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Title: A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Publisher: Lewis Publishing Company Published: 1891 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Source(s): Google Books # of Pages: 713 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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172 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. His first enterprise in journalism was the management of the San Francisco Evening Post, which he twice enlarged, changed it in politics from Democrat to Republican, and made it a recognized power in the journalistic field. He is the proprietor of the celebrated pleasure and health resort known all over the world under the name of the Napa Soda Springs, described in the preceding section, and has made a conspicuous success of the development and management of the large business interests connected with that property. For some years past he has most ably conducted that spicy and satirical journal, The Wasp, of San Francisco. The sting of this lively and ubiquitous insect, though not fatally poisonous, is credited with an effect the reverse of soothing. and that jour nal is certainly a terror to evil-doers, even if it has no space to waste in the praise of them that do well. It is an open secret that Colonel Jackson’s objections to the cares and responsibilities of official life have at last been overcome, and that President Harrison, his early personal friend, has appointed him sub-treasurer at San Francisco. His thorough business training and experience have admirably fitted him for his position of trust, and Uncle Sain’s millions will have no more able or faithful custodian than he. SPRINGS. Two and one-half miles south of St. Helena there are nine springs whose waters are sulphuretted, and whose temperature is from 69 degrees to 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit. These springs are used as a resort. In Pope Valley are the Atna Springs and Walters Springs, both favorite resorts. On the mountain side above St. Helena are the Crystal Springs, or Rural Health Retreat, a deservedly prosperous institation under the auspices of the Adventists. NEWSPAPERS, The first newspaper in the county was the Napa Reporter, the first number of which was issued July 4, 1856, by Alexander J. Cox. Although very small it was in advance of the population, and could scarcely be sustained. The Napa Register was established by Horel & Strong, August 10, 1863, and has been regularly issued ever since. The present newspapers of the county are as follow: In Napa are the Register and Reporter, both daily and weekly, founded both in 1856, both ably conducted papers, the Journal founded in 1884, a weekly, and the Bee, first iseued in 1890. In St. Helena are the Star, a weekly, conducted with unusual ability, established in 1874, and the Reflector, a smart daily, lately come into existence. At Calistoga is the Jndependent Calistogian, a weekly of influence and strength, first issued in 1877. NEVADA COUNTY. BOUNDARY, CLIMATE, ETC. Commencing at the Yuba County line, Nevada is hemmed in between the Middle Yuba and Bear rivers until the sources of those streams are reached, when the boundary line runs directly east until it reaches the western line of the State of Nevada. It is bounded on the north by Yuba and Sierra counties, on the east by the State of Nevada and Placer County, on the south by Placer County and on the west by YubaCounty. Nevada is abundantly supplied by streams of water, sufficient for all purposes, even for hydraulic mining in its day. Ever rolling and ever ascending in tiers one above another until they reach the summit, Nevada County is a vast succession of hills, the snowcapped summits seeming but just high enough to peep over the verdant-covered crests of their lower brothers; and hundreds of fertile valleys greet the eye on every side, few of them containing as many as a hundred acres. The range of the thermometer is very great, the highest recorded being 1424° above zero in the sun at the office of the South Yuba Canal Company, and the lowest being 40° below zero on Prosser Creek in the Truckee basin. At the point where the highest mark was reached, the thermometer has never fallen below zero.