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Title: Newspaper Notes - 1850s (NN-18.5)(1850s) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Historical Clippings Catalog #: NN-18.5 Published: 1850s # of Pages: 336 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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4 Short distory of Nevada County In 1851, the first newspaper called the "Nevada Journal," was published semi-weekly. In the same year the city government was established, with Moses Hoit as Mayor, and ten alderman. This was soon changed by the state legislature. In 1851 there were two theatres hereDramatic Hall, on the corner of Pine and Broad Streets, an@ the Jenny Lind Theatre, on lower Main Street. Brutal sports, such as bull and bear fights, took place in the arean on Broad Street. Dr. Boring angry. M. Pollack organized the South Methodist and Episcopal Church, andRev. A. Bland was the first settled Episcopal preacher. The Prebysterian Chruch was founded by Rev. Warren, and the Catholic and the Congregational Churches were soon organized. In 1852, a "National Hotel" stood at the foot of Broad and Main Streets, the Deer Creek Hotel was near the old "National" and nearer the Creek was the Illinois Boarding “ouse. On the present site of Guenther’s grocery stood a drug store and the medicine consisted of opium, laudanum and calomel. In 1853 the first birck building was erected by Hamlet Davis on Broad Street near Pine. At the time of the Alta California Telegraph Company connected Nevada Yity with Marysville and Sacramento, and in the same year the first edition of the “Nevada Democrat" was published. In 1854 a law was passed forbidding anyone to dig the streets for gold. During this year the old court house was on Broad Street and the jail was where Lutz's residence now stands. (Below Hotel annex) The present Washington School yazd was then a cemetery. In 1856 Rev. Hill established the Episcopal Chruch. In 1856 the State Supreme “ourt declared the incorporation of the city unconstitutional, but by act of the legislature it was again incorporated. At the fall election, 2081 votes were cast. Only two cities polled higher in California. San Francisco and Sacramento. The gamblers were said to have a powerful influence in these early elections. In 1856 there were 79 saloons, 156 families and 907 houses in Nevada Yity. There were two Masonic Lodges, a lodge of Odd Fellows, two Sons of Temperance Divisions and one order of Templars. The first Catholic Church was built in 1856 on the corner of Washington and Coyote Streets, and was called the Church of St. Peter and Paul. It cost $7000. On July 19, 185¢, the town was again visited by a @isastrous fire, consuming nearly every business house in town. Ten persons lost their lives trying to save their houses from destruction, and several men suffocated in brick buildings into which they fled, thinking th@ brick fireproof. After the fire, a fire department was formed. On February 18, 185%, a meeting was called which esulted in the organization of the Nevada Library Asso. One hundred volumes were contributed, sixty of which were given by Rev. J. H. Warren. This year also marked the founding of the Con@retional Church in thes city, the first Congregational Church in California. In 1867 a meeting was called by Mrs. Sampson and a banquet was later given for the benefit of the schools. One school was erected where the Methodist Episcopal Church now stands. Another was built on the lot now occupied by the Episcopal Church and a Mr. Preston was the teacher. A third was situated near the Plaza. On May 23, 1858, two hundred buildings were destroyed by a third great fire, resulting in a loss of 230,000. The tall, pitchy pines and the corduroyed streets aided in spreading the Blames. As a result of this the two fire companies, Nevada No. 1 and Pennsylvania No. 2, were organized i in 1860. Galvanized iron pipes were laid and fire plugs were installed. In 1858 the first brass band appeared on the streets and vreated a ripple of excitement. In 1858, Dr. Overton, superintendent of schools, conducted a contest between the schools of Hough and Ready. San Juan, You Bet, @rass Valley Ff.