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Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) (314 pages)
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Page: of 314
MOTORING THROUGH NEWTON-FRENCH CORRALSAN JUAN
For those who like to explore the
scenes of California's yesterday~-the
real '49 period, a fascinating drive
~ . lies in store for tho-e who are willing
to leave the beaten path b leaving
Highway 20 for a drive to French Corral.
: ee = Tvo miles west of Grass Valley is
old Hh fe ieee ie Bitney's Service Station and Lunch Roon, .
O road house eres Lae . owned by Fred Bitney, who, incidentally,
f rained recent reknown in Herb Cain's
S, F. Chrontcle column as the man up in the Grass Valley country who insisted
that the customer should wait on himself. From here turn to the right to Deer
Creek and Newton where vou will se scores of "snipjers" workin; for the precious metal alon; the cree, on to Newton, once a town of considerable size,
but now just another spot; two miles inore brings you to Kneebone's Cressing of
the Yuba where you cross one of the few remaining covered bridges built in 1854
as a toll bridge. Get a picture of this, for not many opportunities like this
still exist in this rapidly moving world.
Cross the bridge and proceed along; up the canyon road for a most picture.
@ sque drive of 8 miles; on to French Corral, once 4 thrivine scene of hydraulic
mining days. It was here that the first lone-distanes telephone line ran to
Nevada City. Mote the old two-story building that was once a road house; get
a picture of the old store with the narker dedicated by the Native Daughters .
of the Golden Vest.
Ghastly white walls rise on all sides as one leaves the old tctm for the
main highway 3 miles on to San Juan, named by one Christian Kientz who had
campaifned with Caneral Scott's army in Mexico. So impressed with its resemblance to it bore to the hill of the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa that he named
it San Juan. Here John Stedeer and built a store; 0. P. Stedzer opened his
newspaper office in 1857 and here flourished a small city, until in the 90's
Judge Sawyer handed down the famous decision that outlawed hydraulic mining
and deserted became the tov. 5
Hope rises hich in North San Juan today now that the construction of the
debris is complete and perhaps there will arise again a ¢reat little citv
built on ¢old. Who knows?
Ediund Kinvon, manaring editor of the Morning Union has the orisinal files
of the San Juan paper and he is a man who can tell you the real story of this
country for ever since he cane to Grass Valley, he has interested himself in
writing about this country. His column in the Union on these days of vestervear would be well worth saving for any scrap book. 50 take the trio and then
wmeet Tir. Kinyon.
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