June 30, 1950 (16 pages)

iS x SS N ~-jJong journey across the plains and his tent, and_dupdown a few ao The Nevada City Nugget, Friday, June 30, 1950] ; : Walsh moved into Grass Valley WAS OASIS FOR ‘Grass Valley were Z. Wheeler, Underwood built the first hotel Emigrant Trains: Led to move was started to change the . In September, 1850,, George 7 al was removed to Stocking’s store V av Deer creek and recovered. ‘ }ana puult a sawmill in July. Among the early settlers of ; "C, W. Wood, C. B. Lamarque, F. THE EMIGRANTS Squire, Flower and others. J. B. z ot . xnown as the Mountain Home. Wandering Cattle From the! As the population increased a ‘ : name to Centerville, but apparDiscovery . . ently nothing ever came of it. Wandering cattle, worn and \eKnight, camped on Gold hill famished from the rigors of the. noticed some gold cropping near desert and over the high Sierras . > 2 ; . aa . feet to tind gold.in quartz. Young para tae yer rabies ety George Crandel rushed to Boston eee We how Grass havine with tne news that the Valley. « hill was ‘all gold.’ Reports state While an emigrant train was; that over $2,000,000 was. taken camped at the junction ‘of Steep . from near~the surface of Gold Hollow creek and Bear river, the} hill. The Empire mine started beasties wandered off for grass, operations that year and has been and were found after considerable search. living in luxury on good grass in. the valley from which the town has taken its name. The valley became an oasis for the emigrants and in September, 1849, some eight on ten of them . built cabins in Boston ravine and . commenced to look for gold. In. December of the same year a. company. of four’ men’ from! Boston, led: by a law student named Baldwin, had a successful winter of mining but left when . the water gave out in the spring. . Early in November, 1849, . Samuel and George Holt, and} James Walsh arrived with mach. inery, and built a water power and a steam power sawmill. The Holts finished their water. mill in March and on May. 3, 1850, were! attacked by Indians. Samuel Holt was killed by an arrow. . \ George Holt escaped, fighting for is life with only.a pocketknife . against several Indians up the: hill to the Walsh sawmill. He was . covered with blood and was wonded in 13 places by arrows. The Walsh mill was plundered . and burnt that night and the, camp of Judge Walsh threatened, . with the Indiar:3.\howling most of the night and raising fires on the hills. Armed with ,Ux.S. muskets the tenants of the camp held off the Indians, aided by some} friendly Indians and “Brutus,” a dog of mixed ancestry but} showing strains of Newfoundland and terrier. The Indians . apparently respected him more than the muskets. The next day 24 U. S. soldiers from Camp. Far West on Johnson ranch on the Bear river, and a hundred miners from. Deer creek . arrived and killed or disfaced all . the Indians. Tie wounded Holt . in continuous production through out the century and is now down .o the. 11,008 foot level. Over $100,000 worth of gold was crushed by hand mortars alone that first .winter and the miners began to worry about so much gold coming: from the hill it: would cheapen the metal. The hill looked _ literally to’ ‘be a mountain of gold: The first quartz mill was built in January, 1851, on Wolf creek, but was unsuccessful, but many successful ones were consiructed within a few months. The first water ditch for Grass Valley was the Centerville ditch taking water from Wolf creek. Two more ditches from Wolf creek and one from Little Deer creek were built in 1851 and 1852. ! Adams and Company built the} first brick structure, a handsome . two-story bujlding. Many brick buildings were built to replace. the structures destroyed by the Sept. 13, 1855, fire. Rev. Isaac Owen, who founded the Methodist church in Nevada City, preached the first ect in Grass Valley in September, . 