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

ground in Grass Valley. fun) One million dollars. One of the Wallings sailed from New York for California in 1866, via Panama, joined his father at Rough and Ready; was in the Union Army; married Miss Columbine Snell, daughter of H. Snell, 1872. Those. Hughes settled here in 1846, two years before the gold rush. Henry C. Schroder's parents, John and C. had a store at McCourtney's crossing, in 1859, and a store in Rough and Ready. Mosoow, the Chinaman, with long whiskers and a que, was called the Mayor of Rough and Ready. John Huntress came here in 1855. Hacket and Simmonds, old timers. Ladd, walking on the road near the bridge at the lower end of town, stubbed his toe on a rock and got curious and went back and picked up a three hundred dollar nugget, in the shape of a kidney. Mitchell, one of our visitors from Reserve, New Mexico, says he lives in the most isolated county seat in the U.S. No telegraph, one telephone, 116 miles to rail, post office served by stage, the newspaper, Cortel County News, is run by him. It's the place where El Sega Baca stood off the Steven's men in an all night duel in 1880. BULLION YIELD IN 1849 to 1880 Rough and Ready $3,000,000.00. Placer County $1,000,000.00. Highway #20 through Rough and Ready for 100 years, has been the golden highway, feeding the nation and gold carried over it that helped finance the Civil War and built an Empire. Should be named "Golden Highway Twenty." Picture of the old Hangsman Tree that stood in front of the old Rough end Ready Hotel, watering trough and hand pump. Across the street is the Slave Girl Tree; old blacksmith shop. The old saloon and other buildings. that went up in smoke, except the Toll house. : Slave Girl Tree left side, Hangsman Tree on the Right side of the road, going into Grass Valley. Rough arid Ready had a Chinatown; Chinamen brought gold and sold goods. Pinch of gold, one dollar. Famous writer, Bret Hart, wrote stories under a Pear Tree that now stands at Rough and Ready. : ; A plank road from Marysville to Rough and Ready strongly considerec. An election held May 14, 1854, Length 394 miles, estimated cost $374,852.00. Revenue $305,000.00. Expense upkeep $23,000.00 to also go to Nevada City. Current talk in the Hey Day: Colonel Hays or Jackson who fought in the Mexican War, formed a company and came to Rough and Ready by wagon trains. Old tumble down Williams house, remains still in existance in Pleasant Valley, with an o1d delapidated organ. Miners paid off by tin cup full of gold dust. On the mining ground across from where the new Post Office stands. $42,000.00 in gold taken out in every ‘100 feet in length of ravine. A HORSE RACE Ed Weeks and Fiower, each bet on their plugs to win. The course went by the stable which housed Flower's horse. In the race, Fowler's horse backfired by running off the course to his own stable. On another occassion, a team came runConsideration (in Janes Google “45 ning away down the grade, into Rough and Ready, with the team bells ringing. However, the team pulled into their regular stable and refused to go further. ANTHONY HOUSE DISTRICT At one time two men owned the roadhouse, end the saying is that the pardners agreed to dissolve the partnership, and one paid the other $6,000.00 for his share. Next morning the buyer reported his pardner had fallen in Deer Creek and drowned, however, suspicion arose about the matter. The money was gone and buried, and it was figured the man may have been pushed into Deer Creek. About three years later it was found necessary to have a grave for Friederick, as the citizens would not allow this highway man to be buried in their cemetery. Two men started to dig. In digging, one of the men's pick struck iron substance (money was often buried in iron pots.) Thoughts of the buried money flashed in the digger's mind, which halted the digging of the grave. Saying nothing to the other digger, he insisted on stopping, and Friederick was placed in a shallow grave. It was thought that the find could wait. Years after the man returned at night, found the location, and started to dig. The money was not there, but neither was the body of Friederick. Thus, another Pleasant Valley mystery never solved. : A visit to the Vineyard and Bourne old ranch shows the effects of a Campodee beads found, various places of huge rocks with the cooking holes in the boulders. The old Oak Tree with a limb growing straight out has a chain with a ring in the end, embedded in the limb. Three Indians hung, once 80 heavy, that the rope broke. The Indian ran for his life with part of the rope dangling, and escaped. Gun shots missed him. House of Mystery Back in the fifties, on a stony place near the road, in the north end of the Valley, stood an unprepossessing farm house, name of the family unknown. Place believed the hangout for another robbers roost and clan. Story of a strange ghastly person (or animal) who was confined in the attic of the house. The people passing on the road claimed to have noticed a twisted, weird, uncanny face, peering from the only small window in the attic. Sounds were heard, wails that were half human, and half animal moans and sobs. Came a time later after the mysterfous face no longer appeared at the window, and the wailing was not heard. Another version was that the father or grandfather of the house was exiled to a gmall cabin on the ranch for being queer. Many years later, after the mystery had aisappeared and the mystery family had gone, a flat orchard was found sluiced by a party of miners, and a small grave was uncovered. The miners proceeded to remove the skeleton for reburial; the skeleton was typical, but the skull was the skull of a sheep, and in the center of the head was a bullet hole. Anthony House, once famous as 4 stopping place and trading post, with a ber. The old house was burned in 1876 and was rebuilt, and still stands. It had a Post Office at one time. At the time of the fire, 1876, the Anthony House was owned by S.F.French and WwW. Westerfield was operating the road house, and he lost about $1200.00 in gold and U.S.Bonds in the fire. Famous California Joe (Moses Milner) once owned the An-

