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

days, crossed the plains in a covered wagon. He became owner of a blacksmith shop near Indian Springs, below Rough and Ready. Children, Guy, and two daughters. William Eddy came via covered wagon, as did Ralph Tisher. W. Rouse, grandfather to W. Tisher, came across the plains in early days. Haun Brody, contingent, November 1849, with Henry Peter,Haun started West with a party of forty-five wagons, which increased to seventy wagons. Colonel Haun settled in Marysville, became a member of the Marysville Lodge, number nine, "Fifty years a MASON. ee HOW RANDOLPH FLAT GOT ITS NAME April 1849, about fifty men left Pt. Pleasant, Iowa, for California. <A.Porter and his two brothers, formed a wagon train with John Herman, his brother and J. Randolph. Bad and tearful were the good-byes when the wagon train pulled out for California to parts unknown, each paying $100, and to help with the struggle to reach the gold country. Samuel Campbell and A. Hughes outfitted the wagon train. The party landed at a place that they named Randolph Flat, just above Rough and Ready, on rich ground.. Price of Ignorance..Manly Bennet's crowd wanted to keep out of the snow, and thirteen of them died at the base of Telescope Peak in the Pamanints, not knowing that up in the mountains, in fair reach, were flowing springs of pure water and plenty of meat to have saved them from hunger and thirst. Donner party disaster took piace a long way from the scene of the Death alley affair, three years after.. Colonel Collier, May llth, 1849, was appointed Collector of the port of San Francisco. He had taken a route following the course traveled by Colonel Cook in 1846 and 1847; Collier came to aid King in his mission.. 1805 and 1807, Zebulon Pike, Lewis and Clark might of never been heard of again, but for the heroic help of the Indians, guard Sheajawes.. A wagon train met up with Indians, the Chief wanted to trade fifty ponies for the Captain's sister. The Captain asked the guard if there were any ponies, upon being told that there were none in sight, he called the Indian's bluff, in a short time the Indians came in with the ponies. The Captain backed down and the girl reached Rough and Ready, and did not become a squaw. irs. Piper's husband's father crossed the plains in 1852.. The Downey family came across the plains in 1849; Mtr. Downey died on the way over. His wife and family met up with Brown's wagon train, and joined them in reaching Rough and Ready. Mrs. Downey mined in the Squirrel Creek, which winds around Rough and Ready on two sides, and uncovered a fortune. She put up a building near Spenceville that was a stopping off place;. she also erected the famous Rough and Ready Hotel that became known as the Downey Hotel, where a great many events took place. It also became known as the Walling's Hell. Squirrel Creek was noted for its richness and nuggets twinkling in its clear waters, and gold washed into gravel from ancient channels which brought Google richness and fortunes to many prospectors. Adam Farish migrated as Captain of one hundrei «acn, sixty oxen, mules from Liacon, Tenn. In 1649 Kit Carson directed them to a route to California, to Nye's Landing, and he started a store at Bigelow's Bar. (More on Farish.) A couple wanted to get married, but could not find a preacher; they had the marriage license. Hearing of a wagon train arriving near Rough and Ready, they found that a preacher had arrived. They found the best man, in Alderman, I believe Rodney. Now they needed a girl, seeing a girl that came in with the wagon train, Alderman asked her to be the bridesmaid. She said that she did not know the parties. Aldermar said, "I will go you one better. You are a nice looking girl, let's make it a doubie wedding;"the girl accepted. Rodney later had much gold, but someone got a wad of it. Ella Adams writes the Compiler that she is related to Blach and Howes, old timers. Her maiden name was Scrivner; her mother cams to California by covered wagon, drawn by oxen.. Wagon train called the "Jaywalkers,*® traveling here and there, Salt Lake, Truokee, Emigrant Trail, Death Valley, Slerra Nevada's.. ' Thirty-six gold hunters with ox teams in 1849, escaped death, starved party. One hundred and ten wagons. Mrs. Juliet, W. Brier, Charles Mewm, Thomas Shannon, L. Davis, Stephen, John Colton, and others. The party divided. Captain Hunt, offioer of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, guarded them through to Los Angeles at ten dollars per wagon. When the party split up to take a short cut, Hunt said, “You are heading straight for Hell.".. "OLD BLOCK DELANO" ONE OF OUR LOCAL STARS “He mentions parties that he met on the plains, and then later ran into them in California. Ben Fredenburg, Ben Thorne, John Murrell, E. Smith, Captain Jessie Greene, M. Harris, R. Brown, Captain Yates, Henderson, Pope, McNeal. He was with fifty men, struggling with seventeen wagons, to reach California. About June 8th, 1849, his outfit passed wagon trains marked on their sides, quaint and odd, as “Wild Yankee," "Live Hoosier," "Rough and Ready,* Enterprize Downey Family,' "Captain Tutts Co." He speaks of chips and beeswax hard to chew. Fort Hall, 20 odd miles northwest of Pocatello. Delano got lost on the plains. Met up with a company of men that had been surrounded by two hundred Indians, stripped of their clothing, and driven in a river, having only a single gun; six were killed. Two men were banging away at ducks up the river, the shooting alarmed the Indians, who fled. General Green led Delano's party to Sutter's Fort. Colonel Watkens left a note in a tree, "In advance, Davis County wagon train ahead. Delano mentions Colonel Davis.. Nathan Richardson, in 1850 came to California by covered wagon, drawn by mules and oxen. He left Independence, Missouri, bound

