February 17, 1971 (12 pages)

cum F Department of Parks and recreation report SACRAMENTO — Publication of a new book about Point Lobos State Reserve was announced by William Penn Mott, Jr. at a meeting of the State Park Commission February 11 at Oroville, The 80 page, 8 1/2 x 11 inch book contains more than .70 photos including some by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Philip Hyde. Each of the eleven chapters is written by experts in natural science, history, landscape architecture, and park administration, "This book is designed to help visitors see new aspects of the Reserve's great natural beauty," Mott said, "'and beyond that to help them understand the on-going processes behind that beauty. "Experts believe, for instance, that the beautiful cypress groves at Point Lobos are part of a vanishing forest community. that was once wide-spread in North America," Mott added. "Those who are aware of this evolutionary process are able to see more than pretty, green trees, They are witness to the dynamic spectacle of an embattled cypress species clinging to life at the edge of the continent. And this is only one of the many stories that lie behind the scenery at Point Lobos," . Publication of the book was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. through the Savethe-Redwoods. League. It is one of a series of similarly selfsupporting publications being produced by the Park Depart: ment for units of the State Park System where in-depth interpretation is of particular importance. The book will be sold for $1.90 (plus 10 cents California. sales tax) at Point Lobos State Reserve and other units of the State Park System. Mail orders may be made by sending a check or money order for $2.00 to the Department of Parks and Recreation, P, O, Box 2200, Sacramento, California 95811. ‘ * SACRAMENTO — We have parks for swimmers and surfers, riders, and hikers, picnickers and campers, and even for underwater swimmers, Now, says State Parks and Recreation Director William Penn Mott Jr., we have one for pilots. Any light aircraft pilot who lands at Borrego Springs Airport in San Diego County can pick up a copy of the new Anza Sky Trail brochure, which contains a carefully laid out flight path over the more interesting scenic features of Anza-Borrego. Desert State Park. There are detailed flight instructions for following the sky trail together with a complete’ description of each of the important features. "This is a new concept for California,” Mott said, "and if it proves successful we are thinking of developing similar sky trail brochures for other portions of the state, such as the Big Sur Coast, the redwoods, and Lake Tahoe.” Direct phone service from Alleghany to Downieville On March 12, telephone calls between Alleghany and Downieville become local calls and the present 10-cent toll charge between the two communities will be dropped, reports George Hutchins, Pacific Telephone manager. Residents in the two towns will be able to dial each other directly, without going through an operator, and it will become necessary to dial all seven digits of the telephone number on that date. Alleghany and Downieville partyline subscribers also will receive seven-digit numbers instead of the four they now have to dial friends on their own party lines, A special telephone directory insert will be mailed to subscribers in both towns informing them of these changes, Hutchins stated. "When the present 10-cent toll rate is dropped, our customers will save money on their monthly telephone bills, if they make frequent calls between these communities," Hutchins said. To make these service improvements, Pacific Telephone spent $85,000 on new cable, radio and central office switching equipment. Buy at Home Guard surprise on Highway 49: The National Guard reportedly conducted war games at 3:23 this morning in the area of Shady Creek and Highway 49North . Sheriff's deputies investigating reports of shooting saidthat' . 60 troops were practicing. The, deputies asked that in the future the sheriff's office be notified in advance of such activities. Wednesday, February 10, 1971 5 ‘Life was sweet beside Honey Lake if you lived very long — In the good old days, life was sweet beside Honey Lake— if you lived to enjoy it. The lake, although alkaline and on the edge of the great Nevada desert, teemed with waterfowl, The hills sheltered an abundance of wildlife: deer, elk, bear, rabbits, hostile Indians and renegade whites. Crops grew easily in the fertile soil, gold was there for the finding and tax collectors were not welcome. The Honey Lake settlers packed six-gunS and rifles, did for themselves what needed to be done and earned (without effort, of course) the nickname "Never -Sweats." Honey Lake is on the eastern side of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains. Originally included in Plumas County, itis part of Lassen County today. Old Peter Lassen was probably the first white man to see the lake in 1850. He gave it its name because of the sweet, sticky substance secreted by aphids on the shore plants. At times "lake" is as much a misnomer as "honey," for in some dry years the water evaporates, leaving only a 15-milelong playa. But with or without water, Honey Lake was anearly attraction to settlers and around it revolved a shooting war between California and Nevada. The first settlers at Honey Lake were Isaac Roop, a 32year-ole widower, and his brother Josiah, who moved there in 1854 after their prosperous store in Shasta City had burned down, Roop named his settlement "Susanville" after his daughter and opened a store there for immigrants pouring in from