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Sargent’s History
The population of Nevada county continued steadily to increase during the year 1850, and several hundred stores, dwellings,
etc., were erected, besides a vast amount of cabins put up by miners
in the vicinity. A vast impetus was given to the place in May by
the discovery of the Coyote lead to the northeast of town. Some
miners working in the ravine now known as “Old Coyote Ravine,”
discovered that the lead did not give out as usual as they worked
into the banks, but increased in richness. They worked as far as
the skill of those days enabled them to into the bank, and_then
went beyond and sunk a shaft down to the bed rock, getting a lead
that set the neighborhood wild with excitement. A new order of
mining came into use, called “cayoteing”; the ‘busy village of Coyoteville grew up-upon the lead, and thousands grew rich in a few
months. by the great discovery. As much as $40,000 were taken
' from a small cabin, and there is believed to be no exaggeration in
the statement that eight millions of dollars in gold dust were taken
out of a lead about a mile in length, and at no place more than one
hundred -yards in width. The news of these immense. discoveries
soon attracted crowds to the place, and in the fall of 1850 there were
about six thousand people living in and about Nevada.
In the summer of 1850, the first religious society was organized
in Nevada—the Methodist Episcopal—by Rev. Isaac Owen, the first
presiding elder of a very large district, embracing Nevada. A clap. wy
board church was erected just above where the church of Rev. Mr.
Warren now stands, and the pulpit was supplied by the Rev. Mr.
‘Owen, and occasional preachers, volunteering, we believe, from the
ranks of the miners. This may not be deemed strange; for those
familiar with the character of the men who delved. in the mines:
in the early settlement of California, know that talent, learning and
moral worth were possessed in an extraordinary degree by hundreds of individuals who worked steadily with the pick by day,
and slept on the earth by night, and dressed in the miner’s roughest
garb. And men of the same kind are now, we venture to say, as
often found in the ravines and placers, as elsewhere. Before the
erection of the church, the preachers often held services on the
streets to an attentive crowd, who left their work almost invariably
on the Sabbath, and congregated in town. A large crowd drawn
from gambling and drinking saloons, then in full glory, and: from
the stores and hotels, would respectfully listen to the exhortations
of the preachers, and then disperse again to their business or pleasures. We remember a singular scene in October, 1850, which illustrates the manners of the times. An earnest exhorter was singing
his opening song to a crowd, near the present site of the Metropolis
Hotel, on Main street. A short distance below an auctioneer was
expatiating on the merits of a mule to a smaller audience. A few
yards up the street a Swiss girl was turning a hand organ, accompanied by another on the tambourine. A drunken fellow near’ the
bridge was attempting auld lang syne in the style of the preacher.
Some ten wagoners from Sacramento were dispensing their goods
at retail in the short street, and the varieties of the day were otherwise embellished by a savage dog fight that appeared for a few
moments to be the greatest attraction. But such“scenes passed
away with the early history of the place, and the Sabbath is now
seldom disturbed by noise or riot. Many of the merchants close
their stores on Sunday; the gambling saloons are closed, or hide
their transactions from the public, and churches have sprung up in
abundance, being well supported. .Rev. A. Bland was the first
settled preacher of the M. E. Church, in June, 1851. The M. E. C.
South was organized in Nevada in the fall of 1850, by Dr. Boring
and Rev. M. Pollock, of Missouri. In May, 1851, Rev. J. H. Warren
organized the Presbyterian Church. A Catholic Church was organized in the same year. Rev. Mr. Stone organized the Baptist
Church in 1854, and Mr. Hill the Episcopal Church in 1854. Nearly
all these churches have comfortable places of worship, supplied by
the liberality of our citizens. It is estimated by a gentleman, wha
has a peculiar source of information, that the sum of thirty-five
thousand dollars was contributed to the support of the churches
in Nevada in. 1855:
The moral tone of Nevada county was not bad in 1850. Some
crimes of a fearful nature occurred, and many light ones, but the
county compared favorably with that of any one in the state. In
Nevada a few crimes of enormity were committed, rather showing
that reckless men were in the community than that the heart of
society was wrong. In December of 1850, Dr. Lennox, of Missouri,
. was shot through the body, from the streets, while conversing with
some friends in his own house, and died within an hour. The cowardly assassin escaped. Such crimes formed a strong exception to
the tone of manners and feelings of the people of Nevada.
