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Historical Notes of the Early Washington, Nevada County, California Mining District (PH 15-4)(Not Dated) (169 pages)

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HISTORY NOTES OF THE EARLY WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA MINING DISTRICT Collected by Robert . . Slyter THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON Of the many little towns that once flourished in the Washington Mining District, only-always referred to by the newspapers of ‘The Early Days’ as the ‘Little Village of Washington’--still exists. ‘It lingers on, dying slowly, but reluctantly.’ The few present inhabitants (1963) believe, almost to ‘a man insist, that here was once a rip-roaring town of the best television show, wild west version. A man, always five to ten thousand of them, they claim, was judged by the speed of his draw and the steel flint of his eyes. ‘Yes’, they will assure you, ‘this was once a really tough town. Gun fights every night’. Nothing could be further from the truth. In the Nevada City Library, (just one source) are well bound and preserved copies of Nevada County newspapers of ‘The Old Days.’ Nevada Daily Transcript. Nevada Tri-Weekly Herald. Daily National Gazette. Nevada Democrat. The Daily MinerTranscript. The Union. Etc. Almost minute details are recorded in the lives of the people of ‘The Old Days’. Their comings, goings--and why-~are explained. A Mrs. Condon, of Washington, was gored and tossed ten or twelve feet by the Murphy cow. This cow was considered by all ‘to have a nasty disposition’. Wives, occasionally became tired of the endless work in mountain cabins and took off, without warning for ‘the outside’. True--down the years there were a few murders. In one, the murderer had difficulty in borrowing a gun to do the job. A man shot and killed one of the girls in the town’s redlight district, over on Rocky Bar, and then killed himself. A man, after many years of marriage, tried to kill his wife. The newspaper reports that she had the reputation of ‘being a nagger’. There are many reports of police calls to settle disputes in the many Chinatowns of Nevada County. In North San Juan, Ah Me, Ah Fee Ah Lee and Ah Fok, were arrested on a charge of counterfeiting gold dust. . the Chinese of the Washington District, who often out numbered the Caucasians, v'”’ idom made the news with any quarrels or unlawful acts. ‘A gentleman from Washington informs us that in the vicinity of the village of Washington there are over 100 Chinese and that they out number the white population. 6. May 14, 1870.