Due to "Gold Fever" and named for Richmond, Virginia by Orlando Streshly in 1859, the town of Richmond grew rapidly until 1861 - becoming the most important and populous settlement in the county "... overshadowing Susanville." Sporting hotels, a tavern and bowling alley, black smith and wagon shops, a large warehouse and the local masonic lodge, the town celebrated with dances whenever possible. Schools were built, goods and services sold, many "dwelling houses" constructed, and one hotel was "the largest structure in the Honey Lake Valley" as the town thrived. In 1861 the mines gave out. By 1862 commerce ceased, the miners left and Richmond died. All that remain are the remnants of a school and water works. Now Emerson Lake Golf Course stands where "Richmond rose like a rocket and fell like a stick."
California Registered Point of Historic Interest No. LAS-003
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