Lasco, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Seasonal logging camp in California, United States

40°25′21″N 120°58′22″W / 40.42250°N 120.97278°W / 40.42250; -120.97278CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyLassen CountyElevation

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5,574 ft (1,699 m)

Lasco was a seasonal logging camp in Lassen County, California.^[1] It was located on what was the Fernley and Lassen Railway 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 after the Fernley and Lassen Railway line was abandoned in 1978.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Purdy, Tim. "Exploring Lassen County's Past". tipurdy. Retrieved July 14, 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