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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Westwood
Westwood, California and Vicinity
▶ Lassen County (46) ▶ Modoc County (42) ▶ Plumas County (103) ▶ Shasta County (115) ▶ Sierra County (55) ▶ Washoe County, Nevada (75)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Birch Street south of 4th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first boardinghouses were built by Red River Logging in 1915 near the mill in Pine Town. The consisted of wood floors and canvas tents. Nine 2 story units built on Birch Street housed 80 men each while two units south of Birch Street housed . . . — — Map (db m56715) HM |
| Near 4th Street at Ash Street. |
| | This building was part of the rail station from 1911-1958 of the Southern Pacific Line and was built by the Red River Lumber Company owned by the Walker Family. The Western Union and freight offices were a gathering place for local people. Leaving . . . — — Map (db m56713) HM |
| On Highway 36, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Through this draw passed many covered wagons and gold seekers enroute to California over the Lassen Trail during 1848-1851. Approaching this location from the north, the trail passed what is now Bogard Ranger Station. Proceeding southward to Big . . . — — Map (db m22027) HM |
| Near 3rd Street (County Route A21), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The east branch of Lassen’s Trail (1848 & later) passed near here to a campsite “near a small lake fed by springs,” — — Map (db m56709) HM |
| On 3rd Street (County Highway A21) east of Birch Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Paul Bunyan has been the hero of lumberjack whopper tales that were handed down for generations in the camps of White Pine lumbermen in the north eastern forests of America. In 1913 the Walker family who owned the Red River Mill in Minnesota, moved . . . — — Map (db m56687) HM |
| On Ash Street (County Highway A21) south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1917 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a bakery, it supplied 3 stores and the company cookhouse. It was famed for its biscuits (as in biscuits & gravy) that gave the loggers the fuel needed to build Westwood out of virgin timber. It has also . . . — — Map (db m56712) HM |
| On California Route 36 at milepost 6.9, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Built in late 1920’s as a Chevron Service Station, it was purchased in 1935 by the Tunisons who added the bar & restaurant with the fireplace. In Dec., 1942 bartender Ray Bollengier was shot and killed by an angry patron. The building burned in 1960 . . . — — Map (db m66081) HM |
| Near 3rd Street (County Route A21) at Birch Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A “Company Town” for 44 years
Est. 1912 by T.B. Walker family,
founders of Red River Lumber Co.
1944-1956 Fruit Growers Supply Co. — — Map (db m56710) HM |
| On Birch Street near 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built in 1914 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a mens club. The club had a pool room, card room, cafe, tobacco shop and a bar. It burned in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1945. Bought by George & Vera Young in 1957 & was turned into a market. Their son Mike . . . — — Map (db m66083) HM |
| On 3rd Street (County Route A21) at Birch Street, on the left when traveling east on 3rd Street. |
| | Built in 1913, this building has been the home of the Westwood Fire Department since its beginning. O.L. Lunt was the 1st Chief until 1918. Maurice Hertzig was appointed Chief in 1946 and served for 32 years, he was the last official chief. Once the . . . — — Map (db m56708) HM |
| On 4th Street near Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This building was built in 1925 by George Peltier and was funded by The Red River Logging Company. The building housed the Free and Accepted Masons and was known as Westwood Lodge #502 F.&A.M. It has been a gathering place of friends and families . . . — — Map (db m66082) HM |
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