Halls Flat, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

40°45′22″N 121°15′33″W / 40.75611°N 121.25917°W / 40.75611; -121.25917CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCountyLassen CountyElevation

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5,705 ft (1,739 m)

Halls Flat is a location in Lassen County, California^[1] on the Western Pacific Railroad 10.5 miles (17 km) south-southwest of Little Valley,^[2] at an elevation of 5705 feet (1739 m).^[1] It was the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and in the 1940 became the location of a lumber camp named after Paul Bunyan, which operated to the end of the decade.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Halls Flat, California
^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Myrick, David F. (2016). Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California. Vol. III: More on the Northern Roads. Reno: University of Nevada Press. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
^ "California Lumber Notes". The Timberman. 39. United States: M. Freeman Publications: 38, 40. 1938. Retrieved July 7, 2020.