1849, on a ridge of ground in the . northern part of the community. The first organized’ church the M. E. South church, with Rev. Blythe as pastor, was started in. September, 1851. . The Roman Catholic church! was built in the fall of 1853 under Father McClanahan who _ also officiated in Nevada City. The fire of 1855 destroyed the entire town of 30 acres and 300 buildings within the space of an hour and a half. Grass Valley had several \other fires during the early days\but none like,the 1855 one, or the six great fires of . Nevada City (told elsewhere in this edition). } . this weekend, 306 BROAD STREET H, H. THOMPSON -.a time for joy and festivity! -. a time to celebrate! As we enjoy our four-day Centennial Celebration our friends a special brand of joy! NEVADA CITY WANTS YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELF THE BOTTLE SHOP Fine Wines, Liquors and Tobaccos — TELEPHONE 241 Festival Time ! we wish all R. J. SPICKELMIER NORTH SAN JUAN WAS THIRD IN COUNTY IN HYDRAULICKING DAYS North San Juan, originally San Juan, but changed to avoid confusion from the San Juans of the southland, was during the height of the *hydraulic days, the third largest city in Nevada county. Today the community, rich in history, slumbers peacefully, and awaits the return of water hydraulicking, except for its annual weekend in June, when the town jumps to its annual merry Cherry Carnival and Féstival. Nathaniel Harrison discovered J the diggings that started the village in January, 1853. The Grizzly Ditch company brought water to the community, but the real boom got underway in the spring of 1854 when the Middle Yuba canal brought a plentiful supply of water to the town. North San Juan was the capital. of the hydraulic world and for years when the miners and the valley farmers fought in the courts and in the field, J. F. Stidger led the miners fight througa the columns of-his néwspapers, and gained a niche for himself among the immortal journaiists of California. With the Sawyer decision that enjoined the hydraulickers from dumping debris into the streams, in 1884, North San Juan and her satellites of the San Juan ridge faded away. USE T-4-L’ FOR . ATHLETE'S FOOT BECAUSE— It has greater PENETRATING Power. With 90% undiluted alcohol base, it carries the active medication DEEPLY, to. kill the germ on contact. Get happy relief IN ONE HOUR or-your 40c back at any drug store. Today at McCLARD’S DRUGS. and f { MOORE'S FLAT, ORLEANS ‘LIVE ONLY IN MEMORY Moore’s Flat, or Clinton, was a . town with three hotels, a bank and three stores in: 1890—but today it is only a memory, as is ° Orleans Flat, two miles beyond. Both towns depended on hydraulic mining. WiO0Tre S i. M. Moore in 1852. when he _ uve his cattle onto the bench, alter a trip across the plains. ty Flat was*first occupied . Shortly afterwards he built a house and store and. engaged in mining. ; The mines of Orleans were discovered in. 1852 but were not developed until water was brought from Poorman’s creek. i) 100 Years When PENNEY’S was just starting busines maker. Only the rich could afford fashion. American can afford fashion. minced! Every “‘sgirl’’ was a Gibson girl . . . at the mercy of her dressTODAY fashion is versatile. Every “girl” can be smartly dressed . with a wide choice of ready-to-wear ‘styles and prices. Every PENNEY’S helped make that progress possible! PENNEY CO. e s fashion was singleGrass Valley LITERATURE and INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN ‘ON REQUEST NA RAN ANS, A RE Wi I Wie AS We TIONS OF KEYED TO LAVING .A FROGRESS, WITH NEW MUNITY W . AMONG TH BUSINESS YY). op ' ] >in lg afe. f Lhtdyy, LL hh Vy ij Cha Century of Progress QUT OF THE HALLOWED TRADI4S EMERGED A NEVADA CITY BLE RECORD OF ECONOMIC iINUED PROSPERITY AND COMTHE STUDY OF OUR CLIMATE, NATURAL RESOURCES, EMPLOYMENT RESERVES, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER ADVANTAGES . APPRECIATE A CHANCE TO SERVE YOU. Nevada City Commerce CITY HALL Halla THE PAST CENTURY THE MODERN PACE. CHIEVED AN ENVIAWE LOOK FORWARD CONFIDENCE TO CONELFARE. WE INVITE OSE WHO SEEK SAFE OPPORTUNITIES. WE mber of we a

