Nataqua The State That Wasn’t | Trifter

Nataqua The State That Wasn’t | Trifter

Isaac Roop was the first settler in the Honey Lake Valley, east of California. It was good cattle country and looked to be a good place to attract other ranchers. Settlers came at the urging of Roop and soon the community of Susanville was Nataqua’s busiest center. California took notice and claimed the territory was theirs, then Native Americans put in their own claim, and Nataqua became the state that never was.

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