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

early to mold the receptive and gifted ohild for her eminently successful career. The greatest contributor to this fornative process was undoubtedly the child's own mother, who brought Lotta from New York via Panama to San Francisco, in the spring of 1853. When they arrived at the magic city by the Golden Gate, Lotta's father was somewhere up in the mines, and they were taken care of by some English friends. This was a lucky break for the mother and child, as it gave them a chance to enjoy the whole blazing life of San Francisco. What especially seems to have fascinated irs. Crabtree, was the city's theatPical life, which had just reached such a prominence that it permeated the jubilant life of the frenzied metropolis. In spite of her slender resources, she managed to take Lotta to the theaters where the magnificent work of the actors drew an exhuberant audience, which often carpeted the floor of the stage with gold coins and pokes of nuggets and flakes. Even watches, rings, and bracelets were given. This fling into the glamorous life of San Francisco, made a deep impression on both Lotta and her mother. It undoubtedly guided them later when they had to decide the future of the child’s:circumstances Placed them in Grass Valley at this momentous time, and local conditions played a definite part in the decision which consequently gives this happening an undisputed page_in our oommunities history. It is said by good authority that at first, Mr. Crabtree was hard to find and that he was mining near Rough and Ready, in deep gulches; therefore, the Crabtree's lived for a while at Rough and Ready. The role of Mr. Crabtree was indirect and negative. He enters into the picture as a bookseller in New York, where his messy store was mostly left to loafers, while he roamed the city, dreaming and scheming. Lola had friends in Rough and Ready. One of them was Mrs. Moore, ‘Jenny on the Green,’ a notorious woman. Lola visited here a lot. Lotta spent days in Lola's cottage and Lotta grew livelier with the strange, new and exciting companion. Lola taught her to dance and sing. Lotta's tiny feet responded rapidly, and high flings and gestures were taught. Lotta learned to ride horseback, and her and Lola would sing ballads while riding. They traveled to gold camps on horseback, horse and buggy, stages, sled, and walked. Lotta and Lola rode horseback to Rough and Ready, and gained fame here, and wherever they roamed. The men raved about Lotta and Lola. Lotta was classed as the most dynamic woman in the world. The two famous beauties never met in the field of romance. Lotta loved two men, but kept their names to herself, Was one Taylor? No breath of scandal ever swirled around her, and she admitted she was in love during her life. She said, "Jack, my brother, is all I live for. If I can't humor myself in this one way, then I may as well stop living too. I have no wants of my own." Lotta was the Shirley Temple of the gold rush days. Shirley was supposed to have found her man and married him, whom Google 81 ‘Rabbit Creek, to lights of candles. she thought she loved. Lotta never married the man she loved; never mentioned him, and carried the secret romance to her grave. Therefore, her love was a mystery, locked in her heart. Lotta at eight years of age, eee he was thrown at her tiny feet. Then at sixteen years of age, she was an accomplished actress. Mrs. Crabtree, from the time Lotta was a child of nine years, was heading a company of her own, which played one night stands throughout the mining camps in California, travelling by stage and wagon. In these days of progress, Mrs. Crabtree had a pretty rough time of it, in getting all her performers to the place where they were to play. A baby was born to Mrs. Crabtree and named John, but nicknamed Jack. Another one of Mr. Crabtree's dreams came true, and Mrs. John Crabtree carrying the baby in arms, John and Lotta took the stage to Marysville, through Rough and Ready, to Bidwell's Bar, then on to Rabbit Creek by muleback. Rabbit Creek is now La Porte. lirs. Crabtree heard Lotta's lessons, and at night dressed her for the performance. Miners became so enthusiastic, that they flung bags of gold dust and nuggets across the footlights of candles. Unfortunately for John Crabtree, Sr., he was leaning up to a bar, met Mart Taylor, and introduced him to his family. Troubador Mart Taylor taught Lotta to dance and sing, and was nice to Mrs. Crabtree. Taylor fies4) was building a log theatre. He had good luck, good looks, and was a happy-go-lucky fellow, well liked by Lotta and her mother. John wus off again in the hills somewhere. Taylor getting in words of John's faults and his futile mining deep in gulches for nuggets. Troubador Taylor, riding horseback, and lirs. Crabtree and 4 violinist, sharing a wagon seat with the baby boy, Jack, stopped at the Crabtree house, and with tears rolling dovn her cheeks, Mrs. Crabtree cooked beans and bread, set a plate on the table, and left a farewell note to John. It said, "Will see you again someday. Don't know when!* Taylor “Happy,” was a romantic figure with long black hair, dark eyes, and a silvery voice. Redhead Lotta and her mother were drawn to him instantly. In mule-drawn wagon on to Quincy, and played on boards put on saw horses, and candles as footlights, they went to Rich Bar, Oroville, Weaverville, and Eureka. She got a big kick from the miners when Lotta took off her slippers and picked up nuggets thrown at her feet. Lola showed up at Rabbit Creek, pleading for Lotta to go to Australia with her, but Mrs. Crabtree put her tiny foot down and refused. Lola got firing made. Another Crabtree baby was born, whose name was George. They went back to San Francisco by boat from Eureka. In about 1856, John met Mrs. Crabtree in a saloon, where Lotta was dancing. Mrs. Crabtree did not drink, and had eyes on Lotta continuously, yet John was to get a lawyer and call it quits. However, nothing came of it. John got money from his wife as usual, claiming to be broke. Money was given to him on one condition, and that was he would not interfere with Lot-

