Main Street in Prattville in the 1880s. The wide street was a necessity for turning around the huge freight wagons with their teams of 12 or more horses or mules. The large, second Prattville Hotel, built in 1877 after the first hotel burned down, is on the left, with the stores and saloon on the right side. Photos courtesy Chester-Lake Almanor Museum/Marilyn Quadrio

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History Night tomorrow at Veteran’s Hall

August 7, 2019August 8, 2019 Staff

The Chester-Lake Almanor Museum in conjunction with local historian Marilyn Quadrio is presenting the history of the arrival of the Benner and Pratt families in Big Meadows in the 1860s, resulting in the founding of the original town of Prattville and the birth of the tourist industry in Big Meadows tomorrow, Aug. 8.

The history presentation takes place in the Veterans Hall, 225 Gay St. in Chester, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — “even if the power is out,” mentioned Quadrio since the Hall has a backup generator.