A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin Rough and Ready By Andy Rogers (1952)(Hathitrust) (117 pages)

the first to discover gold in California with his gold meter and he had nearly $10,000,000 of gold ore collected before existence of mines became known, In 1844 Pablo Guitteirez secured from the Mexican government a 22,000 land grant on the north side of the Bear River. Guitteirez was murdered by bandits while operating a mail contract near liontery. General Sutter as administrator of Guitteirez's estate, sold the tract to William Johnson for $150.00. Foreseeing the immigrant travel, Johnson built a number of cabins using adobe bricks. This soon became a stopping place of varigated company of trappers, adventurers, miners and jumping off place of part of the Donner Party, etc. By 1845 and 1846, the name had become known for thousands of miles. THIRTY FIRST STAR Getting into the Union the Hard Way For California: The Spaniards, the Mexicans, the Russians, the English, all at some time or another licked their chops over it. I will admit confusion in California and it remained without properly constituted officials and had to do the best it could as thousands poured in at the promise of Gold. Several groups of citizens in San Jose, Sacramento, and San Francisco demanded a Constitutional convention. This was held in Montery, September, 1849. In 1873, many in the East were suffering from hard times of that panic and many looked to the west for new opportunities. Many were seeking free land, some were politically ambitious, covered wagons were loaded with plows, grub, even trees, etc; said goodby to friends and relations with good luck for a six month trip west. In 1848 population of California was 6,000 by 1852 a rough census gave 269,000. Now one hundred years after, five million and still pouring in... EARLYDAY CALIFORNIA HISTORY They didn't know that they were building an empire, but they built it; they didn't pian to stay, but who would go back to other places when there were millions of fertile acres in this rich new land. They did not know where they were, or exactly where they were going, or whet they were up against, nor of the hardships ahead of them. General Bennett Riley who arrived in California during April, 1849, probably knew the policy of President Zachary Taylor, and came with the idea of acting as a civil officer, then a military governor, and was not willing to accede to the desires of the people of California. May 28th: Congress had again adjourned without providing government for California. Riley issued a call for a convention at iiontery in September. President Taylor, a whig, felt if California needed a government, the people of California should form one to suit themselves. Vallejo was founded in 1850 by General Vallejo, who planned to make it the Capitol of California in succession to San Jose. On September 26, 1849, the constitutional convention at Montery selected San Jose as the first seat of government. End of 1850, temporary capitol building completed, and next year state Governnent transferred to Vallejo, the Legislaturers were disgruntled at conditions, 1853 moved to Benicia. April, 1854 Sacremento won distinction. 1850, Benicia was made port of entry and Google headquarters of Pacific Steamship Company. San Jose, Benicia and Vallejo had nothing on Rough and Ready. From April 7th, 1850 to July 4th, 1850, Rough and Ready was in a class of its own, being a "Great Republic." Under the constitution of California, Slavery could not exist, yet slaves purchased his freedom in Rough and Ready as high as 1000.00. : The conquest of California had taken place in 1846. Although the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding it to the United States was not signed until February 1848. The capitol and principal town was Montery. San Francisco was then a straggling, sleepy village, names at that early time, Alta California, Adobe Village, and Yerba Buena. California gold dollar pieces worth twenty five cents less than United States ten dollar coins in Wells Fargo deals. In early days the Pacific Ocean was on maps as Ocean Pacificue. Lake Tahoe in 1856 was named Lake Bigler for Governor Bigler of California, who was inaugurated in January, 1852. The year, 1806, a Russian ship sailed boldly into the Golden Gate commanded by N. Rezonau. Russia's outpost in California, 1828, on Bodega Bay, North of the Golden Gate, sold the place to General John A. Sutter. It is now a California State Park. DONNER REED PARTY CROSSING THE PLAINS Donner Lake, three miles from Truckee, Nevada County, California, most picturesque lake of the Sierra, where was for awhile the disasterous home of the party. TRAGEDIES OF ALL TRAGEDIES In Illinois in the year of 1846, George and Jacob Donner and James F. Reed, organized the party early in April, 1846. The party set out from