Historical Clippings Book (HC-03) (210 pages)

Yr 9/5 /6Y Valuable Book Found at ey v ‘ +a LETTE TWO FRIENDS of the Libraries, Lucy Sheffel and Vivian Fisher, look at Nevada County Mining and Business Directory of 1895, with Nevada City librarian Alice Cox. The book, appraised at $145, was purchased at last year’s book sale by Mrs. Thelma Nelson. When Mrs. Nelson passed away she left the book to the library. This year’s book sale—sponsored for the third year by Friends of the Libraries — will be Feb. 24 and 25 in the Nevada City Library. A preview and silent auction will be held the evening before the sale. It was at last year’s silent auction that Mrs. Nelson obtained the valuable directory. Sven Skaar and Waddell F, Smith, direct descendent of William Bradford Waddell, one of the founders of the Pony Express. Colonel Waddel F, Smith, grandson of William Bradford Waddell, one of the founders of the Pony Express was a visitor in Nevada City recently, He stopped to visit with Sven Skaar, propietor of the Pioneer Antique Shop, Sven is one of the most knowligible collectors of Pony Express covers, letters transported by the famous riders of the plains, EOE (eS C) ___WESTERNLIVING . 'to alarge fine builing . : ; crouded with people so i IN 50 MANY WORDS bulged in to see what was NSAFS C7 Thanks to Dr. A.E. Morley, Research Geologist, for the copy of the following letter, transcribed verbatim from Elizabeth Custer’s book,‘‘Following the Guidonj’ Harper & Brothers, New York, 1890. California Joe served as Chief Scout for General Custer. The “counsil house” he refers to was the California State Legislature. “Siere Nevada Mounpane California Mar. 16, Dear General after my respects to you and Lady i thought that i tell you that i am still on top of land yet i have been in the rocky mountain the most of the time sence last i seen you but i got on the railroad and and started west and the first thing i knew ilandedin san Francisco so i could not go any farther except going by water and salt wajter_ at that so i turned ‘back and headed for the ;mountains once more re. sloved never to go railroading no more i drifted up with the tide to sacramento city and i landed my boat so i took up through town they say there is 20 thousand people living there but it look to me to be 100 thousand ‘counting chinaman and all icant discribe my wolfish feeling but i think that i look just like i did when we was chaseing Buffalo on the simarone so istruk up though town and i came going on and when i got in to the counsil house i took a look around at the ‘croud and i seen the most . of them had bald heads so i thaught to myself istruck it now that they are indian peace commissioners so i look to see if i would know any of them but not one, so after while the smartest look one got up and said gentlemen { introduce a bill to have speckle mountain troutand fish eggs imported to Cal. to be put in the american Bear and Yuba rivers (those rivers is so muddy that a tadpole could not ‘live in them caused by minging) did any body ever hear of a speckle trout living in muddy water and the next thing was the game law and that was very near as bad as the Fish for they aint no game inthe country as big as mawking bird i heard some fellow behind me ask now long is the legislature beenin session then i dropt on myself so i slid out took acros to chinatown and they smelt like a Ciowa camp in August with plenty buffalo meat . arround it was getting late .8o0 no place to go not got a red cent so i hapen to _ thing of an old friend back of town that i knowed 25 . years ago so i lit out and sure enough he was thar just asileft him 25 yr ago backing so i got a few seads i going to platte in a few day give my re‘gpects to the 7th Calvery and excipt the same yourself. . California Joe H.E. Berg Three R’s Bookstore.

Yr 9/5 /6Y Valuable Book Found at ey v ‘ +a LETTE TWO FRIENDS of the Libraries, Lucy Sheffel and Vivian Fisher, look at Nevada County Mining and Business Directory of 1895, with Nevada City librarian Alice Cox. The book, appraised at $145, was purchased at last year’s book sale by Mrs. Thelma Nelson. When Mrs. Nelson passed away she left the book to the library. This year’s book sale—sponsored for the third year by Friends of the Libraries — will be Feb. 24 and 25 in the Nevada City Library. A preview and silent auction will be held the evening before the sale. It was at last year’s silent auction that Mrs. Nelson obtained the valuable directory. Sven Skaar and Waddell F, Smith, direct descendent of William Bradford Waddell, one of the founders of the Pony Express. Colonel Waddel F, Smith, grandson of William Bradford Waddell, one of the founders of the Pony Express was a visitor in Nevada City recently, He stopped to visit with Sven Skaar, propietor of the Pioneer Antique Shop, Sven is one of the most knowligible collectors of Pony Express covers, letters transported by the famous riders of the plains, EOE (eS C) ___WESTERNLIVING . 'to alarge fine builing . : ; crouded with people so i IN 50 MANY WORDS bulged in to see what was NSAFS C7 Thanks to Dr. A.E. Morley, Research Geologist, for the copy of the following letter, transcribed verbatim from Elizabeth Custer’s book,‘‘Following the Guidonj’ Harper & Brothers, New York, 1890. California Joe served as Chief Scout for General Custer. The “counsil house” he refers to was the California State Legislature. “Siere Nevada Mounpane California Mar. 16, Dear General after my respects to you and Lady i thought that i tell you that i am still on top of land yet i have been in the rocky mountain the most of the time sence last i seen you but i got on the railroad and and started west and the first thing i knew ilandedin san Francisco so i could not go any farther except going by water and salt wajter_ at that so i turned ‘back and headed for the ;mountains once more re. sloved never to go railroading no more i drifted up with the tide to sacramento city and i landed my boat so i took up through town they say there is 20 thousand people living there but it look to

me to be 100 thousand ‘counting chinaman and all icant discribe my wolfish feeling but i think that i look just like i did when we was chaseing Buffalo on the simarone so istruk up though town and i came going on and when i got in to the counsil house i took a look around at the ‘croud and i seen the most . of them had bald heads so i thaught to myself istruck it now that they are indian peace commissioners so i look to see if i would know any of them but not one, so after while the smartest look one got up and said gentlemen { introduce a bill to have speckle mountain troutand fish eggs imported to Cal. to be put in the american Bear and Yuba rivers (those rivers is so muddy that a tadpole could not ‘live in them caused by minging) did any body ever hear of a speckle trout living in muddy water and the next thing was the game law and that was very near as bad as the Fish for they aint no game inthe country as big as mawking bird i heard some fellow behind me ask now long is the legislature beenin session then i dropt on myself so i slid out took acros to chinatown and they smelt like a Ciowa camp in August with plenty buffalo meat . arround it was getting late .8o0 no place to go not got a red cent so i hapen to _ thing of an old friend back of town that i knowed 25 . years ago so i lit out and sure enough he was thar just asileft him 25 yr ago backing so i got a few seads i going to platte in a few day give my re‘gpects to the 7th Calvery and excipt the same yourself. . California Joe H.E. Berg Three R’s Bookstore.