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A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin Rough and Ready By Andy Rogers (1952)(Hathitrust) (117 pages)
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Page: of 117
Snow-Clogged Roads, Lost Convoy
With Bell ‘Handicapped Rebel Host .
. The historic town of Rough and
Ready, once of sufficient stature
}to vie with Nevada City for the
county seat distinction and for:
. years larger than the Pueblo. de
Los Angeles, has had some pecu{liar experiences in its 102 year
history, but none as unique as
last Sunday’s “Battle of Rough
and Ready” in which the Stars
and Bars of the Confederacy were
raised over the post office some
90 years after.
‘This time in fun, Alpha Kappa
Phi fraternity. of the 100 year old
College of the Pacific, which
split in 1861 on the theory ofRough .
and Ready” which also had sec°
state’s rights, “adopted”
essionist history of tis own, but
. due to different causes.
However last Sunday’s episode
at the community is best told by
Andy Rogers, local historian and
whose history of the region is now .
in 250,000 words.
. By ANDY ROGERS
On January 1, 1952, Keith N.
Baker, Robert Butterbrough and
Richard Rohrbacher of the College of Pacific at Stockton came
to the Rough and Ready post office'to “inquire of Rough and
Ready history and
and’ ‘said: that they would take
over Rough and Ready with their
Coufederate Army and raise the
Stars and Bars over the post office building.
It was a cold, snowy. Sunday of
January 6, 1952 when the Confederates arrived in split groups
on account of snow-blocked highways. However the word was:
“rain or shine,” said Colone!] Alan:
Rains in his long. tail coat with a>
background .
sword at ‘his side and a tassell. on
his iN-fitting Confedcrate wniform:
But the 11 o’clock hour sct for.
the parade had to be delayed. to
wait for the group with the Confederate flag and then much more
‘waiting for the huge bell.
The Confederate Army got so
hungry that it was decided to
{move at .once to the Rough and
Ready community hall. Colonel
Rains jumped on Frank Fippin’s
. faithful old horse and lead his
\scattered army and band to the
historical Odd Fellows Building
on the hill overlooking the “slave
girl tree.”
The Mountain Rose Junior
uare. Dancers and the Rough
and Ready Square Dancers had
‘. beeri* waiting in fear with the pot{luck luncheon but saw advancing only a bunch of hungry boys.
Square dancing followed. Colone] Rains and his seven Confed-—
. eraue,wecruits: put on an exhibi. ties: ah training. The colonel once
‘ temarked on she mixed-up show
No wonder the Union lost.” The
recruits said “I don’t feel so
good.”
The Confederate bandgave
with a couple of appropriate tunes. Songs including “Dixie” were
sung.
The group with the bell were
still delayed and unaccounted for
(lost in the snow storm). About
3:15 the Confederates seeing no
resistance, the colonel with his
trumpet jumped on his waiting
horse, guarded by Frank Fippin
and in the snow storm marched
down the hill, followed by the}
new citizens of the “Great Republic‘ and took over the post office.
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