Butte County Points of Interest

Point of Historic Interest: Lovelock, California, California
  Point of Historic Interest: Lovelock, California, California The Unincorporated Community of Lovelock

The healthy mountain air has drawn many to settle along the roads running north through the forest from the Skyway road... (Wikipedia)

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Lovelock
Skyway Highway near Lovelock Road
Lovelock
c1851-1861

Lovelock
Square-Nail Town Smith

Named for George Lovelock, born in Wales in 1824, emigrated to California in 1850. George Lovelock settled in Butte County in 1851 and began a successful business in Butte Creek Canyon before moving not far from this present site to establish a ranch and lumber mill. Following business reversals in 1861 George Lovelock left Butte County and moved to Nevada and established the town of Lovelock Nevada.

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