the administrators of Las- sen's estate, and in 1860 built the water-power saw-mill above alluded to, now owned by the widow of Mr. Fairchilds. In 1861 . Judson Dakin and Joseph C. Wemple built a grist-mill, now in the center of the town, which has been operated by the water of Mill creek ever since. It is a two- story, frame structure, and is now owned by Mr. H. H. Dakin.
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The first residence in Milford was the log house which Lassen had commenced, and which Washburn and Fairchilds completed. In 1862 H. C. Wilkins built a store on the ground .now occupied by H. H. Dakin's residence. In 1864 W. Adams opened a saloon, and in the fall of the same year E. T. Fairchild built adjoining it a two-story, frame hotel. These form a portion of the property of L. P. Whiting, in which H. E. McClelland now resides. The school-house was erected in 1865, and Miss F. Montgomery, now Mrs. E. V. Spencer, first presided at its desk. Washburn Brothers built the present blacksmith shop in 1864, and in 1870 completed the hotel now managed by S. A. Doyle. The name Milford was bestowed upon the settlement in 1862, at the suggestion of J. C. Wemple, on account of the mills which composed the business and industry of the place. The town now contains a saw-mill, grist-mill, hotel, store, blacksmith shop, butcher shop, post-office, school-house, and some fifteen dwelling-houses.
JOHNSTONVILLE.
There is a little place four miles south-east of Susanville, at the point where the Reno road crosses Susan river, which is now known as Johnstonville, having been so named some years ago by Robert Johnston, an early pioneer of this valley, and who has for over twenty years resided on his farm at that place. It was for a long time called Toadtown. Tradition hath it that in the early settlement of the valley, whenever a heavy rain-storm was experienced, the ground was literally cov- ered with diminutive toads. It is prettily situated on the banks of the river, and surrounded by thrifty farms. The place comprises about a dozen houses, which include a school-house, blacksmith shop, and the Lassen Mills, now owned by Hall & Snyder. The first mill at this place was built by Johnson Cunningham and Dr. Briceland, and commenced operations in January, 1864.
LASSEN FLUME AND LAND COMPANY.
In the early part of 1874, C. A. Merrill came to Lassen county, and built a saw-mill seven miles west of Susanville. During the summer he conceived the idea of bringing the water of Eagle lake, through the intervening range of hills, to the tract of 150,000 acres of dry sage-brush land lying to the east, north, and west of Honey lake. By this means this land, otherwise valueless, could be fertilized and rendered highly productive. Eagle lake is a body of water covering 116 square miles, and surrounded by thousands of acres of pine forest. It lies 5,100 feet above the level of the sea, and 1,100 feet above the tract of land to be fertilized. Mr. Merrill's plan was to convey the water of Eagle lake through the mountain by means of a tunnel 6,000 feet long, and 10x12 feet in dimensions, to the head of Willow creek, thence down that stream eighteen miles, from which point ditches and flumes were to distribute it over the tract of desert land. To derive the proper benefit from this scheme, it required that the land be procured at a price much cheaper than the valuation placed upon public lands. Mr. Merrill associated with him Alvise Hayward, and went to Washington in the winter of 1874-5 and procured the passage of the Desert Land Act to apply to the county of Lassen only, but which was afterwards made general in its operations. Merrill and Hayward then located a large tract of land under the provisions of this Act, and in the spring of 1875 commenced work on the tunnel, which is now 600 feet long. Flume, ditch, and pipes have
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also been partially constructed. In 1875 Mr. Hayward and Mr. Merrill severed their business con- nection, and Mr. Merrill retained the desert land location and irrigation privilege. In 1881 Mr. Merrill sold a half-interest for $60,000 to P. N. Marker, and the work is now being pushed to an early com- pletion.
In the spring of 1882 these gentlemen laid out a town covering 640 acres, where the water is taken from the creek by the ditches and flumes. 3000 shade-trees have been planted, and will soon be an ornament to the streets of the new town, through which it is expected that the Reno and Oregon railroad will pass. A hotel and store will be erected this season, and it is expected that a thriving village will quickly spring up, to be, perhaps, in a few years, the metropolis of the county. Mr. Merrill has bestowed the name of Belfast upon it, in honor of his native city in the state of Maine.
