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Title: Volume 058-4 - October 2004 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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NCHS Bulletin October 2004 take charge of a department in the Central Pacific Railroad. In 1878 California College conferred upon him the degree of D.D., and in July of the same year the Southwest Baptist University in Jackson, Tennessee, conferred the degree of L.L.D. upon him. Osgood left behind a great quantity of his writing, probably due do his serving less time in the pulpit than Brierly did, and to his position with the California Baptist Historical Society. In an address first prepared by a request of the California Baptist Historical Society in 1888, and later read at the Society meeting at Sacramento on April 13, 1889, Osgood more than hints that there were some “serious difficulty” with Brierly. He confesses that “All the misunderstanding was caused by the tale-bearing and malicious misrepresentation of a few men who envied both of us, and determined, if possible, to make us destroy each other. . .” This was apparently brought to light and the problems it caused reversed. On his deathbed Brierly asked to see Osgood. Osgood says that he hastened, but before his horse could be saddled he received another message saying Brierly had died: Brierly’s last request was that Osgood preach his funeral sermon. Osgood traveled the seventy-five miles and “. . . in his study, at his table, on his chair, with his pen, from his ink stand, on his paper, I wrote the sermon and on the 26th of July 1863 preached it.” Later the church would publish it. There is no evidence that Brierly and Osgood knew each other prior to coming to California. Their beginnings were very dissimilar, but their last days were spent in California mining God’s Gold. In this early photo of the Pine Street suspension bridge over Deer Creek, the back end of Nevada City’s second Baptist church can be seen at the top of the picture, left of center. The church building was dedicated in January 1861 and the bridge was completed in the summer of 1862. NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE BOARD President Bedford Lampkin Vice President Priscilla van der Pas Executive Secretary Elmabel Rohrman Treasurer Glenn Straight DIRECTORS Firehouse Museum Wally Hagaman North Star Mining Museum Glenn Jones Searls Historical Library Ed Tyson Genealogical Research Maria Brower NCNGRR’/Transportation Museum Division John Christensen NCHS Books Division Desmond Gallagher Bulletin Editor Maria Brower Newsletter Editor Pat Chesnut Membership Cynthia Sosa Director-at-Large Pat Chesnut Director-at-Large Brita Rozynski Director-at-Large Nick Rohrman 6 P.O. Box 1300, Nevada City, CA 95959 Searls Historical Library 214 Church Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5910 Open 1-4 pm daily (except Sundays and holidays) Firehouse Museum 214 Main Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5468 Summer: Open 11 am to 4 pm daily (except holidays) Winter: Thurs.—Sun. 11:30 am to 4 pm (except holidays) North Star Mining Museum Allison Ranch Road, Grass Valley (530) 273-4255 Open May 1 to October 15 from 10 am to 5 pm Railroad and Transportation Museum 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City (530) 470-0902 May . to Sept 30: Open Friday thru Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm Oct 1 to April 30: Open Tuesday and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm NCHS Books 511 North Pine St., Nevada City 95959 (530) 265-4312