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Halls Flat, California

Coordinates: 40°45′22″N 121°15′33″W / 40.75611°N 121.25917°W / 40.75611; -121.25917
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Halls Flat
Halls Flat is located in California
Halls Flat
Halls Flat
Location in California
Halls Flat is located in the United States
Halls Flat
Halls Flat
Halls Flat (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°45′22″N 121°15′33″W / 40.75611°N 121.25917°W / 40.75611; -121.25917
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLassen County
Elevation5,705 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]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Halls Flat, California
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "California Lumber Notes". The Timberman. 39. United States: M. Freeman Publications: 38, 40. 1938. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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