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

Brown, in 1850. B.F.Thompson crossed the plains in 1853, went back in 1857, and crossed again. Fe ran a toll road. Thomas Clark crossed to here in 1852. C.D.Gassaway crossed in 1850, returned to Kentucky in 1856, then returned here with stock, just ahead of a wagon train that was massacred by the Indians at Mountain Meadow. M.P.Hatch of Fernly (Indian Springs) crossed the plains to here in 1852, and had a toll road. L. Horton was Master of the Indian Springs Grange, married Miss E. McClure, he arrived by the wagon route in 18535. Boardman came to Nye's Ranch, January 1850, riding a cayuse. In 1854 he became Postmaster of Grass Valley, and married Miss C. Purdy. Nevada Augustian Hartung was a covered wagon baby; came across in 1853, was named after the county she was born in, and the month that she was born. The Hartung ranch was near the Old Anthony House, next to the Vineyard Ranch. George Warner crossed the plains in 1849, mined at Rose Bar and Downieville, also teamed and farmed. His ranch threequarters of mile from Rough and Ready, now the Grande Place. He married Sophia Gill, raising three sons and nine daughters. Loyle Freeman, manager of the Nevada County Fair, a son. Mrs. E. J. Stuart owned 400 acres below Rough and Ready, crossed the plains as early as 1849 to Sutter's Fort. She was the first white woman to cook a meal in Sacramento. They came to Rose Bar, then Rough and Ready; California Joe (Moses Milliner) a relation. Mrs. G, Baker (Penhall) her father William Taylor, crossed the plains during the gold excitement, and located in Penn Valley. Julius M, Walling -His father, Ladis A. Walling, came to California in 1850, crossing the plains the usual way, with oxen. Became proprietor of the old Rough and Ready Hotel. 1866, Wallingts son came to California and became a Judge, and married Columbia Snell. Nancy Kelsey, first white woman to cross the plains via the Sierra Nevada's, coming to California in 1841. Her husband, baby and daughter, and other members of the Kelsey femily, joined the famous Bartleson and Bidwell party. She walked barefooted, feet blistered, lived on acorns for three days. Ben Taylor emmigrated from Missouri in 1849, crossing the plains with cattle three times. He built the first toll road between Colfax and Nevada City. A forty-niner bears interest of the hardships injured by many of the overlanders. I can describe, said he, the suffering experienced in crossing; the suffering of many can not be described, many, many women, men and children, ceme near thirsting to death, hundreds ceme over in a starving condition. Disease took a heavy toll. J. Hutchins May 15th to October, 1849, complains of being tired. Ue walked twentysix miles yesterday, and forty miles previous to that, travelling at night, standing guard, and other duties, cooking, slept but five and three quarter hours in four days. Dairy opened October 3rd, however, he says he goes on though much worn, this trip will make me three years older in looks. iore on crossing the plains in other chapters. Google Preacher Bill, one of Freemont's guards, in crossing the plains, took over and purchased 120 mules instead of horses. He told Freemont that mules were better eating in case of an emergency. Twenty of the mules got frozen to death. INDIAN FIGHTER Dick Hootton (Wootton), famous 2l-year old Captain of 87 wagon train. Jim Bridger, Bill Sublette, Jim Clyman, Kit Carson, Bill Williams, frienis. Showing skill in shooting, the veterans of the plains were critical of his cap and ball rifle. He was advised, "Here in the east, you may get by, but if you aim to get meat in the west, and hair on your scalp, you'd better get a flint lock rifle." The saying, “only good Injun is a dead Injun,™ had good reasons, in erossing the plains. It was a treat to hit a town. Men could go tom-catting, gamble, drink, and fight. Cal. Hubbard found it took a hard man to be Captain of a wagon train to California. He was considered a devil in the driver's seat. Year 1849. Herds of Buffalo, 25,000 were sighted. quarrels as to which route to takewagon trains taken different routes, choosing between Indians or lack of water on the desert. Cal. took the desert route, met up with guards that took Cal. off the trail to perish, so they could raid the wagon train. Ten months and five days of fights, deaths of thirst, sickness, etc. Cal. came to Placerville, dealt in city lots; had a lodging house. While Cal was talking to Philip D. Armour, who later became the famed meat packer, Cal met up and settled a score with Ping, who endeavored to starve out the entire wagon train. ; When in business in Sacramento, 1858, helped put up money to build the railroad. A trip across the plains that equals the Donner party. AROUND THE HORN AND There were three routes to California from the Eastern States. The first and longest was via vessel around Cape Horn. The trip from New York to San Francisco, in 1848, took about one hundred and thirty days. The second route was down the Isthmus of Panama, across it, and up along the western coast to San Francisco. The third route was by the slow moving wagon trains and oxcarts, overland across the country. By this last route, it took one hundred days to travel to the Valleys of California, west of the Mississippi. The Steamer California was the first ship. it carried three hundred passengers. It was run by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, running from New York to California. It left New York before the gold discovery, and reached Panama with its small passenger list. It was met on the Pacific side with the news of the gold find, and took on quite a number of passengers at South American ports. At Panama, the demand for passage to California was appalling. Persons were gathered there who had been from the Chargers, about two thousand perons the U.S. Mail Steamship Company on the other side, and who had been waiting for some time for the Steamer California. i Pheir flight was in general a melancholy. 86