HAYDEN HILL.
Fifty-five miles north-westerly from Susanville lies the mining camp of Hayden Hill, the seat . of the only mining of importance carried on in the county. The hill rises to a height of 1,000 feet above the surrounding table-land, which is itself some 5,000 feet above the sea-level. There are now eight quartz-mines being worked on the hill, yielding $100,000 per annum, with the promise that a much greater yield will reward a more complete development. The hill received its name from a Mr. Hayden, who, with S. Lewis, discovered gold-bearing quartz on the hill in 1869. Lewis was the original discoverer of the Brush Hill mine, from which the Hoes and Harbert brothers and Jerry Rose have taken $100,000.
In the summer of 1870 Rev. Harvey Haskins, Rev. Mr. Mckenzie, Miles, MeDowell, Preston, and two others, while searching for " the lost cabin," camped one noon at a spring on the side of this hill. To secure a more abundant supply of water, Haskins began enlarging the spring, and soon found gold on his shovel. In their gratitude they called the location they then made Providence, or Mt. Hope. After realizing some $40,000 from washing the decomposed quartz, they were drawn into a mill enterprise with a San Francisco company, whose superintendent knew nothing of practical mining. After crushing 100 tons of wall rock, in which there was no pay except the vein matter on the surface, they removed their mill and condemned the hill. The eight paying mines there now show how valuable was their judgment.
The little mining camp now called Hayden Hill has existed since the spring of 1871. It was known for a number of years as Providence City, but in the winter of 1878 a post-office was estab- lished there, with the name of Hayden Hill. The town contains two hotels, a store, blacksmith shop, saloon, and a population of about 200, chiefly engaged in mining. It has tri-weekly stage and mail connection with Susanville.
BIEBER.
That fine expanse of agricultural land lying in the extreme north-western section of the county, and known as Big valley, contains a thriving little town named Bieber. It is situated on Pit river, toward the west side of the valley, at a locality that was until 1877 known as Chalk Ford. At that time a store was opened there by N. Bieber, and the town has since borne that
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gentleman's name. In 1879 Mr. Bieber secured the location of a post-office at that point. There 'are now two stores, two hotels, a restaurant, a barber-shop, two saloons, a livery stable, a post-office, a weekly newspaper, and a lodge of Odd Fellows and one of Good Templars. The population of the town proper is about 200, and of the agricultural section in which it is situated, about 500. A tri-weekly stage and mail connects this place with Susanville, and a daily stage and mail route passes from Redding through the town, and thence to Aden, Alturas, and Lake View. The Mountain Tribune, a seven-column, four-page, weekly paper was first issued in Bieber May 6, 1881, by Thomas P. Ford, who still conducts it. The paper is independent in politics, and is devoted to the interests of its section of the county.
HANGING OF CHARLES BARNHART.
A case of summary justice occurred June 25, 1865, at Mud flat, beyond Granite creek, in a party headed by Captain Pierce, of the firm of Pierce & Francis, proprietors of the Idaho stage line. This party had started out with a number of wagons and pack animals to work upon the road. On the morning in question Captain Pierce sent William Rogan to Charles Barnhart for a rope to be used in packing. Barnhart refused to give him the desired article, and when he laid his hand upon the rope to take it, drew his revolver and killed Rogan on the spot. There were present thirty citizens and ten soldiers, and they at once formed a court, tried the murderer, and sentenced him to death. During the hour of life granted him, Barnhart behaved in a most reckless manner, exhibiting that bravado that men of his class are pleased to call courage. A gallows was improvised from wagon tongues, the prisoner was placed in position with a rope around his neck, and was then asked to prefer a dying request. He said he wanted them all to get in front of him, so that he could take a good look at them before he left. His request was complied with, and he left immediately afterwards.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
A. T. ARNOLD .- This gentleman is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, where he was born June 12, 1833. In 1854 he came to California, via Panama. He remained a year at Martinez, then went to Marysville, and thence to La Porte, where he engaged in mining, packing, teaming, and butchering, until the fall of 1858, when he came to Susanville to live. He was engaged in teaming, and in the boot and shoe business, until 1870, since when he has been engaged in farming and fruit culture. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics, he is a republican. December 27, 1864, he married Miss Susan E. Roop, daughter of Hon. I. N. Roop, the lady in whose honor the town of Susanville was named. They have been blessed with seven children, five of whom are still spared to them : Susie M., born June 21, 1866; I. N. R., August 22, 1868; A. T., October 12, 1873; Thomas C., December 25, 1874; Dora M., May 13, 1876; Victor, May 24, 1879 ; Mark E., October 17, 1881. They were all born in Susanville. A. T. died March 1, 1874, and Thomas C., April 17, 1875.
