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Title: Volume 055-1 - January 2001 Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Collection Name: Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins # of Pages: 6 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Original Held At: Searls Historical Library Location: 161 Nevada City Hwy, Nevada City, CA 95959

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and severely injured. He died a week later from the injuries received at the accident. [Best says he died the same day— who’s right?] On January 3, 1924 the operation of the Nevada County Traction Company came to an unceremonious end. On that day a snowstorm had completely blocked the tracks and superintendent Skewes had ordered that the operation cease. Later in the day Mr. Skewes was informed by the company president, Mr. Martin, to suspend operations indefinitely. And that was the end of it. The snowstorm may have been a good excuse to shut the trolley line down, but line management may have been pointed in the direction. With a paved road between the twin cities, automobile traffic had been cutting into the profits of the Nevada County Traction Company to a large extent. Needless to say, the closure caused quite a commotion. A number of riders had been marooned in the two cities and they were quick to voice their disapproval. Application was NCHS Bulletin January 2001 The Lone Pine Tree by Eleanor Hinshelwood I HAVE BEEN A SPOON COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS and a member of the Spoon Collectors of Southern California. At our annual spoon convention in Bellingham, Washington in July of 1999 I purchased a spoon with the Lone Pine Tree, Nevada City, Cal. engraved in the bowl. I tried to find the story of the spoons that I acquire. I became aware of the Lone Pine Spoon when the late Cal Palmer, former president of the Nevada County Historical Society, showed me some of his spoon collection, which included one on the Lone Pine Tree. The spoon was made by Paye and Baker Manufacturing Company of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. This firm went out of business in 1935. Ron Sturgell of the Nevada County Historical Society’s Video Museum FS: g\ + v ‘ ze Division had a photograph of the Lone Pine Tree, but he did not have any information. Ed Tyson of the Searls Historical Library of NCHS also had a picture, but no information. I asked any number of people in the community if they had any information on the Lone Pine Tree, with negative results. One woman even called the Swap Shop on the local radio. A man did respond to this call, but the lone pine he knew was located in The car barn in Glenbrook, which was large enough to contain all four cars and the generators in the rear of the building. (Roy Graves photo.) made to the California State Railroad Commission to force the trolley company back into operation, but to no avail. The Commission did grant to J. B. Grissel and J. F. Dolan a certificate to operate a bus line between Grass Valley and Nevada City. The bus service was sufficiently successful to remove the major part of the indignation in losing the trolley line. When the trolley line operation ceased, the rolling stock was assembled at the car barn in Glenbrook Park. Of the four cars, three were destroyed, and one ended up as a school-bus waiting room. The generators and other equipment, including rails and electric lines were sold at auction to satisfy a judgment brought by the Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco. The demand of the Mercantile Trust Company was approximately $70,000, while the sale of the Traction Company’s equipment brought only $5,360. another part of California. My husband took a picture of the Lone Pine Tree to his barbershop, as many old timers frequent this shop. Some of the older customers thought this tree was located in the area of what is now the Rood Government Center, as they remember swimming in large ponds left by hydraulic mining. A photographer told me about a newspaper article on a Sequoia tree. It turned out to be the wrong tree and this tree was cut down in 1965 to make way for the freeway. By this time most staff and volunteers at the Doris Foley and Searls libraries were aware of the information that I was looking for. I decided to take a picture of the tree to my genealogy class, and it was passed around to see if any of the group had any information to assist me. It was suggested that I contact the Nevada Irrigation District office, because a flume is pictured in front of the tree. Unfortunately the NID historian was on vacation, so I left all the data I had accumulated with the receptionist and was told to advise them if I found additional information. I was advised that NID had been in existence for 75 years, and the photograph with the flume was much older.