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In the 1840's, Peter Lassen promoted the [[Applegate-Lassen Trail]] that led from the current day Rye Patch Reservoir to [[Rabbit Hole Spring]] and then to the [[Black Rock Hot Spring]] and then on to his ranch in northern California.  The route led pioneers many miles out of their way.  There was very little water at Rabbit Hole and no water from Rabbit Hole to Black Rock Springs.  Lassen and Edward Clapper were murdered in 1859 in the Black Rock Range.
In the 1840's, Peter Lassen promoted the [[Applegate-Lassen Trail]] that led from the current day Rye Patch Reservoir to [[Rabbit Hole Spring]] and then to the [[Black Rock Springs]] and then on to his ranch in northern California.  The route led pioneers many miles out of their way.  There was very little water at Rabbit Hole and no water from Rabbit Hole to Black Rock Springs.  Lassen and Edward Clapper were murdered in 1859 in the Black Rock Range.


=== External References ===
=== External References ===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lassen Peter Lassen] (Wikipedia)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lassen Peter Lassen] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.cagenweb.com/lassen/his.htm#lassen Peter Lassen] (Lassen County, California Genweb Project)
* [http://www.cagenweb.com/lassen/his.htm#lassen Peter Lassen] (Lassen County, California Genweb Project)
* Asa Merrill Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California: Containing ...," p [http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA44&ots=P_KLf-qFDt&dq=%22Ladue%20Vary%22&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=Death%20of%20Lassen&f=false 171] (1916) "Death of Lassen". (Full text from [http://archive.org/details/fairfieldspionee01fair Archive.org.)
* Asa Merrill Fairfield, "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California: Containing ...," p [http://books.google.com/books?id=NRcVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA44&ots=P_KLf-qFDt&dq=%22Ladue%20Vary%22&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=Death%20of%20Lassen&f=false 171] (1916) "Death of Lassen". (Full text from [http://archive.org/details/fairfieldspionee01fair Archive.org].)
* [http://www.citlink.net/~lahontan/archivelinks/CemLassengrave.htm Lassen Monument (Honey Lake)] (Lahontan Images)
* [http://www.citlink.net/~lahontan/archivelinks/CemLassengrave.htm Lassen Monument (Honey Lake)] (Lahontan Images)
* [http://www.octa-trails.org/learn/people_places/site_lassen_clapper.php Lassen-Clapper Attack ] (Oregon-California Trails Association) - Description of how to get to the murder site
* [http://www.octa-trails.org/learn/people_places/site_lassen_clapper.php Lassen-Clapper Attack ] (Oregon-California Trails Association) - Description of how to get to the murder site
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* Image: Eastman Collection, "[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8779p17c/ Peter Lassen,]" Group 89, P-0104, UC Davis.  Possibly drawn by Bruff.
* Image: Eastman Collection, "[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8779p17c/ Peter Lassen,]" Group 89, P-0104, UC Davis.  Possibly drawn by Bruff.
* "[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/view/chs-m19752.html Portrait of Peter Lassen]," USC Library.
* "[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/view/chs-m19752.html Portrait of Peter Lassen]," USC Library.
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Revision as of 18:53, 27 November 2014

In the 1840's, Peter Lassen promoted the Applegate-Lassen Trail that led from the current day Rye Patch Reservoir to Rabbit Hole Spring and then to the Black Rock Springs and then on to his ranch in northern California. The route led pioneers many miles out of their way. There was very little water at Rabbit Hole and no water from Rabbit Hole to Black Rock Springs. Lassen and Edward Clapper were murdered in 1859 in the Black Rock Range.

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