E. G. BANGHAM .- He was born in Niagara county, New York, Jannary 16, 1834. "Three years later the family moved to Calhoun county, Michigan, and settled on a farm. In the spring of 1851
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he helped to drive the first band of sheep overland to this'state. They belonged to J. P. Long, and of 1,600, but 800 reached their destination. He stayed in Sonoma county until June, 1852, and then returned east by water. After farming in Michigan until 1859, he crossed the plains again, and settled in Honey Lake valley. He purchased an interest in the Hatch, Dow, & Johnson ranch, and sold it in 1868, when he returned to Michigan. He again came to this county in 1869, and purchased 160 acres of William Dow, five miles east of Susanville, where he still resides. Mr. Bangham is a member of the Susanville' commandery. In politics he is a republican. He has served one term as supervisor, and two as coroner. September 10, 1861, he married Miss Louise Borrette, born in Philadelphia October 10, 1846. Their family consists of five children : Nettie A., born January 4, 1863; Frank H., July 21, 1867; Addie O., October 4, 1872; Sandusky, July 17, 1875; Ross, September 11, 1879; all in Honey lake valley.
THOMAS MARION BARHAM .- February 8, 1840, Mr. Barham was born in Green county, Missouri. When Thomas was nine years of age his father died. In 1857 the mother removed to California with the family. Thomas lived the first winter in Yuba county, and there bought and worked a farm for six years. In 1864 he moved to this county, settling on the place now owned by P. J. Spoon. Two years later he bought a portion of the Hoffman ranch, and stopped there two years. He then sold out, and bought his present farm of 160 acres, about six miles east of Janes- ville, to which he has added 80 acres more. He is a member of Honey Lake Lodge No. 223, I. O. O. F. Politically, Mr. Barham is a democrat. May 9, 1878, he married Miss C. O. Lay, born in Green county, Missouri, in August, 1850. Of their children, William D. was born March 8, 1879, in Lassen county, California; and Franklin, March 8, 1881, in Green county, Missouri.
JOHN BAXTER .- A native of Dundee, Scotland, Mr. Baxter was born December 25, 1812. At the age of eighteen he went to sea, which he followed seven years. He navigated the Mississippi two years, and farmed for a time in Texas. He served all through the Mexican war. In April, 1849, he started from San Antonio, Texas, for California, arriving on the Tuolumne in September. He mined on that stream until 1852, and then on the north fork of Feather river, in Plumas county. In the summer of 1852 he went out trading with the emigrants, with Jim Beckwourth, and then ranched in Yuba county till 1857. He then came to Honey Lake valley, and located the ranch on which J. D. Byers now resides. On this he built a log cabin and lived a year, when he traded the property for a mule. Since then he has farmed some, and prospected all over the coast, always making this county his home. He is one of the genuine pioneers of Lassen county.
J. C. BLAKE .- He was born in Virginia, February 14, 1832. In the spring of 1850 he started for California, arriving in Placerville in August. He spent four years in mining, in Trinity, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties. In 1855 he commenced merchandising in Trinity, was burned out the same year, and resumed mining in Shasta county. Three years later he again began merchandising in Shasta county. In 1861 he sold out, and took a stock of goods to Humboldt, Nevada, in 1862, and returned to Shasta. In 1863 he embarked in general teaming, and continued until 1867, when he came to Lassen county and located a farm near the town of Susanville, where he has since resided. In March, 1871, he was appointed justice of the peace, and has since served in that capacity, by election and appointment, his present term expiring in 1883. In politics, he is a democrat. He is a member of Lassen Lodge No. 149, F. & A. M. November 26, 1862, he married Rhoda Armstrong of Shasta county. Their children are William Lce, born April 17, 1864; Addie, March 29, 1872; Maud, September 12, 1876; J. C., Jr., July 29, 1879.
