Lassen County History
Illustrated History of PLUMAS, LASSEN & SIERRA Counties
with CALIFORNIA from 1513 to 1850, Farriss & Smith, 1882, San Francisco

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper, Oct 2009

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BIEBER. 

That fine expanse of agricultural land lying in the extreme north-western section of the 
county, and known as Big valley, contains a thriving little town named Bieber. It is situated on 
Pit river, toward the west side of the valley, at a locality that was until 1877 known as Chalk 
Ford. At that time a store was opened there by N. Bieber, and the town has since borne that 
gentleman's name. In 1879 Mr. Bieber secured the location of a post-office at that point. There 
are now two stores, two hotels, a restaurant, a barber-shop, two saloons, a livery stable, a post-office, 
a weekly newspaper, and a lodge of Odd Fellows and one of Good Templars. The population of 
the town proper is about 200, and of the agricultural section in which it is situated, about 500. A 
tri-weekly stage and mail connects this place with Susanville, and a daily stage and mail route 
passes from Redding through the town, and thence to Aden, Alturas, and Lake View. The 
Mountain Tribune, a seven-column, four-page, weekly paper was first issued in Bieber May 6, 
1881, by Thomas P. Ford, who still conducts it. The paper is independent in politics, and is 
devoted to the interests of its section of the county.