Sierra City (elevation of 4,200 feet) was founded in 1850 and lies at the base of the south slope of the Sierra Buttes, a group of spectacular rocky peaks that rise to an elevation of 8,600 feet.  Atop the Sierra Buttes, a breathtaking view awaits you from the highest fire lookout in either Tahoe or Plumas National Forest.  Once a booming mining town, Sierra City has become a popular tourist area with more than fifty glacial lakes providing one of the finest and most beautiful recreation areas of the entire state. Jean Herrington was a member of the pioneer Busch family.  Her mother and grandmother were also born in Sierra City.  Her father, Ernest Innes, owned and operated the Sierra Buttes Inn (1925-1945) and the Old Boterro Ranch which supplied produce and dairy products to the local miners.  The ranch is the present site of Sierra Pines Resort (formerly Herrington’s). Sierra Pines remains a family owned and operated business, which began in 1967 by Hugh Herrington (Jean’s husband).  The resort is comprised of 40 acres of beautiful Sierra timberland through which State Highway 49 and the North Fork of the Yuba River meander for a third of a mile.  Glen & Cindy Haubl purchased the resort from the Herringtons in 2019 and look forward to carrying on the traditions.  Originally from the SF Bay Area, Glen was a CFO in the tech industry and Cindy was a corporate event planner.