JERRY BOND .- He was born May 27, 1842, in Monroe (now Noble) county, Ohio. He worked on his father's farm and attended school until he was seventeen years of age, and then went to
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Brown county, Indiana, and farmed until 1861. He then returned to his old home, and during 1862 was with a government supply train in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the spring of 1863 he went to Boise City, Idaho, and engaged in mining and teaming until the fall of 1866, having spent the winter of 1864 at the Dalles, and of 1865 at Salem. He then came to Susanville and lived until the fall of 1869, when he located 160 acres of land four miles east of Janesville, where he has since resided. Mr. Bond is a member of Janesville Lodge, F. & A. M., and Honey Lake . Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is a democrat in politics. October 24, 1869, he married Miss Mary I.
Painter, born in Andrew county, Missouri, August 14, 1852. They have five children : Samuel H., born September 21, 1870; James W., May 1, 1872 ; Charles S., August 28, 1874; Amy J., February 8, 1878; Wirt D., June 20, 1881.
JAMES BRANHAM .- He was born in Callaway county, Missouri, April 2, 1835. In 1846 his parents emigrated to California, reaching San Jose in December. James remained there until 1863, when he went to Sonora, Mexico, and engaged in mining six years. From 1869 to 1873 he was merchandising and farming. He then came to Susanville, and has lived here ever since. He mined one year, and then followed surveying until 1879, when he was elected district attorney for three years, on the democratic ticket. In 1875 he was elected county surveyor, and 1877 a justice of the peace. In 1881 he opened a jewelry store in Susanville. He is a member of Lassen Com- mandery No. 13, K. T.
LEVI NEWTON BREED .- Mr. Breed was born in Manlius, Onondaga county, New York, December 6, 1832. When he was four years old the family removed to Hannibal, in the same state, where he worked on his father's farm, and attended school until the spring of 1850. He then went to Schuyler county, Illinois, and farmed and went to school two years. In 1853 he came across the plains, and reached Plumas county with four bits in his pocket. He went to San Francisco, where his brother, who was in the drug business, purchased for him a newspaper route of the Times and Transcript, for $700. Within two months the paper suspended, and the investment was lost. He then mined for a year in Plumas county, then sold goods a year, and in the spring of 1856 opened a trading-post in Honey Lake valley. He continued merchandising until 1859, when he went over- land to Frazer river. In the fall of 1860 he returned to Honey Lake valley, and settled on the Epley ranch. A year later he removed to Indian valley, and kept a livery stable for a year. He then came again to this valley, and bought a merchandising business in Janesville, where he has since been in business. He also owns 500 acres of farm land and 500 acres of timber near the town. Mr. Breed was one of the commissioners to organize Lassen county. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Janesville. In politics, he is a republican. September 21, 1861, he was mar- ried to Miss Samantha Blood, born in New York, August 10, 1843. She died August 19, 1867, leaving one son, Frederick Arthur, born July 7, 1862. He was again married May 28, 1870, to Miss Annie J. Blunt, born in Summerset county, Maine, September 20, 1852. They have one daughter, Lillian, born June 24, 1871.
