Lasco, California
Lasco | |
|---|---|
  Lasco Location in California  Lasco Lasco (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′21″N 120°58′22″W / 40.42250°N 120.97278°WCoordinates: 40°25′21″N 120°58′22″W / 40.42250°N 120.97278°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Lassen County |
| Elevation | 5,574 ft (1,699 m) |
Lasco is a formerly populated logging camp and unincorporated community in Lassen County, California.[1] It is located on a former branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad 8 miles (13 km) north of Westwood,[2] at an elevation of 5574 feet (1699 m).[1]
Lasco was the site of a prominent logging camp constructed in 1922.[3][4][5] It opened in 1923, and was a seasonal home for 250 loggers as well as their families.[3] The camp was reportedly so attractive that cars would pull in thinking it was a summer resort.[6]
Seasonal occupation ended after the 1930 logging season.[3][7] Evidence of the camp could still be found on the ground according to a 1983 U.S. Forest Service report.[8]
The former Lasco rail station now lies along the Bizz Johnson trail, which was created some time after the Fernley and Lassen Railway line was abandoned in 1978.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lasco, California
- ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 392. ISBN 1-884995-14-4. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Purdy, Tim. "Exploring Lassen County's Past". tipurdy. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ Myrick, David F. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California: Volume 3, p. 564 (2016)
- ↑ Lasco Camp (photograph) (c. 1923), CSU Chico Digital Collections
- ↑ California District News Letter, Volume 5 (1924)
- ↑ (18 May 2015). This Day In History (snippet on 1930 logging season opening, and photograph from Camp Lasco circa 1925)
- ↑ Recreation activity management plan for the Susanville - Westwood Trail, California, p. 29 (1983)
- ↑ Juillerat, Lee (23 October 2015). Mountain Biking the Bizz Johnson Trail, Herald and News
External link[edit]
- Camp Lasco photos (c. 1923), UNLV Libraries.
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