7/22/2009

100 YEARS AGO....1909
    Eleven train carloads of steel arrived at Keddie station early this week to be used in the construction of the Keddie bridge to span over Spanish Creek with more carloads expected for that purpose. The big cement piers are nearing completion. The bridge will be 400 feet long and 150 feet above the river bed.

75 YEARS AGO….1934
    Loss by fire, estimated at $150,000, was caused Tuesday night when the famous Lee Lodge in Chester and adjoining buildings were destroyed. The hotel, a restaurant, a home and a store there was reduced to ashes.

50 YEARS AGO….1959
    Advertisement: Bert’s Copper Hood Room in Greenville is featuring a businessman’s lunch and cuisine from our famous charcoal broiler. Chuck wagon style buffet: $2.50. Enjoy Ethel Langer at the Hammond organ and piano bar.

30 YEARS AGO….1979
    The Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District passed a resolution this week changing the boundary lines so that it makes it possible for Beckwourth students to attend school in Portola, instead of Loyalton.

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