Historical Clippings Book (HC-04) (198 pages)

. _] _ THE UNION, Grass Valley-Nevada City, Ca., Mon. April 6, 1970 Blaze destroys old Kohler home A Nevada county was destroyed last week when flames gutted "the old Kohler home" on the Bitney Springs Road, The two-story wooden structure built in the late 1890s housed the William lanamarx family for more than 75 years, William Kohler, the last remaining member of the original family, sold the house and some property to the Grass Valley Group, but reserved a 10-acre homesite in the valley for himself, according to his cousin, Theodore Kohler Jr. The former owner watched the homeplace go up in flames, The Alta Oaks Sunset Fire Department and California Division of Forestry responded to the blaze Friday, The structure was not in the jurisdiction of either department, according to spokesmen for both agencies, The Alta Oaks sent a truck and four men in the spirit of "being a good neighbor," according to Carl Vogt, driver of the truck, G, Kohler CDF, charged with protecting . the wild land, sent afd in the belief that the flames could threaten its territory. THE UNION, Grass Valley-Nevada City, Calif., Mon. April 6, 1970Historian Lyle White named honorary member of ML Club Lyle White, Nevada county ing, Several members brought historian specializing in theRed bottles from their last "dig Dog area, was made anhonorary member of the Mother Lode Antique Bottle Club atthe March meeting. The club under White's supervision has been working to help restore the area and the cemetery. A very successful work day was held there recently with about 22 members turning out with rakes, shovels and other work tools. A great improvement was seen in just a + few hours, Stones were replaced in cement donated by Builders and Consumers, Diamond » Natfonal and Hills Flat Lumber . companies, This was just one . of several work days planned to restore the area. Lee Jordan, member and past : president of the club, gave a 1 talk on cathedrals and various . food bottles at the last meetand talked about each bottle and how it was located. The fair booth was discussed and plans are in the making. The bottle awards were won by Bertie Beise and Josh Abraham. Because of the large turn-out plans are being made to locate a larger meeting place. Lou Drenchfield from Sacramento will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday meeting. He will speak on ink bottles. Members are asked to bring any inks they may have and also any recent "finds." April refreshment committee {s Erna Mildred, Cella Price and Eva Strach, The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m, at the Nevada City Hall. New members are invited and accepted at any time, The Nevada County Nugget, Wed., August 26, 1970 al off Mother Lode Traveler by Mary Bowen OLD PLACERVILLE, as viewed by modern tourists, is picturesque and historic. It is scarcely representative, however, of the rough conditions which prevailed in 1848 when the name Hangtown was first given to it. HANGTOWN It is generally known that Placerville was named Hangtown during the early years of the gold rush because so many men were hanged there, The exact manner in which the naming of the town came about is not widely known, however. One version of the incident which seems to be accurate -and certainly is poignant -can be found in the memoirs of a pioneer California citizen, Johnathan Tibbet, Jr. According to Tibbet, his father was the captain of a wagon train which made its way across the continent in 1848. After their arrival in California, the Tibbets set up an improvised boarding house inthe mining camp which later became Placerville. Mrs, Tibbet was a lady with "a gentle manner. large expressive eyes, heavy coal black tresses, and smali hands and feet." The Tibbets had constructed a lodging house of logs which had been cut from nearby hillsides, which they named the Happy Miner Boarding House. The dining room had a large fireplace at one end, with the cooking pots and kettles hung on a swinging crane. the andirons were made from the steel axels of immigrant wagons, and the tableware consisted of tin dishes, iron "'caseknives" and wooden and tin spoons, One morning, according to Tibbet, soon after his parents had opened their place of business, Mrs. Tibbet walked out into the back yard and discovered there the grisly results ofa brawl which had occurred the night before. In a large tree swung the corpses of four men who had been hanged. Mrs, Tibbet, apparently with some amount of ladylike vehemence, then decided that the mining camp ought to be called Hangtown. The Happy Miner Boarding House -despite the rigors it imposed on Mrs, Tibbet -was a successful enterprise, Aleanto, also of logs, was shortly constructed. It measured 80 by 18 feet, with three tiers of bunks along each side, Each bunk was seven feet long and three and a. half feet wide, and was furnished with straw "ticks" and pillows, Even though she must have been extremely busy preparing meals for such a large group of men, Mrs. Tibbet enjoyeda certain position of honor andesteem in Hangtown. She and one other lady were the only women living permanently in the camp and, reportedly "men came from long distances to see them." One of the most interesting footnotes to the regard held for womanhood, the sentiments which were considered proper, and the rough conditions of the time is an entry in the Tibbet memoirs: "A child was born in the camp, a baby girl, which died three days after birth. A traveling photographer took a picture of the dead baby in the arms of its mother, and the picture had to be sent to San 881.