the desert on the Noble Road. That same year Peter Lassen returned, bringing a crew of men with him. The next year Old Pete discovered gold there and the population of the new Honey Lake area grew greater. So did one of its problems, It seems that Congress, in what was hailed as a triumph of law over logic, arbitrarily fixed the boundary between Cali, fornia and the then-Utah Territory along the 120th meridian. The trouble was; no one knew where that meridian was—least of all the Honey Lakers. Theirsolution was. direct: they met Complete Supply OF BUILDING MATERIA (==> PABCO PAINT YUBA RIVER LUMBER CO. TOWN TALK, GRASS VALLEY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-3351 in 1856 and proclaimed themselves residents of a new territory. They called their land "Nataqua"—Paiute for woman, of which there were very few samples about. They set up an unofficial government, with Roop as recorder and chief magistrate and Lassen as surveyor. When the Plumas County tax iff collector arrived, Lassen and the Honey Lakers contended they were in Utah Territory. When the Utah tax men rode in for tribute, the settlers were, of course, Californians. In between times they handled their own affairs as.'"Nataquans," But increasing Indian uprisings and the need for more law and order prompted residents all along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada to petition Congress for the creation of a Nevada Territory. In the fall of 1859, in Genoa, a territorial convention was held and Isaac Roop was elected, provisional governor of Nevada. His home town, Susanville, was part of 2 Nevada judicial district—ale BAR e GOLF GREEN FEES Week Ends — ALTASIERRA COUNTRY Now Open To The Public e DINING — Week Days . *4” . 6” ‘DRIVING RANGE though claimed by California. In December, 1862 Nevada made Susanville the county seat of Roop County—and set the stage for the "Stagebrush War," In February 1863 Plumas County Sheriff E. H. Pierce and a deputy rode in from Quincy with warrants for the arrest of the Roop County justice and sherThe Honey Jakers rescued their officials and took the Plumas deputy into custody. Sheriff Pierce rode away for reinforcements, returning with 93 men. They took up quarters in a rickety barndiagonally across the. street from Roop's log house, in which the governor and some 30 men were holed up. On the morning of February 15, shooting broke out and continued for about four hours, There were wounded men on both sides, About noon a truce was called and both the Plumas posse and the defenders of "Fort Defiance" retired to a local hotel to dine together. They agreed to resume the battle the next morning. Green Fees GOLF SPECIAL V2 PRICE COUPON Week Days Week Ends . (and Holidays) OFFER EXPIRES MARCH 31, cra, TUN ie ae . 3” 1971 }(@ Y NS N\A) 149 Tammy Way Alta Sierra Country Club Phone 273-2010 %

cum F Department of Parks and recreation report SACRAMENTO — Publication of a new book about Point Lobos State Reserve was announced by William Penn Mott, Jr. at a meeting of the State Park Commission February 11 at Oroville, The 80 page, 8 1/2 x 11 inch book contains more than .70 photos including some by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Philip Hyde. Each of the eleven chapters is written by experts in natural science, history, landscape architecture, and park administration, "This book is designed to help visitors see new aspects of the Reserve's great natural beauty," Mott said, "'and beyond that to help them understand the on-going processes behind that beauty. "Experts believe, for instance, that the beautiful cypress groves at Point Lobos are part of a vanishing forest community. that was once wide-spread in North America," Mott added. "Those who are aware of this evolutionary process are able to see more than pretty, green trees, They are witness to the dynamic spectacle of an embattled cypress species clinging to life at the edge of the continent. And this is only one of the many stories that lie behind the scenery at Point Lobos," . Publication of the book was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. through the Savethe-Redwoods. League. It is one of a series of similarly selfsupporting publications being produced by the Park Depart: ment for units of the State Park System where in-depth interpretation is of particular importance. The book will be sold for $1.90 (plus 10 cents California. sales tax) at Point Lobos State Reserve and other units of the State Park System. Mail orders may be made by sending a check or money order for $2.00 to the Department of Parks and Recreation, P, O, Box 2200, Sacramento, California 95811. ‘ * SACRAMENTO — We have parks for swimmers and surfers, riders, and hikers, picnickers and campers, and even for underwater swimmers, Now, says State Parks and Recreation Director William Penn Mott Jr., we have one for pilots. Any light aircraft pilot who lands at Borrego Springs Airport in San Diego County can pick up a copy of the new Anza Sky Trail brochure, which contains a carefully laid out flight path over the more interesting scenic features of Anza-Borrego. Desert State Park. There are detailed flight instructions for following the sky trail together with a complete’ description of each of the important features. "This is a new concept for California,” Mott said, "and if it proves successful we are thinking of developing similar sky trail brochures for other portions of the state, such as the Big Sur Coast, the redwoods, and Lake Tahoe.” Direct phone service from Alleghany to Downieville On March 12, telephone calls between Alleghany and Downieville become local calls and the present 