On Wednesday, the llth of March, 1851, occurred the first great
fire in Nevada.. One-half of the city—the principal seat of its business—was rubbed out, like an old daccount on a slate. At two
o’clock in the morning a destructive conflagration commenced,
which, in two: hours, laid waste one hundred and twenty-five stores,
dwellings, hotels and saloons, filled with valuable goods, and thickly inhabited. So rapid was the spread of the flames, that merchants,
several buildings from the first one ignited, had not time to save
their papers, watches or money; and those “most distant could not
remove the bulk of their goods. The buildings were extremely dry,
of light construction, and burned with vast rapidity—the conflagration being accelerated by quantities of powder stored everywhere
in houses—which. exploded momentarily at various points, as the
heat overtook it, casting flaming timbers, brands and missiles of
all descriptions into the air. . Nevada was built in the midst of a
pine forest, and many tall pines were left standing in the heart
of the city, while the houses closely hemmed them in. These trees,
extremely pitchy, caught the flames as they writhed around their
stems, and shot them hundréds’ of feet into the air, wheré-they
danced and quivered like malicious spirits over the scene of! a
burning world: The rushing flames presenteda spectacle of meteoric splendor seldom equalled. The scene at sunrise was sickening—discouraging. A vast waste of ashes and charred timbers was
all that remained of the buildings and their valuable freights. The
loss was estimated at half a million.
In April, 1851, the first paper in Nevada county was started in
this city, by Warren:B. Ewer, now of the Grass Valley Telegraph,
called the Nevada Journal. it was published semi-weekly, and was
one of the first papers published in the mountains. It has flourished
to the present under various proprietors, and has now a healthy
circulation, job and advertising patronage. It was the only paper
published in the county for nearly two years and a half, when the
Young America, now the Democrat, was started in Nevada, in September, 1853, about the same time +: Ae aeerePh was at Ronee
Valley. :
FORMER RESIDENT OF
CITY DIES IN MODESTO
George Merkel, 63, native of
Russia and former resident of Nevada City, died Friday at Modesto where he lived since early
this year.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Anna Margaret Merkel, Modesto; father of Mrs. Olinda Margaret Howard, Santa Barbara, John
Merkel, Modesto, and . Joseph
Merkel, Modesto; brother of Mrs.
Maria Tribelhorn, Denver, Colo.,
and Amollie Baderschneider of
Germany.
Funeral services were held at
the Franklin-Sovern and Downs
Funeral Home, Modesto; yesterday. ¢' :
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Tungsten. is one of the major
alloying elements used in steel
‘manufacturing.
EPISCOPAL BISHOP TO
VISIT HERE NOV. 12
The Rt. Rev. Noel Porter, D: D.,
Bishop of the. Diocese ‘of Sacramento, wilt: make his annual visitation to. Trfinity Parish on Sunday, Nov.12, at 11 a. m.
The bishop will visit the
church school at 9:45 and 11 to
confirm a large ‘class which has
been studying under the direction
of Rector.Max Christensen.
COLLISION
‘Cars operated by Mrs. Vernie
M. Deschwanden, Nevada City,
and Mrs. Goodrun Rubke, Grass
Valley,, were involved in a minor
collision Saturday afternoon on
West Main Street, Grass Valley.
Mrs. Deschwanden was cited by. :
city, police for operating a vehicle
with an-expired driver’s license.
NO PROTESTANTS AT
BUS FARE APPLICATION
No individual or organization
appeared in Marysville city hall
Friday to protest application for
fares increase of Nevada County
Bus Company on Marysville-Colusa and MarysvilleNevada City
routes.
The hearing was one of several
staged by public utilities commission on fare boosts sought by bus
transportation companies.
' Kent Walker of Grass Valley,
operator of the bus company, was
the chief witness before Examiner J. J. Jacopi. The concern asks
for a “reasonable percentage” increase in passenger fares on its
lines operating from Marysville
to. Colusa and from Marysville
to Nevada City. The present
rates are 69 cents one way to Colusa and $1.27 round trip; $1.21 to
Nevada City and $2.19 round trip.
A recommendation on the Nevada county company’s request
ill be submitted to the PUC by
the examiner after cost. statistics
have been analyzed.
RETIRED CARPENTER
CALLED BY DEATH
Funeral —services---were held
Wednesday morning for John P.
Mitchell, a retired carpenter, who
died at the Nevada county Hospital.
Mitchell, a native of Indiana,
was a short time patient at the
hospital. He had resided in.the
Grass Valley area for a number
of years.
Services were conducted at the
Bergemann. Funeral Home _ by
Rev. Max Christensen of Trinity
Episcopal church, with interment
following in Pine Grove cemetery.
GRASS VALLEY MAN
PINNED AT THE PLAZA
Robert Ray Crandall, Grass
Valley, received slight injuries
to his left arm early Sunday
morning when pinned under his
overturned automobile _ at
Plaza. :
Crandall was released by passing motorists who righted the
car.
He told police the brakes on
the automobile locked as he turned off Broad street and onto Sacramento street and the car rolled over.
