Hallelujah Junction
Unincorporated community
Hallelujah Junction is located in California
Hallelujah Junction
Hallelujah Junction
Location in California
Hallelujah Junction is located in the United States
Hallelujah Junction
Hallelujah Junction
Hallelujah Junction (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°46′32″N 120°02′22″W / 39.77556°N 120.03944°W / 39.77556; -120.03944
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyLassen County
Elevation
[1]
5,033 ft (1,534 m)

Hallelujah Junction is a locale in Lassen County, California.[1] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Beckwourth Pass,[2] at an elevation of 5033 feet (1534 m).[1] It is located at the interchange with U.S. Route 395 and the eastern terminus of State Route 70 (formerly US 40 Alt.).

This place originated when Orville Stoy relocated there and established a homestead and gas station, and it enjoyed status in the prohibition era.[3] By 1940 there was a bar, restaurant and motel, and the “Hallelujah International Airport” on an abandoned stretch of Highway 70.[3] It met its demise when the State of California purchased Hallelujah Junction in 1973 and levelled it to construct the four-lane freeway.[3]

American composer John Adams, who owns a cabin nearby, wrote "Hallelujah Junction", a piece for two pianos, named after this location.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hallelujah Junction, California
  2. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 382. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. 1 2 3 Purdy, Tim. "Exploring Lassen County's Past: Hallelujah Junction". tipurdy. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ John Adams. "Hallelujah Junction, for two pianos". LA Philharmonic Presents. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.


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