10-cent toll charge between the two communities will be dropped, reports George Hutchins, Pacific Telephone manager. Residents in the two towns will be able to dial each other directly, without going through an operator, and it will become necessary to dial all seven digits of the telephone number on that date. Alleghany and Downieville partyline subscribers also will receive seven-digit numbers instead of the four they now have to dial friends on their own party lines, A special telephone directory insert will be mailed to subscribers in both towns informing them of these changes, Hutchins stated. "When the present 10-cent toll rate is dropped, our customers will save money on their monthly telephone bills, if they make frequent calls between these communities," Hutchins said. To make these service improvements, Pacific Telephone spent $85,000 on new cable, radio and central office switching equipment. Buy at Home Guard surprise on Highway 49: The National Guard reportedly conducted war games at 3:23 this morning in the area of Shady Creek and Highway 49North . Sheriff's deputies investigating reports of shooting saidthat' . 60 troops were practicing. The, deputies asked that in the future the sheriff's office be notified in advance of such activities. Wednesday, February 10, 1971 5 ‘Life was sweet beside Honey Lake if you lived very long — In the good old days, life was sweet beside Honey Lake— if you lived to enjoy it. The lake, although alkaline and on the edge of the great Nevada desert, teemed with waterfowl, The hills sheltered an abundance of wildlife: deer, elk, bear, rabbits, hostile Indians and renegade whites. Crops grew easily in the fertile soil, gold was there for the finding and tax collectors were not welcome. The Honey Lake settlers packed six-gunS and rifles, did for themselves what needed to be done and earned (without effort, of course) the nickname "Never -Sweats." Honey Lake is on the eastern side of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains. Originally included in Plumas County, itis part of Lassen County today. Old Peter Lassen was probably the first white man to see the lake in 1850. He gave it its name because of the sweet, sticky substance secreted by aphids on the shore plants. At times "lake" is as much a misnomer as "honey," for in some dry years the water evaporates, leaving only a 15-milelong playa. But with or without water, Honey Lake was anearly attraction to settlers and around it revolved a shooting war between California and Nevada. The first settlers at Honey Lake were Isaac Roop, a 32year-ole widower, and his brother Josiah, who moved there in 1854 after their prosperous store in Shasta City had

burned down, Roop named his settlement "Susanville" after his daughter and opened a store there for immigrants pouring in from the desert on the Noble Road. That same year Peter Lassen returned, bringing a crew of men with him. The next year Old Pete discovered gold there and the population of the new Honey Lake area grew greater. So did one of its problems, It seems that Congress, in what was hailed as a triumph of law over logic, arbitrarily fixed the boundary between Cali, fornia and the then-Utah Territory along the 120th meridian. The trouble was; no one knew where that meridian was—least of all the Honey Lakers. Theirsolution was. direct: they met Complete Supply OF BUILDING MATERIA (==> PABCO PAINT YUBA RIVER LUMBER CO. TOWN TALK, GRASS VALLEY 265-4521 DOWNIEVILLE YARD 289-3351 in 1856 and proclaimed themselves residents of a new territory. They called their land "Nataqua"—Paiute for woman, of which there were very few samples about. They set up an unofficial government, with Roop as recorder and chief magistrate and Lassen as surveyor. When the Plumas County tax iff collector arrived, Lassen and the Honey Lakers contended they were in Utah Territory. When the Utah tax men rode in for tribute, the settlers were, of course, Californians. In between times they handled their own affairs as.'"Nataquans," But increasing Indian uprisings and the need for more law and order prompted residents all along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada to petition Congress for the creation of a Nevada Territory. In the fall of 1859, in Genoa, a territorial convention was held and Isaac Roop was elected, provisional governor of Nevada. His home town, Susanville, was part of 2 Nevada judicial district—ale BAR e GOLF GREEN FEES Week Ends — ALTASIERRA COUNTRY Now Open To The Public e DINING — Week Days . *4” . 6” ‘DRIVING RANGE though claimed by California. In December, 1862 Nevada made Susanville the county seat of Roop County—and set the stage for the "Stagebrush War," In February 1863 Plumas County Sheriff E. H. Pierce and a deputy rode in from Quincy with warrants for the arrest of the Roop County justice and sherThe Honey Jakers rescued their officials and took the Plumas deputy into custody. Sheriff Pierce rode away for reinforcements, returning with 93 men. They took up quarters in a rickety barndiagonally across the. street from Roop's log house, in which the governor and some 30 men were holed up. On the morning of February 15, shooting broke out and continued for about four hours, There were wounded men on both sides, About noon a truce was called and both the Plumas posse and the defenders of "Fort Defiance" retired to a local hotel to dine together. They agreed to resume the battle the next morning. Green Fees GOLF SPECIAL V2 PRICE COUPON Week Days Week Ends . (and Holidays) OFFER EXPIRES MARCH 31, cra, TUN ie ae . 3” 1971 }(@ Y NS N\A) 149 Tammy Way Alta Sierra Country Club Phone 273-2010 %