JAMES D. BYERS .- The first sheriff of Lassen county was born near Meadville, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1825. Five years later his father died. His attendance at school amounted to about two years. At the age of thirteen he entered the store of John McFann, Hartstown, Pennsylvania, and remained until 1842, when he accompanied his mother to Licking county, Ohio. He entered the store of John Taylor at Newark, continuing there at intervals for eight years. In the spring of 1848 he was elected constable, at the same time acting as deputy sheriff. In 1858 he started for California with his elder brother, J. H., reaching Sacramento in July. He opened a store in Rough and Ready, Nevada county. In the spring of 1851 he commenced mining on Hopkins creek,
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Plumas county, and soon after became one of the 76 locators of the Washington quartz-claim on Eureka mountain. In 1854 he opened the first butcher-shop in Jamison. In the fall of 1855 he was elected on the know-nothing ticket to the office of sheriff of Plumas county. In 1856 he was re-elected on the republican ticket. In the fall of 1858 he came to Honey Lake valley, and bought from Dr. Slater a possessory claim to a section of land on Baxter creek, which he has ever since considered his home. He then engaged in the stock business. In 1862 he was appointed a special deputy by Sheriff Pierce of Plumas county, and participated in the events of the Sage-Brush War. He took an active part in Sacramento in having a bill passed to create Lassen county, suggesting the name of the old pioneer himself; and in May, 1864, was elected sheriff of the new county. In 1869 he was the republican nominee for assemblyman, but was defeated by John Lambert. In 1873 he was elected to the same office on the same ticket. In 1868 he was elected supervisor, and served three years. He is now engaged in raising stock and hay, and owns, besides his home farm, 3,000 acres in the Tule Confederacy, and 160 acres of timber near Janesville. Mr. Byers is an unmarried man, thoroughly energetic and enterprising, and of the true pioncer character.
M. P. CHAMBERLIN, M. D .- This gentleman was born in Jackson county, Iowa, April 27, 1849. He crossed the plains with his parents in 1852, locating in Oregon. In 1856 the family went from Portland, Oregon, to Plumas county, California, on horseback. In 1859 he became a resident of Honey Lake valley. Dr. Chamberlin graduated in medicine from the Homeopathic College of Mis- souri, at St. Louis, in the spring of 1875. While in St. Louis, he married Miss Lizzie Bresnan, January 15, 1873.
DR. P. CHAMBERLIN .- He was born on the fourteenth of January, 1824, in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Rock Island county, Illinois, in 1833. In 1834 they crossed the Mississippi river into what was then the territory of Wisconsin, and which has since become Scott county, Iowa. Dr. Chamberlin was married in Davenport, Iowa, January 12, 1848, to Miss Mary A. Hill. During the summer he moved to Jackson county, Iowa. He crossed the plains with his wife and son in 1852, locating in Washington county, Oregon. He moved to Plumas county, California, in the spring of 1855, and became a resident of Honey Lake valley in May, 1859, where he has since resided with his family.
R. CHAMBERLIN .- He was born in Vermont, September 4, 1839. He arrived in San Francisco in February, 1856, from across the Isthmus. For five years he mined' in Plumas, Placer, and Sis- kiyou counties, and for the next eighteen engaged in teaming from Sacramento and Washoe to Virginia City, and in the lumber regions about Washoe and Truckee. In 1878 he bought his ranch of 160 acres, fifteen miles south of Milford in Long valley, which is now known as Chamberlin Station. Politically, he is a republican. October 14, 1874, he married Miss Fannie Robinson, born in Manchester, England, March 10, 1857. Their children are George R., born May 29, 1875 ; Josephine, December 13, 1876; Fred H., September 29, 1877; Dora B., June 9, 1881.
HON. WILLIAM H. CRANE .- Senator Crane was born at Mount Morris, Livingston county, New York, June 22, 1838. His father, James Crane, was a farmer, and William worked on the farm and attended the district school until he was fifteen, when he entered the Genesee Wesleyan Institute, and continued about two years. In 1855 he went to Cass county, Michigan, where he engaged in carpentering and teaching until the spring of 1858, when he started west. On reaching the Missouri river he felt a prompting to take a hand in the Mormon war, and headed for Utah, arriving after the difficulty had been adjusted. He then pushed on to California, and arrived in Susanville October 10, 1858. He worked at carpentering until 1866, then went into Bowman & Lockwood's store as accountant, continuing there and in other establishments. In 1871 he went
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into the U. S. land office, just then established, and from that time has transacted most of the business of that office. In June, 1880, he was appointed register. In 1871 he was elected county treasurer, and held the office three terms. In 1877 he was elected to represent Butte, Plumas, and Lassen counties in the senate, on the republican ticket. Mr. Crane is a man in whom his constitu- ents and friends repose the utmost confidence. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, chapter, and commandery, and of the A. O. U. W., at Susanville. August 18, 1868, he married Miss Mar- celin Wedekind, of Chico, born in Iowa, May 9, 1849. Their children are: Paul, born July 29, 1869 ; Myrtle, February 18, 1873; Ollie, April 22, 1875.
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