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

+ eee = a constitution to apply for admission to the Union as a state. His tenture of office was chiefly signalized by the passing of Clay's compromise bill regarding the administration of Calirornia to the union. He was President while the gold rush days of California gold hunters to California began. He was inaugurated March 5, .1849. President from Louisiana almost wasn't. Mail at that time could be sent without postage on it, but the postage was collected at the point of delivery. Over one hundred years ago the voters of the nation were preparing to elect the twelfth president of the United States. The man they chose was General Taylor, Louisiana Planter, who because of his amusing stubbornness didn't even know he was a candidate until more than a month after his nomination. In June of 1848, Taylor was at Cypress Grove, his 1200 acres plantation, along the river between Natchez and Vicksburg. One night in Philadelphia, he was nominated for the presidency by the Whig Party. The official notification was sent to him by letter. Now it happened that Taylor at this time had become pretty sore at the postage system. Most letters in those days was sent prepaid, the addressee paid upon receipt. General Taylor was a hero, a national figure. His mail was heavy. Previously he had begun to sending his incoming flood of mail to the dead letter office, refusing to pay freight, along with the rest went his notification of his nomination. A month passed and the Whigs were stewing, but still there was no acception from General Taylor. One day the bull-headed 014 soldier was riding over his plantation when the steamer "General Taylor" tied up at his landing. There were shouts of congratulations from the passengers. What for? Thus,. Zachary Taylor learned of his new prominence. He retrieved the dead letter, mailed in his acceptance. During the ensuing campaign, he was attacked for his stubbornness in this little drama, but he was elected, and thereby became Louisiana's closest claim to the presidency. In the army, the general rode around in the front lines, wearing a battered straw hat and blue checked gingham coat, chewing and spitting, and getting into the nick of every fight. He was the crudest specimen for a president candidate. Got the nickname "Rough and Ready.” Fort Bliss was named for Lieut. Col. William Bliss, was founded on the Mexican border in 1848, just outside where the city of £1 Paso, Texas, stands. It was a trouble spot with both liexicans and Indians, for the permanent settlers and for the people on their way to the California Gold Rush. Mining camps made up Cousin Jacks, slavey, Missourians, Whigs, High graders, slickers, gamblers, hold-up men, suckers, end Chinamen of every walk of life, and people that became famous. Gold digging of the forty-niners. mance of those colorful days and tragic events. Yet nothing finer than a fortyniner. The first settlement arrived September 9th, 1849, who were the Rough and Ready Company from Wisconsin, in covered wagons with Rough and Ready printed on their wagon train. The leader, Captain A.A.Townsend, servRoGoogle 4 ed under Zachary Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready," commander-in-ohief of the American forces in the Mexicar War at Winnebago. Others were: the Townsend brothers, Rec. Pope of Iowa, Putnam and Carpenter of New York, Hardy, Dunn and Richards of Wisconsin, Hold, Colgrave, P. Vanmetre, Slim Judson, Emanuel Comstock, and Joe Sweigart. They left to avoid troublesome times. These Rough and Ready emigrants were luckier than the Donner Party, "they got here." These emigrants named the town after Zachary Taylor, Rough and Ready. This was a most fitting name and which name the rugged town has proudly born for over a hundred years. Taylor, like the town was crude, rough and ready; he chewed, spit, and was in the nick of every fight. Rough and Ready for anything to come. The United States government, in honor of this great General, issued a twelve-cent postage stamp as he became the twelfth president of the United States. This stamp, if available, will be used to postmark out this book. In 1850 Rough and Ready boasted more than 300 substantial frame buildings. Hotel built in 1853, CHAPTE: GOLD RUSH AND GOLD WINING Gold In rock--Ledges, Gravel Quartz on top of the ground and Thousands of feet below the ground Take your choice"Come and Get it.* One of the Greatest Stampedes in History for Trail of gold rush of forty-niners has been often enough described and marvelled at. Let's go back now since one hundred years. Participants, travelers, related by remaining "Old Timers." Gold Rush helped to pull through the Civil War. None of the greatest battles of the war broke so many heartstrings, so many fearful partings, caused such wide-spread pain as did the California migration. CALIFORNIA OR BUST "Rough" if It had to be done "Ready" for anything to come It was not all bad. The men who came to California in gold rush days were generally speaking interested in three things, "News from home," “The Precious metal he sought,” "and it's safe-keepn ’ Dg ; At first there were no facilities to satisfy either of these desires. His letters arrived at infrequent, uncertain intervals, after coming around the Horn, or via Panama, often requiring many months. The gold he found he kept in a belt about his waist, puried it, or hid it until he could sell it at a high discount, or take it personally to San Francisco. His fortune, and often his life, were at stake, being at the mercy of thieves, highway-men and slickers. Express companies began in 1849 anc 1850. Yells Fargo Express and banking began July, 1852, then gold poured in. hiore fights than could be counted as soon as they dismounted With a gold pan In rock and gravel and sand They struck it rich ‘inich enabled them to take a snitch Ther's still gold in them thar Hills For all the Toms, Jacks and Bills.