days, crossed the plains in a covered wagon. He became owner of a blacksmith shop near Indian Springs, below Rough and Ready. Children, Guy, and two daughters. William Eddy came via covered wagon, as did Ralph Tisher. W. Rouse, grandfather to W. Tisher, came across the plains in early days. Haun Brody, contingent, November 1849, with Henry Peter,Haun started West with a party of forty-five wagons, which increased to seventy wagons. Colonel Haun settled in Marysville, became a member of the Marysville Lodge, number nine, "Fifty years a MASON. ee HOW RANDOLPH FLAT GOT ITS NAME April 1849, about fifty men left Pt. Pleasant, Iowa, for California. <A.Porter and his two brothers, formed a wagon train with John Herman, his brother and J. Randolph. Bad and tearful were the good-byes when the wagon train pulled out for California to parts unknown, each paying $100, and to help with the struggle to reach the gold country. Samuel Campbell and A. Hughes outfitted the wagon train. The party landed at a place that they named Randolph Flat, just above Rough and Ready, on rich ground... Price of Ignorance...Manly Bennet's crowd wanted to keep out of the snow, and thirteen of them died at the base of Telescope Peak in the Pamanints, not knowing that up in the mountains, in fair reach, were flowing springs of pure water and plenty of meat to have saved them from hunger and thirst. Donner party disaster took piace a long way from the scene of the Death alley affair, three years after... Colonel Collier, May llth, 1849, was appointed Collector of the port of San Francisco. He had taken a route following the course traveled by Colonel Cook in 1846 and 1847; Collier came to aid King in his mission... 1805 and 1807, Zebulon Pike, Lewis and Clark might of never been heard of again, but for the heroic help of the Indians, guard Sheajawes... A wagon train met up with Indians, the Chief wanted to trade fifty ponies for the Captain's sister. The Captain asked the guard if there were any ponies, upon being told that there were none in sight, he called the Indian's bluff, in a short time the Indians came in with the ponies. The Captain backed down and the girl reached Rough and Ready, and did not become a squaw. irs. Piper's husband's father crossed the plains in 1852... The Downey family came across the plains in 1849; Mtr. Downey died on the way over. His wife and family met up with Brown's wagon train, and joined them in reaching Rough and Ready. Mrs. Downey mined in the Squirrel Creek, which winds around Rough and Ready on two sides, and uncovered a fortune. She put up a building near Spenceville that was a stopping off place;. she also erected the famous Rough and Ready Hotel that became known as the Downey Hotel, where a great many events took place. It also became known as the Walling's Hell. Squirrel Creek was noted for its richness and nuggets twinkling in its clear waters, and gold washed into gravel from ancient channels which brought Google

richness and fortunes to many prospectors.. Adam Farish migrated as Captain of one hundrei «acn, sixty oxen, mules from Liacon, Tenn. In 1649 Kit Carson directed them to a route to California, to Nye's Landing, and he started a store at Bigelow's Bar. (More on Farish.) A couple wanted to get married, but could not find a preacher; they had the marriage license. Hearing of a wagon train arriving near Rough and Ready, they found that a preacher had arrived. They found the best man, in Alderman, I believe Rodney. Now they needed a girl, seeing a girl that came in with the wagon train, Alderman asked her to be the bridesmaid. She said that she did not know the parties. Aldermar said, "I will go you one better. You are a nice looking girl, let's make it a doubie wedding;"the girl accepted. Rodney later had much gold, but someone got a wad of it. Ella Adams writes the Compiler that she is related to Blach and Howes, old timers. Her maiden name was Scrivner; her mother cams to California by covered wagon, drawn by oxen... Wagon train called the "Jaywalkers,*® traveling here and there, Salt Lake, Truokee, Emigrant Trail, Death Valley, Slerra Nevada's... ' Thirty-six gold hunters with ox teams in 1849, escaped death, starved party. One hundred and ten wagons. Mrs. Juliet, W. Brier, Charles Mewm, Thomas Shannon, L. Davis, Stephen, John Colton, and others. The party divided. Captain Hunt, offioer of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, guarded them through to Los Angeles at ten dollars per wagon. When the party split up to take a short cut, Hunt said, “You are heading straight for Hell."... "OLD BLOCK DELANO" ONE OF OUR LOCAL STARS “He mentions parties that he met on the plains, and then later ran into them in California. Ben Fredenburg, Ben Thorne, John Murrell, E. Smith, Captain Jessie Greene, M. Harris, R. Brown, Captain Yates, Henderson, Pope, McNeal. He was with fifty men, struggling with seventeen wagons, to reach California. About June 8th, 1849, his outfit passed wagon trains marked on their sides, quaint and odd, as “Wild Yankee," "Live Hoosier," "Rough and Ready,* Enterprize Downey Family,' "Captain Tutts Co." He speaks of chips and beeswax hard to chew. Fort Hall, 20 odd miles northwest of Pocatello. Delano got lost on the plains. Met up with a company of men that had been surrounded by two hundred Indians, stripped of their clothing, and driven in a river, having only a single gun; six were killed. Two men were banging away at ducks up the river, the shooting alarmed the Indians, who fled. General Green led Delano's party to Sutter's Fort. Colonel Watkens left a note in a tree, "In advance, Davis County wagon train ahead. Delano mentions Colonel Davis... Nathan Richardson, in 1850 came to California by covered wagon, drawn by mules and oxen. He left Independence, Missouri, bound