Remember When

70 years ago   

The Susanville Airport was apportioned $370,802 by the Civil Aeronautics Board for the enlargement of its facility. Of the 183 airports in the state selected for improvement as part of the national defense program, Susanville ranked seventh behind San Francisco, Oakland, Pasadena, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Bakersfield.

45 years ago   

With the beginning of the current school year, the new library at McKinley School has become a full-scale operation. The task of preparing the initial 1,200 books was completed during the summer so the library could function the first day of school.  

In addition to the books owned by the school district, another 1,050 have been borrowed under contract from the Lassen County School Library.

120 years ago  

Professor D. Cooper of Ogden, Utah, has been offered an inducement to come and give an exhibition of his aerial ascending ability during fair week. If he accepts the offer of our fair directors, Susanville residents can expect a grand treat.

120 years ago   

John Alexander, the Susanville Nimrod, took a load of vegetables to Red Rock and brought a load of meat back in the form of a large muletail buck which weighed more than 200 pounds dressed out. A reporter of the day called it the largest buck ever seen in Susanville.