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Title: First house in Lassen Co.
Date Created and/or Issued: [ca. 1915]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: 1992-0008
PHOTO: FORTS: FORT DEFIANCE
View of Asa M. Fairfield standing in front of the first house in Lassen County which was built by Isaac Roop, 1854. Called Ft. Defiance, used by the "Never Sweats" [Honey Lakers] in Sagebrush War in 1863. Also called Fort Roop; located in eastern part of Susanville, Calif.; ca. 1915.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photoprint ; 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Identifier: (C)001377084CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-0296
Subject: Fairfield, Asa Merrill,, 1854-1926
Roop, Isaac Newton,, 1822-1869
Buildings--California--Lassen County
Fort Defiance (Calif.)
Sagebrush War, 1863
Susanville (Calif.)--Photographs
Lassen County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Lassen County
Susanville (Calif.)
Lassen County (Calif.)

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