early to mold the receptive and gifted ohild for her eminently successful career. The greatest contributor to this fornative process was undoubtedly the child's own mother, who brought Lotta from New York via Panama to San Francisco, in the spring of 1853. When they arrived at the magic city by the Golden Gate, Lotta's father was somewhere up in the mines, and they were taken care of by some English friends. This was a lucky break for the mother and child, as it gave them a chance to enjoy the whole blazing life of San Francisco. What especially seems to have fascinated irs. Crabtree, was the city's theatPical life, which had just reached such a prominence that it permeated the jubilant life of the frenzied metropolis. In spite of her slender resources, she managed to take Lotta to the theaters where the magnificent work of the actors drew an exhuberant audience, which often carpeted the floor of the stage with gold coins and pokes of nuggets and flakes. Even watches, rings, and bracelets were given. This fling into the glamorous life of San Francisco, made a deep impression on both Lotta and her mother. It undoubtedly guided them later when they had to decide the future of the child’s:circumstances Placed them in Grass Valley at this momentous time, and local conditions played a definite part in the decision which consequently gives this happening an undisputed page_in our oommunities history. It is said by good authority that at first, Mr. Crabtree was hard to find and that he was mining near Rough and Ready, in deep gulches; therefore, the Crabtree's lived for a while at Rough and Ready. The role of Mr. Crabtree was indirect and negative. He enters into the picture as a bookseller in New York, where his messy store was mostly left to loafers, while he roamed the city, dreaming and scheming. Lola had friends in Rough and Ready. One of them was Mrs. Moore, ‘Jenny on the Green,’ a notorious woman. Lola visited here a lot. Lotta spent days in Lola's cottage and Lotta grew livelier with the strange, new and exciting companion. Lola taught her to dance and sing. Lotta's tiny feet responded rapidly, and high flings and gestures were taught. Lotta learned to ride horseback, and her and Lola would sing ballads while riding. They traveled to gold camps on horseback, horse and buggy, stages, sled, and walked. Lotta and Lola rode horseback to Rough and Ready, and gained fame here, and wherever they roamed. The men raved about Lotta and Lola. Lotta was classed as the most dynamic woman in the world. The two famous beauties never met in the field of romance. Lotta loved two men, but kept their names to herself, Was one Taylor? No breath of scandal ever swirled around her, and she admitted she was in love during her life. She said, "Jack, my brother, is all I live for. If I can't humor myself in this one way, then I may as well stop living too. I have no wants of my own." Lotta was the Shirley Temple of the gold rush days. Shirley was supposed to have found her man and married him, whom Google 81 ‘Rabbit Creek, to lights of candles.

she thought she loved. Lotta never married the man she loved; never mentioned him, and carried the secret romance to her grave. Therefore, her love was a mystery, locked in her heart. Lotta at eight years of age, eee he was thrown at her tiny feet. Then at sixteen years of age, she was an accomplished actress. Mrs. Crabtree, from the time Lotta was a child of nine years, was heading a company of her own, which played one night stands throughout the mining camps in California, travelling by stage and wagon. In these days of progress, Mrs. Crabtree had a pretty rough time of it, in getting all her performers to the place where they were to play. A baby was born to Mrs. Crabtree and named John, but nicknamed Jack. Another one of Mr. Crabtree's dreams came true, and Mrs. John Crabtree carrying the baby in arms, John and Lotta took the stage to Marysville, through Rough and Ready, to Bidwell's Bar, then on to Rabbit Creek by muleback. Rabbit Creek is now La Porte. lirs. Crabtree heard Lotta's lessons, and at night dressed her for the performance. Miners became so enthusiastic, that they flung bags of gold dust and nuggets across the footlights of candles. Unfortunately for John Crabtree, Sr., he was leaning up to a bar, met Mart Taylor, and introduced him to his family. Troubador Mart Taylor taught Lotta to dance and sing, and was nice to Mrs. Crabtree. Taylor fies4) was building a log theatre. He had good luck, good looks, and was a happy-go-lucky fellow, well liked by Lotta and her mother. John wus off again in the hills somewhere. Taylor getting in words of John's faults and his futile mining deep in gulches for nuggets. Troubador Taylor, riding horseback, and lirs. Crabtree and 4 violinist, sharing a wagon seat with the baby boy, Jack, stopped at the Crabtree house, and with tears rolling dovn her cheeks, Mrs. Crabtree cooked beans and bread, set a plate on the table, and left a farewell note to John. It said, "Will see you again someday. Don't know when!* Taylor “Happy,” was a romantic figure with long black hair, dark eyes, and a silvery voice. Redhead Lotta and her mother were drawn to him instantly. In mule-drawn wagon on to Quincy, and played on boards put on saw horses, and candles as footlights, they went to Rich Bar, Oroville, Weaverville, and Eureka. She got a big kick from the miners when Lotta took off her slippers and picked up nuggets thrown at her feet. Lola showed up at Rabbit Creek, pleading for Lotta to go to Australia with her, but Mrs. Crabtree put her tiny foot down and refused. Lola got firing made. Another Crabtree baby was born, whose name was George. They went back to San Francisco by boat from Eureka. In about 1856, John met Mrs. Crabtree in a saloon, where Lotta was dancing. Mrs. Crabtree did not drink, and had eyes on Lotta continuously, yet John was to get a lawyer and call it quits. However, nothing came of it. John got money from his wife as usual, claiming to be broke. Money was given to him on one condition, and that was he would not interfere with Lot-