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Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) (314 pages)

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ol o good 4th of Ju-lar. rm Backward your flight d again just for— . more good old 4th) “Uncle Bill.” Te a Se ee Done of three which} operated ste line and water system it served. TS7 & Se THY RIDGH i ECE POND COM SCTE TRENCH OOR NF WT THe Ee EAR 3 MILES AWA V9 ty Wt a ty MU TONY MINTROFO Gr ERO’ OT ANAS Attest see Seat ey Y tells thevstory. It a : oe bs . wand + BORER PU 0 = Cr eR t In 1849 a Frenchman built a corral for his mules in this Nevada County spot. Within the year rich gold deposits were discovered and by 1854 French Corral was a roaring town of 2000 people. In the building pictured here one end of the telephone line, descrihed by a writer as “the world’s first long distance telephone line,” was opereee ated. It was the office of the Milton Mining and Water Company, , ae slog eens.