ground in Grass Valley. fun) One million dollars. One of the Wallings sailed from New York for California in 1866, via Panama, joined his father at Rough and Ready; was in the Union Army; married Miss Columbine Snell, daughter of H. Snell, 1872. Those. Hughes settled here in 1846, two years before the gold rush. Henry C. Schroder's parents, John and C. had a store at McCourtney's crossing, in 1859, and a store in Rough and Ready. Mosoow, the Chinaman, with long whiskers and a que, was called the Mayor of Rough and Ready. John Huntress came here in 1855. Hacket and Simmonds, old timers. Ladd, walking on the road near the bridge at the lower end of town, stubbed his toe on a rock and got curious and went back and picked up a three hundred dollar nugget, in the shape of a kidney. Mitchell, one of our visitors from Reserve, New Mexico, says he lives in the most isolated county seat in the U.S. No telegraph, one telephone, 116 miles to rail, post office served by stage, the newspaper, Cortel County News, is run by him. It's the place where El Sega Baca stood off the Steven's men in an all night duel in 1880. BULLION YIELD IN 1849 to 1880 Rough and Ready $3,000,000.00. Placer County $1,000,000.00. Highway #20 through Rough and Ready for 100 years, has been the golden highway, feeding the nation and gold carried over it that helped finance the Civil War and built an Empire. Should be named "Golden Highway Twenty." Picture of the old Hangsman Tree that stood in front of the old Rough end Ready Hotel, watering trough and hand pump. Across the street is the Slave Girl Tree; old blacksmith shop. The old saloon and other buildings. that went up in smoke, except the Toll house. : Slave Girl Tree left side, Hangsman Tree on the Right side of the road, going into Grass Valley. Rough arid Ready had a Chinatown; Chinamen brought gold and sold goods. Pinch of gold, one dollar. Famous writer, Bret Hart, wrote stories under a Pear Tree that now stands at Rough and Ready. : ; A plank road from Marysville to Rough and Ready strongly considerec. An election held May 14, 1854, Length 394 miles, estimated cost $374,852.00. Revenue $305,000.00. Expense upkeep $23,000.00 to also go to Nevada City. Current talk in the Hey Day: Colonel Hays or Jackson who fought in the Mexican War, formed a company and came to Rough and Ready by wagon trains. Old tumble down Williams house, remains still in existance in Pleasant Valley, with an o1d delapidated organ. Miners paid off by tin cup full of gold dust. On the mining ground across from where the new Post Office stands. $42,000.00 in gold taken out in every ‘100 feet in length of ravine. A HORSE RACE Ed Weeks and Fiower, each bet on their plugs to win. The course went by the stable which housed Flower's horse. In the race, Fowler's horse backfired by running off the course to his own stable. On another occassion, a team came runConsideration (in Janes

Google “45 ning away down the grade, into Rough and Ready, with the team bells ringing. However, the team pulled into their regular stable and refused to go further. ANTHONY HOUSE DISTRICT At one time two men owned the roadhouse, end the saying is that the pardners agreed to dissolve the partnership, and one paid the other $6,000.00 for his share. Next morning the buyer reported his pardner had fallen in Deer Creek and drowned, however, suspicion arose about the matter. The money was gone and buried, and it was figured the man may have been pushed into Deer Creek. About three years later it was found necessary to have a grave for Friederick, as the citizens would not allow this highway man to be buried in their cemetery. Two men started to dig. In digging, one of the men's pick struck iron substance (money was often buried in iron pots.) Thoughts of the buried money flashed in the digger's mind, which halted the digging of the grave. Saying nothing to the other digger, he insisted on stopping, and Friederick was placed in a shallow grave. It was thought that the find could wait. Years after the man returned at night, found the location, and started to dig. The money was not there, but neither was the body of Friederick. Thus, another Pleasant Valley mystery never solved. : A visit to the Vineyard and Bourne old ranch shows the effects of a Campodee beads found, various places of huge rocks with the cooking holes in the boulders. The old Oak Tree with a limb growing straight out has a chain with a ring in the end, embedded in the limb. Three Indians hung, once 80 heavy, that the rope broke. The Indian ran for his life with part of the rope dangling, and escaped. Gun shots missed him. House of Mystery Back in the fifties, on a stony place near the road, in the north end of the Valley, stood an unprepossessing farm house, name of the family unknown. Place believed the hangout for another robbers roost and clan. Story of a strange ghastly person (or animal) who was confined in the attic of the house. The people passing on the road claimed to have noticed a twisted, weird, uncanny face, peering from the only small window in the attic. Sounds were heard, wails that were half human, and half animal moans and sobs. Came a time later after the mysterfous face no longer appeared at the window, and the wailing was not heard. Another version was that the father or grandfather of the house was exiled to a gmall cabin on the ranch for being queer. Many years later, after the mystery had aisappeared and the mystery family had gone, a flat orchard was found sluiced by a party of miners, and a small grave was uncovered. The miners proceeded to remove the skeleton for reburial; the skeleton was typical, but the skull was the skull of a sheep, and in the center of the head was a bullet hole. Anthony House, once famous as 4 stopping place and trading post, with a ber. The old house was burned in 1876 and was rebuilt, and still stands. It had a Post Office at one time. At the time of the fire, 1876, the Anthony House was owned by S.F.French and WwW. Westerfield was operating the road house, and he lost about $1200.00 in gold and U.S.Bonds in the fire. Famous California Joe (Moses Milner) once owned the An-