Susanville - California Ghost Town

SUSANVILLE

NAME: Susanville
COUNTY: Lassen
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 2
CLIMATE: Mild winter and summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Current Residents, semi-ghost.
REMAINS: Many preserved original buildings.

In 1855 a prospecting party discovered gold in nearby Honey Lake Valley. On the site of Susanville Isaac Roop, who named the town after his daughter, had already established a trading post in 1854 on one of the Sierra emigrant routes. Today Susanville is a busy center of agriculture, stock raising, lumbering and vacationing. Still standing on Weatherlow Street is Isaac Roop's cabin. Another early-day building is the Pioneer Saloon (1852), said to be the oldest continuous business in Northern California . Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

In 1855 a prospecting party discovered gold in nearby Honey Lake Valley. On the site of Susanville Isaac Roop, who named the town after his daughter, had already established a trading post in 1854 on one of the Sierra emigrant routes. Today Susanville is a busy center of agriculture, stock raising, lumbering and vacationing. Still standing on Weatherlow Street is Isaac Roop's cabin. Another early-day building is the Pioneer Saloon (1852), said to be the oldest continuous business in Northern California .

Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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