Springfield, Illinois. By a week reached Independence, Missouri, a frontier town in early days and became the jumping off place for emigrant's wagon trains. , Ample provisions, equipment laid in. Oxen and Mules secured for a long journey heading west on to California. Members consisted as follows: Elitha Donner, Leanna Donner, George Donner, Tamsen Donner, Francis Donner, Georgia Donner and Eliza Donner, Jacob and Elizabeth Donner, G. Donner Jr., S. Hook, George Hook, 3.Donner, WW. Hook, James Reed and Margaret, Virginia Reed, Martha Reed, J. Reed Jr., T. Reed, Mrs. S. Reed, Eliza Williams, John Denton, J. Smith, M. Blliott, N. James, W. Herron, F. Ward, Graves and Elizabeth, Mary A. Graves, W. Graves, L. Graves, Elenor Graves, Nanoy Graves, Jonathan Graves, F.W.Graves Jr., Elizabeth Graves, Jr., Jay Fosdick, Mrs. Sarah Fosdick, John Snyder, Mrs. M. Breen, P. Breen, John and Edward Breen, P. Breen, Jr., S. Breen, James and Peter Breen, Isabella Breen, P. Dolan, William Eddy, Mrs. Eleanor Eddy, James Eddy, Margret Bddy, Mrs. Lavina Murphy, J. Landrum Murphy, Mery Murphy, L. Murphy, #@.C.Murphy, S. Murphy, Pikes were William, Mrs. Harrie, Naomi, and Catherine, William Foster and his wife, son-in-law of Mrs. Murphy, George Foster, a boy; William and Mrs. McCutchen, Harriet McCutchen, Lewis ‘Kesebderg and Jr; Mrs. P. Keseberg; Ann Keseberg; Mr. and Mrs. Wolfinger; J. Rhinehart, 4.S.Pitzer, C. Burger, S. Shoemaker, C. Stanton, L. Halloran, Hardcoop, Antoine. John Baptiste joined near Santa Fe Trail

the first to discover gold in California with his gold meter and he had nearly $10,000,000 of gold ore collected before existence of mines became known, In 1844 Pablo Guitteirez secured from the Mexican government a 22,000 land grant on the north side of the Bear River. Guitteirez was murdered by bandits while operating a mail contract near liontery. General Sutter as administrator of Guitteirez's estate, sold the tract to William Johnson for $150.00. Foreseeing the immigrant travel, Johnson built a number of cabins using adobe bricks. This soon became a stopping place of varigated company of trappers, adventurers, miners and jumping off place of part of the Donner Party, etc. By 1845 and 1846, the name had become known for thousands of miles. THIRTY FIRST STAR Getting into the Union the Hard Way For California: The Spaniards, the Mexicans, the Russians, the English, all at some time or another licked their chops over it. I will admit confusion in California and it remained without properly constituted officials and had to do the best it could as thousands poured in at the promise of Gold. Several groups of citizens in San Jose, Sacramento, and San Francisco demanded a Constitutional convention. This was held in Montery, September, 1849. In 1873, many in the East were suffering from hard times of that panic and many looked to the west for new opportunities. Many were seeking free land, some were politically ambitious, covered wagons were loaded with plows, grub, even trees, etc; said goodby to friends and relations with good luck for a six month trip west. In 1848 population of California was 6,000 by 1852 a rough census gave 269,000. Now one hundred years after, five million and still pouring in..... EARLYDAY CALIFORNIA HISTORY They didn't know that they were building an empire, but they built it; they didn't pian to stay, but who would go back to other places when there were millions of fertile acres in this rich new land. They did not know where they were, or exactly where they were going, or whet they were up against, nor of the hardships ahead of them. General Bennett Riley who arrived in California during April, 1849, probably knew the policy of President Zachary Taylor, and came with the idea of acting as a civil officer, then a military governor, and was not willing to accede to the desires of the people of California. May 28th: Congress had again adjourned without providing government for California. Riley issued a call for a convention at iiontery in September. President Taylor, a whig, felt if California needed a government, the people of California should form one to suit themselves. Vallejo was founded in 1850 by General Vallejo, who planned to make it the Capitol of California in succession to San Jose. On September 26, 1849, the constitutional convention at Montery selected San Jose as the first seat of government. End of 1850, temporary capitol building completed, and next year state Governnent transferred to Vallejo, the Legislaturers were disgruntled at conditions, 1853 moved to Benicia. April, 1854 Sacremento won distinction. 1850, Benicia was made port of entry and Google headquarters of Pacific Steamship Company. San Jose, Benicia and Vallejo had nothing on Rough and Ready. From April 7th, 1850 to July 4th, 1850, Rough and Ready was in a class of its own, being a "Great Republic."