iS x SS N ~-jJong journey across the plains and his tent, and_dupdown a few ao The Nevada City Nugget, Friday, June 30, 1950] ; : Walsh moved into Grass Valley WAS OASIS FOR ‘Grass Valley were Z. Wheeler, Underwood built the first hotel Emigrant Trains: Led to move was started to change the . In September, 1850,, George 7 al was removed to Stocking’s store V av Deer creek and recovered. ‘ }ana puult a sawmill in July. Among the early settlers of ; "C, W. Wood, C. B. Lamarque, F. THE EMIGRANTS Squire, Flower and others. J. B. z ot . xnown as the Mountain Home. Wandering Cattle From the! As the population increased a ‘ : name to Centerville, but apparDiscovery . . ently nothing ever came of it. Wandering cattle, worn and \eKnight, camped on Gold hill famished from the rigors of the. noticed some gold cropping near desert and over the high Sierras . > 2 ; . aa . feet to tind gold.in quartz. Young para tae yer rabies ety George Crandel rushed to Boston eee We how Grass havine with tne news that the Valley. « hill was ‘all gold.’ Reports state While an emigrant train was; that over $2,000,000 was. taken camped at the junction ‘of Steep . from near~the surface of Gold Hollow creek and Bear river, the} hill. The Empire mine started beasties wandered off for grass, operations that year and has been and were found after considerable search. living in luxury on good grass in. the valley from which the town has taken its name. The valley became an oasis for the emigrants and in September, 1849, some eight on ten of them . built cabins in Boston ravine and . commenced to look for gold. In. December of the same year a. company. of four’ men’ from! Boston, led: by a law student named Baldwin, had a successful winter of mining but left when . the water gave out in the spring. . Early in November, 1849, . Samuel and George Holt, and} James Walsh arrived with mach. inery, and built a water power and a steam power sawmill. The Holts finished their water. mill in March and on May. 3, 1850, were! attacked by Indians. Samuel Holt was killed by an arrow. . \ George Holt escaped, fighting for is life with only.a pocketknife . against several Indians up the: hill to the Walsh sawmill. He was . covered with blood and was wonded in 13 places by arrows. The Walsh mill was plundered . and burnt that night and the, camp of Judge Walsh threatened, . with the Indiar:3.\howling most of the night and raising fires on the hills. Armed with ,Ux.S. muskets the tenants of the camp held off the Indians, aided by some} friendly Indians and “Brutus,” a dog of mixed ancestry but} showing strains of Newfoundland and terrier. The Indians . apparently respected him more than the muskets. The next day 24 U. S. soldiers from Camp. Far West on Johnson ranch on the Bear river, and a hundred miners from. Deer creek . arrived and killed or disfaced all . the Indians. Tie wounded Holt . in continuous production through out the century and is now down .o the. 11,008 foot level. Over $100,000 worth of gold was crushed by hand mortars alone that first .winter and the miners began to worry about so much gold coming: from the hill it: would cheapen the metal. The hill looked _ literally to’ ‘be a mountain of gold: The first quartz mill was built in January, 1851, on Wolf creek, but was unsuccessful, but many successful ones were consiructed within a few months. The first water ditch for Grass Valley was the Centerville ditch taking water from Wolf creek. Two more ditches from Wolf creek and one from Little Deer creek were built in 1851 and 1852. ! Adams and Company built the} first brick structure, a handsome . two-story bujlding. Many brick buildings were built to replace. the structures destroyed by the Sept. 13, 1855, fire. Rev. Isaac Owen, who founded the Methodist church in Nevada City, preached the first ect in Grass Valley in September, . 1849, on a ridge of ground in the . northern part of the community. The first organized’ church the M. E. South church, with Rev. Blythe as pastor, was started in. September, 1851. . The Roman Catholic church! was built in the fall of 1853 under Father McClanahan who _ also officiated in Nevada City. The fire of 1855 destroyed the entire town of 30 acres and 300 buildings within the space of an hour and a half. Grass Valley had several \other fires during the early days\but none like,the 1855 one, or the six great fires of . Nevada City (told elsewhere in this edition). } . this weekend, 306 BROAD STREET H, H. THOMPSON

