The Lincoln Heights neighborhood, largely flattened by the inferno Friday, is believed to be one of the only intact Black neighborhoods west of the Mississippi River that dates back to the early da…
When the Mill Fire tore through the Northern California town of Weed, it not only injured residents and destroyed dozens of homes, it laid waste to a little-known but historically important piece of Black history.
WEED, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 4: The historically-Black Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Weed, Calif., sits in ruins, Sunday, Sep. 4, 2022, two days after it was largely destroyed in the Mill Fire. WEED, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 4: Rev. Alonzono Greene, pastor of the Mount Shasta Baptist Church, prepares for the challenge of ministering to his church in the devastated Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Weed, Calif., Sunday, Sep. 4, 2022.
Early Black mill employees built many of the small houses that made up Lincoln Heights, Greene said, with oral history suggesting Long-Bell gave them wood or sold it to them cheaply. “Those guys used to carry lumber home from work to build all of these houses that are now burnt down,” said Greene, 58, who was home in Lincoln Heights when the fire ripped into the neighborhood, and fled with his truck packed with neighbors.
Long-Bell lumber set up the neighborhood to keep the Black residents in one place, said Mark Oliver, a filmmaker whose documentary “From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights” reflects the community’s original name, before its residents successfully petitioned town authorities to change it during the 1960s.
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