Under the constitution of California, Slavery could not exist, yet slaves purchased his freedom in Rough and Ready as high as 1000.00. : The conquest of California had taken place in 1846. Although the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding it to the United States was not signed until February 1848. The capitol and principal town was Montery. San Francisco was then a straggling, sleepy village, names at that early time, Alta California, Adobe Village, and Yerba Buena. California gold dollar pieces worth twenty five cents less than United States ten dollar coins in Wells Fargo deals. In early days the Pacific Ocean was on maps as Ocean Pacificue. Lake Tahoe in 1856 was named Lake Bigler for Governor Bigler of California, who was inaugurated in January, 1852. The year, 1806, a Russian ship sailed boldly into the Golden Gate commanded by N. Rezonau. Russia's outpost in California, 1828, on Bodega Bay, North of the Golden Gate, sold the place to General John A. Sutter. It is now a California State Park. DONNER REED PARTY CROSSING THE PLAINS Donner Lake, three miles from Truckee, Nevada County, California, most picturesque lake of the Sierra, where was for awhile the disasterous home of the party. TRAGEDIES OF ALL TRAGEDIES In Illinois in the year of 1846, George and Jacob Donner and James F. Reed, organized the party early in April, 1846. The party set out from Springfield, Illinois. By a week reached Independence, Missouri, a frontier town in early days and became the jumping off place for emigrant's wagon trains. , Ample provisions, equipment laid in. Oxen and Mules secured for a long journey heading west on to California. Members consisted as follows: Elitha Donner, Leanna Donner, George Donner, Tamsen Donner, Francis Donner, Georgia Donner and Eliza Donner, Jacob and Elizabeth Donner, G. Donner Jr., S. Hook, George Hook, 3.Donner, WW. Hook, James Reed and Margaret, Virginia Reed, Martha Reed, J. Reed Jr., T. Reed, Mrs. S. Reed, Eliza Williams, John Denton, J. Smith, M. Blliott, N. James, W. Herron, F. Ward, Graves and Elizabeth, Mary A. Graves, W. Graves, L. Graves, Elenor Graves, Nanoy Graves, Jonathan Graves, F.W.Graves Jr., Elizabeth Graves, Jr., Jay Fosdick, Mrs. Sarah Fosdick, John Snyder, Mrs. M. Breen, P. Breen, John and Edward Breen, P. Breen, Jr., S. Breen, James and Peter Breen, Isabella Breen, P. Dolan, William Eddy, Mrs. Eleanor Eddy, James Eddy, Margret Bddy, Mrs. Lavina Murphy, J. Landrum Murphy, Mery Murphy, L. Murphy, #@.C.Murphy, S. Murphy, Pikes were William, Mrs. Harrie, Naomi, and Catherine, William Foster and his wife, son-in-law of Mrs. Murphy, George Foster, a boy; William and Mrs. McCutchen, Harriet McCutchen, Lewis ‘Kesebderg and Jr; Mrs. P. Keseberg; Ann Keseberg; Mr. and Mrs. Wolfinger; J. Rhinehart, 4.S.Pitzer, C. Burger, S. Shoemaker, C. Stanton, L. Halloran, Hardcoop, Antoine. John Baptiste joined near Santa Fe Trail