-..a time for joy and festivity! -.. a time to celebrate! As we enjoy our four-day Centennial Celebration our friends a special brand of joy! NEVADA CITY WANTS YOU TO ENJOY YOURSELF THE BOTTLE SHOP Fine Wines, Liquors and Tobaccos — TELEPHONE 241 Festival Time ! we wish all R. J. SPICKELMIER NORTH SAN JUAN WAS THIRD IN COUNTY IN HYDRAULICKING DAYS North San Juan, originally San Juan, but changed to avoid confusion from the San Juans of the southland, was during the height of the *hydraulic days, the third largest city in Nevada county. Today the community, rich in history, slumbers peacefully, and awaits the return of water hydraulicking, except for its annual weekend in June, when the town jumps to its annual merry Cherry Carnival and Féstival. Nathaniel Harrison discovered J the diggings that started the village in January, 1853. The Grizzly Ditch company brought water to the community, but the real boom got underway in the spring of 1854 when the Middle Yuba canal brought a plentiful supply of water to the town. North San Juan was the capital. of the hydraulic world and for years when the miners and the valley farmers fought in the courts and in the field, J. F. Stidger led the miners fight througa the columns of-his néwspapers, and gained a niche for himself among the immortal journaiists of California. With the Sawyer decision that enjoined the hydraulickers from dumping debris into the streams, in 1884, North San Juan and her satellites of the San Juan ridge faded away. USE T-4-L’ FOR . ATHLETE'S FOOT BECAUSE— It has greater PENETRATING Power. With 90% undiluted alcohol base, it carries the active medication DEEPLY, to. kill the germ on contact. Get happy relief IN ONE HOUR or-your 40c back at any drug store. Today at McCLARD’S DRUGS. and f { MOORE'S FLAT, ORLEANS ‘LIVE ONLY IN MEMORY Moore’s Flat, or Clinton, was a . town with three hotels, a bank and three stores in: 1890—but today it is only a memory, as is ° Orleans Flat, two miles beyond.. Both towns depended on hydraulic mining. WiO0Tre S i. M. Moore in 1852. when he _ uve his cattle onto the bench, alter a trip across the plains. ty Flat was*first occupied . Shortly afterwards he built a house and store and. engaged in mining. ; The mines of Orleans were discovered in. 1852 but were not developed until water was brought from Poorman’s creek. i) 100 Years When PENNEY’S was just starting busines maker. Only the rich could afford fashion. American can afford fashion. minced! Every “‘sgirl’’ was a Gibson girl . . . at the mercy of her dressTODAY fashion is versatile. Every “girl” can be smartly dressed .. with a wide choice of ready-to-wear ‘styles and prices. Every PENNEY’S helped make that progress possible! PENNEY CO. e s fashion was singleGrass Valley LITERATURE and INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN ‘ON REQUEST NA RAN ANS, A RE Wi I Wie AS We TIONS OF KEYED TO LAVING .A FROGRESS, WITH NEW MUNITY W . AMONG TH BUSINESS YY). op ' ] >in lg afe. f Lhtdyy, LL hh Vy ij Cha Century of Progress QUT OF THE HALLOWED TRADI4S EMERGED A NEVADA CITY BLE RECORD OF ECONOMIC iINUED PROSPERITY AND COMTHE STUDY OF OUR CLIMATE, NATURAL RESOURCES, EMPLOYMENT RESERVES, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER ADVANTAGES . APPRECIATE A CHANCE TO SERVE YOU. Nevada City Commerce CITY HALL Halla THE PAST CENTURY THE MODERN PACE. CHIEVED AN ENVIAWE LOOK FORWARD CONFIDENCE TO CONELFARE. WE INVITE OSE WHO SEEK SAFE OPPORTUNITIES. WE mber of we a