Volume 067-2 - April 2013 (6 pages)

NCHS Bulletin April 2013 ode = a 4 ‘ : iN Kan A “a Leah T h j i $ . 4 / vj y I I ‘i l " 4 Ke bf 7g J Pr Scotts Flat Reservoir as it appeared in 1967. (Watercolor by Dave Comstock) Scotts Flat Dam project to a WPA recreation project at the Cisco Ski Course. In October 1939 the Scotts Flat camp population rose again when the men who had left for the summer to work at Cisco returned to their winter quarters. One project that kept the men busy was to partly relocate and widen the road. The project involved securing rightsof-way across several tracts of land. The existing roadway was hard to keep open during heavy snowstorms because its narrow width made it difficult to use heavy equipment to remove snow. When the 1940 Federal Population Census was taken (April 13-15) the SRA camp at Scotts Flat had become a small hamlet. Of the 237 people enumerated at the camp 225 were men and 10 of the 12 females were listed as wives, one was a daughter, and one woman, Eve Flewellen, age 59 and a widow, was the high school principal. Other occupations at the camp (besides laborerss and helpers) included butcher, baker (no candlestick maker), cook, servant, watchman, mechanic, janitor, telegraph, waiter, dishwasher, locksmith, miner, blacksmith, painter, sawyer, caretaker, machinist, wood worker, cat skinner, yard farmer, time checker, water boy (age 48), bookkeeper, night watchman, chief store clerk, straw boss, and a variety of positions in the lumber industry. Construction of the Scotts Flat dam itself was not completed until 1948, exactly two decades after the first dam was built at “Lower Scotts Flat” (now known as Deer Creek Reservoir). The dam was raised to its current size as part of the massive Yuba-Bear project of 1963-66. NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1300, Nevada City, CA 95959 www.nevadacountyhistory.org EXECUTIVE BOARD Daniel Ketcham Carolyn Jones-Rogers President Vice President Executive Secretary Linda Jack Treasurer Larry Hannah DIRECTORS Firehouse Museum Wally Hagaman North Star Mining Museum Rudy Cisar Searls Historical Library Pat Chesnut Public Relations Cherie Oliver NCNGRR/Transportation Museum Division Madelyn Helling NCHS Books Division Desmond Gallagher Bulletin Editor Maria Brower Membership Wayne Teague Archivist Gay Conner Fundraising Ric Caravelli Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Al Dittmann Brita Rozynski Brian Blair Rolf Laessig email: [email protected] Searls Historical Library 214 Church Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5910 Open Mon-Sat . pm-4 pm. Closed Sundays and Holidays Firehouse No. 1 Museum 214 Main Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5468 May . to Oct. 31: Open Tues-Sun 1-4 pm. Closed Monday Nov. . to April 30: Open by appointment North Star Mining Museum 933 Allison Ranch Road, Grass Valley (530) 273-4255 May . to Oct. 31: Open Tues-Sun 10 am—4 pm. Closed November . to April 30 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City (530) 470-0902 May . to Oct. 31: Open Fri-Tues 10 am-4 pm. Closed Wed-Thur Nov. . to April 30: Open 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday NCHS Books 511 North Pine St., Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 265-4312

NCHS Bulletin April 2013 ode = a 4 ‘ : iN Kan A “a Leah T h j i $ . 4 / vj y I I ‘i l " 4 Ke bf 7g J Pr Scotts Flat Reservoir as it appeared in 1967. (Watercolor by Dave Comstock) Scotts Flat Dam project to a WPA recreation project at the Cisco Ski Course. In October 1939 the Scotts Flat camp population rose again when the men who had left for the summer to work at Cisco returned to their winter quarters. One project that kept the men busy was to partly relocate and widen the road. The project involved securing rightsof-way across several tracts of land. The existing roadway was hard to keep open during heavy snowstorms because its narrow width made it difficult to use heavy equipment to remove snow. When the 1940 Federal Population Census was taken (April 13-15) the SRA camp at Scotts Flat had become a small hamlet. Of the 237 people enumerated at the camp 225 were men and 10 of the 12 females were listed as wives, one was a daughter, and one woman, Eve Flewellen, age 59 and a widow, was the high school principal. Other occupations at the camp (besides laborerss and helpers) included butcher, baker (no candlestick maker), cook, servant, watchman, mechanic, janitor, telegraph, waiter, dishwasher, locksmith, miner, blacksmith, painter, sawyer, caretaker, machinist, wood worker, cat skinner, yard farmer, time checker, water boy (age 48), bookkeeper, night watchman, chief store clerk, straw boss, and a variety

of positions in the lumber industry. Construction of the Scotts Flat dam itself was not completed until 1948, exactly two decades after the first dam was built at “Lower Scotts Flat” (now known as Deer Creek Reservoir). The dam was raised to its current size as part of the massive Yuba-Bear project of 1963-66. NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1300, Nevada City, CA 95959 www.nevadacountyhistory.org EXECUTIVE BOARD Daniel Ketcham Carolyn Jones-Rogers President Vice President Executive Secretary Linda Jack Treasurer Larry Hannah DIRECTORS Firehouse Museum Wally Hagaman North Star Mining Museum Rudy Cisar Searls Historical Library Pat Chesnut Public Relations Cherie Oliver NCNGRR/Transportation Museum Division Madelyn Helling NCHS Books Division Desmond Gallagher Bulletin Editor Maria Brower Membership Wayne Teague Archivist Gay Conner Fundraising Ric Caravelli Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Director-at-Large Al Dittmann Brita Rozynski Brian Blair Rolf Laessig email: [email protected] Searls Historical Library 214 Church Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5910 Open Mon-Sat . pm-4 pm. Closed Sundays and Holidays Firehouse No. 1 Museum 214 Main Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5468 May . to Oct. 31: Open Tues-Sun 1-4 pm. Closed Monday Nov. . to April 30: Open by appointment North Star Mining Museum 933 Allison Ranch Road, Grass Valley (530) 273-4255 May . to Oct. 31: Open Tues-Sun 10 am—4 pm. Closed November . to April 30 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City (530) 470-0902 May . to Oct. 31: Open Fri-Tues 10 am-4 pm. Closed Wed-Thur Nov. . to April 30: Open 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday NCHS Books 511 North Pine St., Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 265-4312