+ eee = a constitution to apply for admission to the Union as a state. His tenture of office was chiefly signalized by the passing of Clay's compromise bill regarding the administration of Calirornia to the union. He was President while the gold rush days of California gold hunters to California began. He was inaugurated March 5, .1849. President from Louisiana almost wasn't. Mail at that time could be sent without postage on it, but the postage was collected at the point of delivery. Over one hundred years ago the voters of the nation were preparing to elect the twelfth president of the United States. The man they chose was General Taylor, Louisiana Planter, who because of his amusing stubbornness didn't even know he was a candidate until more than a month after his nomination. In June of 1848, Taylor was at Cypress Grove, his 1200 acres plantation, along the river between Natchez and Vicksburg. One night in Philadelphia, he was nominated for the presidency by the Whig Party. The official notification was sent to him by letter. Now it happened that Taylor at this time had become pretty sore at the postage system. Most letters in those days was sent prepaid, the addressee paid upon receipt. General Taylor was a hero, a national figure. His mail was heavy. Previously he had begun to sending his incoming flood of mail to the dead letter office, refusing to pay freight, along with the rest went his notification of his nomination. A month passed and the Whigs were stewing, but still there was no acception from General Taylor. One day the bull-headed 014 soldier was riding over his plantation when the steamer "General Taylor" tied up at his landing. There were shouts of congratulations from the passengers. What for? Thus,. Zachary Taylor learned of his new prominence. He retrieved the dead letter, mailed in his acceptance. During the ensuing campaign, he was attacked for his stubbornness in this little drama, but he was elected, and thereby became Louisiana's closest claim to the presidency. In the army, the general rode around in the front lines, wearing a battered straw hat and blue checked gingham coat, chewing and spitting, and getting into the nick of every fight. He was the crudest specimen for a president candidate. Got the nickname "Rough and Ready.” Fort Bliss was named for Lieut. Col. William Bliss, was founded on the Mexican border in 1848, just outside where the city of £1 Paso, Texas, stands. It was a trouble spot with both liexicans and Indians, for the permanent settlers and for the people on their way to the California Gold Rush. Mining camps made up Cousin Jacks, slavey, Missourians, Whigs, High graders, slickers, gamblers, hold-up men, suckers, end Chinamen of every walk of life, and people that became famous. Gold digging of the forty-niners. mance of those colorful days and tragic events. Yet nothing finer than a fortyniner. The first settlement arrived September 9th, 1849, who were the Rough and Ready Company from Wisconsin, in covered wagons with Rough and Ready printed on their wagon train. The leader, Captain A.A.Townsend, servRoGoogle 4 ed under Zachary Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready," commander-in-ohief of the American

forces in the Mexicar War at Winnebago. Others were: the Townsend brothers, Rec. Pope of Iowa, Putnam and Carpenter of New York, Hardy, Dunn and Richards of Wisconsin, Hold, Colgrave, P. Vanmetre, Slim Judson, Emanuel Comstock, and Joe Sweigart. They left to avoid troublesome times. These Rough and Ready emigrants were luckier than the Donner Party, "they got here." These emigrants named the town after Zachary Taylor, Rough and Ready. This was a most fitting name and which name the rugged town has proudly born for over a hundred years. Taylor, like the town was crude, rough and ready; he chewed, spit, and was in the nick of every fight. Rough and Ready for anything to come. The United States government, in honor of this great General, issued a twelve-cent postage stamp as he became the twelfth president of the United States. This stamp, if available, will be used to postmark out this book. In 1850 Rough and Ready boasted more than 300 substantial frame buildings. Hotel built in 1853, CHAPTE: GOLD RUSH AND GOLD WINING Gold In rock--Ledges, Gravel Quartz on top of the ground and Thousands of feet below the ground Take your choice"Come and Get it.* One of the Greatest Stampedes in History for Trail of gold rush of forty-niners has been often enough described and marvelled at. Let's go back now since one hundred years. Participants, travelers, related by remaining "Old Timers." Gold Rush helped to pull through the Civil War. None of the greatest battles of the war broke so many heartstrings, so many fearful partings, caused such wide-spread pain as did the California migration. CALIFORNIA OR BUST "Rough" if It had to be done "Ready" for anything to come It was not all bad. The men who came to California in gold rush days were generally speaking interested in three things, "News from home," “The Precious metal he sought,” "and it's safe-keepn ’ Dg ; At first there were no facilities to satisfy either of these desires. His letters arrived at infrequent, uncertain intervals, after coming around the Horn, or via Panama, often requiring many months. The gold he found he kept in a belt about his waist, puried it, or hid it until he could sell it at a high discount, or take it personally to San Francisco. His fortune, and often his life, were at stake, being at the mercy of thieves, highway-men and slickers. Express companies began in 1849 anc 1850. Yells Fargo Express and banking began July, 1852, then gold poured in. hiore fights than could be counted as soon as they dismounted With a gold pan In rock and gravel and sand They struck it rich ‘inich enabled them to take a snitch Ther's still gold in them thar Hills For all the Toms, Jacks and Bills.