| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| County | Butte |
| Coordinates | 40°02′19″N 121°36′58″W |
| Elevation | 1152 m |
| Elevation | 3779 ft |
Lomo (Spanish for 'Hill') is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States. It lies 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Butte Meadows,[1] at an elevation of 3779 feet (1152 m).
History
A post office operated at Lomo from 1878 to 1881.[1] It was previously known as Wakefields Station,[1] for Henry Wakefield, who established a homestead on the site in 1864 and provided accommodations for teams and stages on the Humboldt Wagon Road.[2]
Lomo once had a lumber mill,[3] a school, and a hotel.[4] The hotel burned down in 1882 and again in 1885.[5] Today, Lomo is little more than an intersection, with "a few occupied dwellings" in the surrounding forest.[6]
References
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- ^ Womack, Ron (2018). "Wakefield Station - The Wake of the Wakefields". Ten Miles of Roadside Archaeology Along the Old Humbodt Wagon Road. White, George F. (ed.). Association for Northern California Historical Research. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-1-931994-29-3.
- ^ Chang, Anita L. (1992). The Historical Geography of the Humboldt Wagon Road. Chico, CA: Association for Northern California Records and Research. p. 23.
- ^ Mark, Andy (2020). Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road. Charleston, SC: The History Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-1-4396-6978-5.
- ^ Mark 2020, p. 87.
- ^ Mark 2020, p. 146.