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Rancho Bosquejo (also called "Lassen's Rancho") was a 22,206-acre (89.86 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Peter Lassen. [1] The name means "Wooded Ranch" in Spanish.
The family drained the willow flats around the property through a network of ditches, creating meadows which they harvested for hay. [6] The 1914–15 eruptions of Lassen Peak brought tourists to the area, greatly increasing business at Drakesbad. When the national park was established, Drakesbad offered a convenient base for Park Service ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Chester (formerly Big Meadows) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. [2] Chester is located on Lake Almanor, 30 miles (48.3 km) north-northwest of Quincy. [3] The town is located along State Route 36. The US Postal Service ZIP code for the community is 96020. The population was 2,144 at the 2010 census ...
Lassen was born on October 31, 1800, in Farum, Denmark, and emigrated to Mexican California around 1840 from the Oregon Territory. Like Sutter, he acquired Mexican citizenship (1844) and applied for a land grant (1843) [ 7 ] of 5 square leagues [ 8 ] on the south bank of Deer Creek in what is now Butte County, California .
County of Lassen Library-Historical Museum 41°07′17″N 121°08′17″W / 41.121383°N 121.138017°W / 41.121383; -121.138017 ( Lassen Emigrant Trail Bieber
In the mid-19th century, particularly during the California Gold Rush, travelers along the Humboldt would graze their cattle on the wild ryegrass in the area near present-day Rye Patch Reservoir, which was known as Lassen Meadows. At Lassen Meadows the Applegate-Lassen Cut-Off of the California Trail, which provided a quicker route to Goose ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lassen County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map. [1]