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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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Rough and Ready, Once Republic,. To Get U. S. Post Office ROUGH AND READY, June 3. —This gold country town of Nevada County, an independent republic for a brief and musty period in its history, had won back the trade mark of a peace-loving, thriving community—it’s post office. Newcomers, either in forgiveness or curiosity about Rough and Ready’s robust past, or be‘cause they just like the place, have been settling here in increasing numbers, BACK ON MAP. As a reward and because Rough and Ready is now securely within the Union, the Post Office Department has ordered reopened the headquarters for townsfolk-who want to secure the latest: piece of gossip, to pass on some small talk of their own, to lick an occasional stamp or even to just loaf in the sun. The: happy occasion will occur June 16 when the dot that is Rough And Ready, near Grass Valley, will be restored to the postal map. A bend in the road for the wagon trains of the gold rush days, the determined people of Rough And Ready tired of both the United States and California in 1850 and seceded. APRIL TO JULY. The break came in April. It was mended July 4 of the same year when there seemed no other way to celebrate that holiday without saying some nice things about the country from which they had withdrawn. There. were, also some nice things to drink. and secession was downed and drowned. . . Rough And Ready was named for Gen. Zachary Taylor, who won the nickname for his exploits in the Mexican War. His followers established the town. Gold Rush characters. 119 Go gle