He was cited for operating an
automobile with. defective brakes
STUDY GROUP POSTPONED
The Study Group that was to
have been held Tuesday at Nevada City elementary school, to
acquaint the parents with the
teachers’ method of teaching has
been postponed until Tuesday,
Nov. 14 at 8 p. m.
THE COLD SHOULDER!
Does your home suffer from
unduly high fuel bills and
“comfort-1 robbing chills? Then
cure it with a healthy dose of
FIBERGLAS INSULATION!
Apply in less than a day, it
forms a life-time barrier that
shuts out penetrating winter
cold, prevents the escape of
interior heat through the attic
areas. Call Grass Valley 1050
for an estimate.
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BUILDERS AND
CONSUMERS
LUMBER COMPANY
N.C. -G.V. Highway, Glenbrook
=n
-Phone Grass Valley 1050
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LIPMAN URGES PARENTS
GIVE YOUTH IMPORTANCE
“Unless we devolp a’ stronger
instinct for good citizenship in
our young people, we must prepare for even greater. increases
in crime and deliquency,” the
Truckee Rotary club was told at
its Monday night dinner meeting
by Nevada City attorney Michael
Lipman. “Two major wars, and
the present unsettled conditions
have caused a breakdown of moral standards,” the speaker said,
“leaving a ‘what’s in-it-for-me’
attitude instead of old fashioned
honesty, thoughtfulness, and intregity.”
Some parents, he said, are confused by the flood of psychological materials available. Actually, all they need to do is make
their children feel important,
wanted, respected members of
the family. Sincere praise is an
excellent confidence builder for
this purpose.
Many civic groups and service
clubs are awakening.to the importance of the job, he pointed
out, and Nevada City especially
has held dances, coaster derbies,
sports events, and an employment service for young people.
He suggested that merchants,
businessen farmers, and others
not only give a few hours employment when possible, but also
use the opportunity to give honeNUEEET
Neved. City, California, Friday, October 20, 1950 — 3
est praise and credit for worthwhile work.
Lipman also praised the: conscientious work of Judge James
Snell, Probation. Officer Thomas
Barrett, and District Attorney
Vernon Stoll in dealing with problems of juveniles.
Another guest at the “meeting
was Frederick Hendricks, .young
attorney from Indonesia, now a
student at the University of Nevada. Hendricks spoke briefly,
describing chaotic conditions in
his homeland.
The old original buildings of
the Napa State hospital at Imola
were constructed in 1875.
CARS COLLIDEON
MURCHIE ROAD SUNDAY
Automobiles operated by Bonnie Louise Corder, Yuba City and
Frank Cortoselli, Nevada City
were involved in a minor, noninjury collision Sunday at 10 a,
m., on the Murchie road.
The accident occured when
Miss Corder, attempted. to pull
from a sideroad onto. the Murchie
road, hitting the left fender of
the Cartoselli vehicle which was
travelling east on the Murchie
road. :
Miss Corder was cited by California Highway Patrol officers
for failure to yield the right of
way.
GUY N. ROBINSON
Candidate for
SUPERVISOR — Fourth District
Tele-fun
by Warren Goodrich
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‘‘I make sure the other person has time to answer by
counting up all my children.“
You'll reach the person you’re
calling much more often if you
give him a full minute to answer. The Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph cis cine
eggs? Because
BUY EGGS FROM
COMMUNIST CHINA?
Because we didn’t have
it supported price parity? Because somebody made ‘a
deal’? Ask the Democrat Administration!
HERE’S THE SLATE—VOTE IT STRAIGHT!
THE U. S.
BE SURE TO
VOTE
NOVEMBER 7
AND
BE SURE TO
VOTE
REPUBLICAN
Earl
WARREN
Governor
Richard
NIXON
U. S. Senaior
Ed.
SHATTUCK
Attorney General
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NEVADA CO. REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Douglas Barrett, Chairman.
4 guess she finally got her new gas range”
Bride inherits ancient range.
Husband says ‘'It’s very strange
Woman’s work is never done !”?
Finally The Man soupiit Onis
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**Jim’s the smartest man in town! F
Meals are better; bills are down]
Said his dealer: “‘Go first class.
Let the missus cook with gas.
Thrifty; cleaner; quicker, foo!
A new Automatic Gas Range is a good investment. You can get
low-cost operation! Automatic time control. to cook whole meals.
without watching! Automatic temperature control for baking! Automatic trigger-fast lighting for bumers, broiler, oven! Non-dog,
non-rust burners! Fast, live-flame smokeless broiler! Years of ees
free service! Visit your dealer today.
Gas and electric service is another great Califomia Seite
P. G. and E. rates are among the lowest in the nation 33; they take
less than 3¢ of the hovenholet dollar.
PGs
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