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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ELYSIAN VALLEY. 

This is a small valley lying just west of Janesville. In the summer of 1856 Daney H. Keatley 
and L. N. Breed settled in the valley, and because of its beautiful appearance bestowed the name 
Elysian upon it. It is about two and one-half miles long, and three-quarters of a mile in width, 
hemmed in on one side by the pine-clad mountains, and on the others by the lower foot-hills. An 
abundance of water is furnished in all seasons by the mountain springs, fed by the snows on the 
summit. The valley is now owned and cultivated by Richard D. Bass, an old Lassen county pioneer, 
and Silas and H. H. McMurphy.