Brown, in 1850. B.F.Thompson crossed the plains in 1853, went back in 1857, and crossed again. Fe ran a toll road. Thomas Clark crossed to here in 1852. C.D.Gassaway crossed in 1850, returned to Kentucky in 1856, then returned here with stock, just ahead of a wagon train that was massacred by the Indians at Mountain Meadow. M.P.Hatch of Fernly (Indian Springs) crossed the plains to here in 1852, and had a toll road. L. Horton was Master of the Indian Springs Grange, married Miss E. McClure, he arrived by the wagon route in 18535. Boardman came to Nye's Ranch, January 1850, riding a cayuse. In 1854 he became Postmaster of Grass Valley, and married Miss C. Purdy. Nevada Augustian Hartung was a covered wagon baby; came across in 1853, was named after the county she was born in, and the month that she was born. The Hartung ranch was near the Old Anthony House, next to the Vineyard Ranch. George Warner crossed the plains in 1849, mined at Rose Bar and Downieville, also teamed and farmed. His ranch threequarters of mile from Rough and Ready, now the Grande Place. He married Sophia Gill, raising three sons and nine daughters. Loyle Freeman, manager of the Nevada County Fair, a son. Mrs. E. J. Stuart owned 400 acres below Rough and Ready, crossed the plains as early as 1849 to Sutter's Fort. She was the first white woman to cook a meal in Sacramento. They came to Rose Bar, then Rough and Ready; California Joe (Moses Milliner) a relation. Mrs. G, Baker (Penhall) her father William Taylor, crossed the plains during the gold excitement, and located in Penn Valley. Julius M, Walling -His father, Ladis A. Walling, came to California in 1850, crossing the plains the usual way, with oxen. Became proprietor of the old Rough and Ready Hotel. 1866, Wallingts son came to California and became a Judge, and married Columbia Snell. Nancy Kelsey, first white woman to cross the plains via the Sierra Nevada's, coming to California in 1841. Her husband, baby and daughter, and other members of the Kelsey femily, joined the famous Bartleson and Bidwell party. She walked barefooted, feet blistered, lived on acorns for three days. Ben Taylor emmigrated from Missouri in 1849, crossing the plains with cattle three times. He built the first toll road between Colfax and Nevada City. A forty-niner bears interest of the hardships injured by many of the overlanders. I can describe, said he, the suffering experienced in crossing; the suffering of many can not be described, many, many women, men and children, ceme near thirsting to death, hundreds ceme over in a starving condition. Disease took a heavy toll. J. Hutchins May 15th to October, 1849, complains of being tired. Ue walked twentysix miles yesterday, and forty miles previous to that, travelling at night, standing guard, and other duties, cooking, slept but five and three quarter hours in four days. Dairy opened October 3rd, however, he says he goes on though much worn, this trip will make me three years older in looks. iore on crossing the plains in other chapters. Google Preacher Bill, one of Freemont's guards,

in crossing the plains, took over and purchased 120 mules instead of horses. He told Freemont that mules were better eating in case of an emergency. Twenty of the mules got frozen to death. INDIAN FIGHTER Dick Hootton (Wootton), famous 2l-year old Captain of 87 wagon train. Jim Bridger, Bill Sublette, Jim Clyman, Kit Carson, Bill Williams, frienis. Showing skill in shooting, the veterans of the plains were critical of his cap and ball rifle. He was advised, "Here in the east, you may get by, but if you aim to get meat in the west, and hair on your scalp, you'd better get a flint lock rifle." The saying, “only good Injun is a dead Injun,™ had good reasons, in erossing the plains. It was a treat to hit a town. Men could go tom-catting, gamble, drink, and fight. Cal. Hubbard found it took a hard man to be Captain of a wagon train to California. He was considered a devil in the driver's seat. Year 1849. Herds of Buffalo, 25,000 were sighted. quarrels as to which route to takewagon trains taken different routes, choosing between Indians or lack of water on the desert. Cal. took the desert route, met up with guards that took Cal. off the trail to perish, so they could raid the wagon train. Ten months and five days of fights, deaths of thirst, sickness, etc. Cal. came to Placerville, dealt in city lots; had a lodging house. While Cal was talking to Philip D. Armour, who later became the famed meat packer, Cal met up and settled a score with Ping, who endeavored to starve out the entire wagon train. ; When in business in Sacramento, 1858, helped put up money to build the railroad. A trip across the plains that equals the Donner party. AROUND THE HORN AND There were three routes to California from the Eastern States. The first and longest was via vessel around Cape Horn. The trip from New York to San Francisco, in 1848, took about one hundred and thirty days. The second route was down the Isthmus of Panama, across it, and up along the western coast to San Francisco. The third route was by the slow moving wagon trains and oxcarts, overland across the country. By this last route, it took one hundred days to travel to the Valleys of California, west of the Mississippi. The Steamer California was the first ship. it carried three hundred passengers. It was run by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, running from New York to California. It left New York before the gold discovery, and reached Panama with its small passenger list. It was met on the Pacific side with the news of the gold find, and took on quite a number of passengers at South American ports. At Panama, the demand for passage to California was appalling. Persons were gathered there who had been from the Chargers, about two thousand perons the U.S. Mail Steamship Company on the other side, and who had been waiting for some time for the Steamer California. i Pheir flight was in general a melancholy. 86