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The Lassen area was first protected by being designated as the Lassen Peak Forest Preserve. Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone were later declared as U.S. National Monuments in May 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt. [9] Starting in May 1914 and lasting until 1921, a series of minor to major eruptions occurred on Lassen.
Additional cabins were built in the late 1940s. By 1952 the property consisted of the lodge, dining hall, kitchen, bathhouse, swimming pool, hay barn, horse shed, four cottages, toilets, the cook's house (the original Sifford cabin), a duplex cabin and the foundation for another, and a variety of utility buildings and sheds totaling 28 structures.
The Headquarters Building at Lassen Volcanic National Park was built in 1928 in an adapted National Park Service Rustic style. The building served not only as the administration building but as a visitor center, and it quickly became too small for the developing park's needs. It was remodeled three times during its first eleven years.
Lassen Peak from the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway. The Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway is a scenic byway and All-American Road in the U.S. states of California and Oregon.It is roughly 500 miles (800 km) long and travels north–south along the Cascade Range past numerous volcanoes.
Lassen National Forest is a United States national forest of 1,700 square miles (4,300 km 2) in northeastern California. It is named after pioneer Peter Lassen , who mined, ranched and promoted the area to emigrant parties in the 1850s.
National Park Service: Lassen Volcanic National Park, Nature & science, Volcanoes / Lava Flows (adapted public domain text; accessed 22 September 2006) Volcano Hazards of the Lassen Volcanic National Park Area, California, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 022-00, Online version 1.0 (adapted public domain text; accessed 25 September 2006)
The Lassen Peak National Monument, later expanded into Lassen Volcanic National Park, was established by United States President Theodore Roosevelt (pictured) in 1907. The areas surrounding Lassen Peak, especially to its east, south, and southeast, represented a meeting ground for Maidu , Yana , Yahi , and Atsugewi Native Americans . [ 57 ]
Horseshoe Lake Ranger Station (1934), Lassen Volcanic National Park, on Horseshoe Lake north of Chester, California (National Park Service architects), NRHP-listed [32] Park Headquarters (1929), Lassen Volcanic National Park (designed by G. W. Norgard of the NPS Branch of Plans and Designs), NRHP-listed [33] [34]