Editing Susanville, California (section)

==History==
The Susanville US post office was established in 1860.<ref name=CGN/>  Early in its history, Susanville was a hub for overland freight transit, as it marked the meeting point of [[Nobles Emigrant Trail]] from [[Nevada]] and the [[Humboldt Wagon Road]] leading west to [[Chico, California|Chico]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Mark |first=Andy |title=Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road |publisher=The History Press |location=Charleston, SC |year=2020 |page=17 |isbn=9781439669785 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PmfVDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> Susanville was incorporated in 1900.<ref name=CGN/>

Formerly the center of farming, mining and the lumber industry, Susanville suffered from the loss of jobs as these industries changed or declined in the 20th century. Since the late 20th century, the only area of growth in the economy has been associated with the construction and operation of two state prisons in the city and one federal prison in the area. In 2007, half of the adult population of Susanville worked in the prisons:<ref name="taylor"/> the [[California Correctional Center]], a minimum-medium security facility, which opened in 1963; the [[High Desert State Prison, California]] (not to be confused with [[High Desert State Prison, Nevada]]), which opened in 1995; and the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Herlong]], which opened in 2007.