Susanville

California, United States
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Susanville, city, seat (1864) of Lassen county, northeastern California, U.S. It lies on the Susan River, at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, at the head of the Honey Lake Valley, 85 miles (137 km) northwest of Reno, Nevada. In 1853 Isaac Roop staked a claim and built a cabin on the site. The following year Peter Lassen and a group of prospectors joined him; they struck gold, and the settlement, later named for Roop’s daughter, became a bustling mining town. In 1856 Roop established the short-lived “republic” of Nataqua and made Susanville its capital. The city is now ...(100 of 219 words)