. _] _ THE UNION, Grass Valley-Nevada City, Ca., Mon. April 6, 1970 Blaze destroys old Kohler home A Nevada county was destroyed last week when flames gutted "the old Kohler home" on the Bitney Springs Road, The two-story wooden structure built in the late 1890s housed the William lanamarx family for more than 75 years, William Kohler, the last remaining member of the original family, sold the house and some property to the Grass Valley Group, but reserved a 10-acre homesite in the valley for himself, according to his cousin, Theodore Kohler Jr. The former owner watched the homeplace go up in flames, The Alta Oaks Sunset Fire Department and California Division of Forestry responded to the blaze Friday, The structure was not in the jurisdiction of either department, according to spokesmen for both agencies, The Alta Oaks sent a truck and four men in the spirit of "being a good neighbor," according to Carl Vogt, driver of the truck, G, Kohler CDF, charged with protecting . the wild land, sent afd in the belief that the flames could threaten its territory. THE UNION, Grass Valley-Nevada City, Calif., Mon. April 6, 1970Historian Lyle White named honorary member of ML Club Lyle White, Nevada county ing, Several members brought historian specializing in theRed bottles from their last "dig Dog area, was made anhonorary member of the Mother Lode Antique Bottle Club atthe March meeting. The club under White's supervision has been working to help restore the area and the cemetery. A very successful work day was held there recently with about 22 members turning out with rakes, shovels and other work tools. A great improvement was seen in just a + few hours, Stones were replaced in cement donated by Builders and Consumers, Diamond » Natfonal and Hills Flat Lumber . companies, This was just one . of several work days planned to restore the area. Lee Jordan, member and past : president of the club, gave a 1 talk on cathedrals and various . food bottles at the last meetand talked about each bottle and how it was located. The fair booth was discussed and plans are in the making. The bottle awards were won by Bertie Beise and Josh Abraham. Because of the large turn-out plans are being made to locate a larger meeting place. Lou Drenchfield from Sacramento will be the guest speaker at the Wednesday meeting. He will speak on ink bottles. Members are asked to bring any inks they may have and also any recent "finds." April refreshment committee {s Erna Mildred, Cella Price and Eva Strach, The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m, at the Nevada City Hall. New members are invited and accepted at any time, The Nevada County Nugget, Wed., August 26, 1970 al off Mother Lode Traveler by Mary Bowen OLD PLACERVILLE, as viewed by modern tourists, is picturesque and historic. It is scarcely representative, however, of the rough conditions which prevailed in 1848 when

the name Hangtown was first given to it. HANGTOWN It is generally known that Placerville was named Hangtown during the early years of the gold rush because so many men were hanged there, The exact manner in which the naming of the town came about is not widely known, however. One version of the incident which seems to be accurate -and certainly is poignant -can be found in the memoirs of a pioneer California citizen, Johnathan Tibbet, Jr. According to Tibbet, his father was the captain of a wagon train which made its way across the continent in 1848. After their arrival in California, the Tibbets set up an improvised boarding house inthe mining camp which later became Placerville. Mrs, Tibbet was a lady with "a gentle manner.. large expressive eyes, heavy coal black tresses, and smali hands and feet." The Tibbets had constructed a lodging house of logs which had been cut from nearby hillsides, which they named the Happy Miner Boarding House. The dining room had a large fireplace at one end, with the cooking pots and kettles hung on a swinging crane. the andirons were made from the steel axels of immigrant wagons, and the tableware consisted of tin dishes, iron "'caseknives" and wooden and tin spoons, One morning, according to Tibbet, soon after his parents had opened their place of business, Mrs. Tibbet walked out into the back yard and discovered there the grisly results ofa brawl which had occurred the night before. In a large tree swung the corpses of four men who had been hanged. Mrs, Tibbet, apparently with some amount of ladylike vehemence, then decided that the mining camp ought to be called Hangtown. The Happy Miner Boarding House -despite the rigors it imposed on Mrs, Tibbet -was a successful enterprise, Aleanto, also of logs, was shortly constructed. It measured 80 by 18 feet, with three tiers of bunks along each side, Each bunk was seven feet long and three and a. half feet wide, and was furnished with straw "ticks" and pillows, Even though she must have been extremely busy preparing meals for such a large group of men, Mrs. Tibbet enjoyeda certain position of honor andesteem in Hangtown. She and one other lady were the only women living permanently in the camp and, reportedly "men came from long distances to see them." One of the most interesting footnotes to the regard held for womanhood, the sentiments which were considered proper, and the rough conditions of the time is an entry in the Tibbet memoirs: "A child was born in the camp, a baby girl, which died three days after birth. A traveling photographer took a picture of the dead baby in the arms of its mother, and the picture had to be sent to San 881.