Inyo - Lassen County California Newspapers, 1894

Inyo County

Population, 3,544; agricultural and mineral. Inyo county contains an area of 12,100 square miles. Something near 15,000 acres are under cultivation. Independence is the county seat. Assessed valuation, $1,527,473.

Bishop, Population 500

Independence, Population 550

Kern County

Population, 9,808; stock-raising, agricultural and mineral pursuits; area estimated at 8,160 square miles. The line of production is mainly in the way of stock-raising, the cultivation of the soil being carried on as an aid to that pursuit. Assessed valuation, $12,870,690. Bakersfield is the county seat.

Bakersfield, Population 3,360

Kern City, Population 1,200

Tehachipi, Population 600

Kings County

Population, 11,000; fruits, agriculture and dairying. This county was formed in 1893 from the western part of Tulare county. Fruits of all kinds grow in profusion, while grain is the chief production. The lumber interests are large and flourishing. No statistics have been compiled.

Hanford, Population 1,450

Lemoore, Population 700

Lake County

Population, 7,101; chiefly agricultural. It is estimated that the area of valley, or first-class agricultural land, is from 80,000 to 100,000 acres. The resources of this county are mostly de-rived from the crops of wheat, barley, oats, corn, hops and potatoes, from fruit, from sheep and hogs, and from pineries and quicksilver mines. Wine-making, too, is becoming an important industry, and lumber mills are annually increasing in number and power. This county is widely known as the Switzerland of America," and is a famous resort of tourists, and has many health giving mineral springs. The assessed value of the taxable property in 1891 was $3,864,819. Lakeport, on the western side of the beautiful Clear Lake, is the county seat.

Kelseyville, Population 400

Lakeport, Population 1,295

Lower Lake, Population 1,200

Middletown, Population 550

Lassen County

Population, 4,239; chiefly stock-raising. The county is seventy miles in width, and embraces an area of 5,000 square miles, or 3,200,000 acres, made up as follows: valleys, 375,000 acres; foot-hills, 325,000 acres, and mountains, 2,000,000 acres. Lassen possesses many attractions for the tourist and those fond of summer camping and hunting. Wild game abounds in all parts of the county. The county seat is Susanville. The assessed valuation of property in 1891 was $2,647,179.

Bieber, Population 800

Susanville, Population 1,153

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Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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