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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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234 HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Hartman resigned, and D. P. Bystle was appointed to fill the unexpired term.
1880—1881.
Superior Jndge......... 20. cece cere eeceees Aaron Bell
Sheriff and Tax Collector....... .........00e08. Hull
Clerk, Recorder and Auditor................ F. C. Tiffin
Treasurer........ secs cece cece ene cee ceeeeees R. Ripley
District Attorney ....... .2ceceees eens Clay W. Taylor
Burveyor....... ccc ee cece ee cece eee e nent J. E. Stockton
Coroner and Administrator ... ........... « J. D. Bystle
ASSESSOF «0.656. cee cece eee ee eees . William 8. Kidder
Superintendent of Schools ......... Mrs. D. M. Coleman
Assemblyman............eceeeeee cece eens J. 8. P. Bass
Senator..... 2-2... eee Dees eeeevessness A. B. Garlock
1881—1882.
Assemblyman........ .620 cecceceeeeee Jobn McMurray
Senatur.......cece eee cee cece eee e cece A. B. Garlock
Superior Judge........... cece cece cree ee eees Aaron Bell
Bheriff....... eee ee ce ce eee teen ences 8. Hull
Under Sheriff........... .seeeeceeeeeee cee R. Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff ............ ese eeeee William Whiting
County Clerk ......... 2c cece eee eee eee eeee F. C. Tiffin
Assistant County ClerK..............6 William Jackson
District Attorney .............--200e0eClay W. Taylor
Treasurer........0--.eeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Richard Ripley
ASBESBOF .. 6... eee c eee cree eee ceeeeeee W. S. Kidder
Assistunt AS8@SSOF... 6... cee eee e ee eee eee T. B. Smith
Assistant Assessor ... .......-000e00. Benjamin Swasey
Superintendent of Schools. ........ Mrs. D. M. Coleman
Public Administrator and Coroner.......... D. P. Bystle
Surveyor. ... ccc ee cece cree wees ceeee J. E. Stockton
( J. W. Gorden,
Supervisors ............ cess ee ne eee J. D. Blair,
Wm. Davidson.
REDDING,
the seat of government and metropolis of the
county, is a beautiful place and an enterprising
commercial center, being on both the Sacramento River and the California & Oregon Railroad, and having its complement of schools,
churches, fraternal societies, business houses,
tactories, and all that conduce to the wealth and
refinement of an inland city.
MILLVILLE
is pleasantly situated on the east side of the
Sacramento River near the junction of Cow and
Clover Creeks. The first inhabitants here were
Samuel E. and Nathaniel T. Stroud, brothers,
who located the site in 1853. In 1856 Mr.
Harold built the flour-mill now owned by Wilkinson & Ross. The tirst merchant was Joseph
Smith, in 1857. The next year Mr. Hazelrig
became his partner. It has since changed hands
several times. In 1860 the second business
house was started by John Hilderbrant, and
this also has changed proprietorship a number
of times.
The leading business men at present are:
Joseph C. Harris & Co., general merchandise;
E. E. Rawlings, druggist; L. W. Kidd, editor
and proprietor of the Hast-Side Times; Wilkinson & Ross, mill owners, ete.
The village is also blessed with lodges of
Masons, Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Daughters
of Rebekah and Native Sons of the Golden West.
THE ASSEMBLYMEN
from Shasta County have been: A. R. Andrews,
1856, 1869-72; J. S. P. Bass, 1880; Henry
Bates, 1855; J. M. Briceland, 1875-’76; T. T.
Cabiness, 1853; J. N. Chappell, 1863-66;
Perry Dryer, 1867-68; Samuel Flemming,
1852; I. Hare, 1857; Rudolph Klotz, 187374;
A. G. McCandless, 1851; E. D. Pearce, 1852;
John A. Ring, 1854; Chas. R. Street, 1858-59;
John White, 1860-’61; George W. Woodman,
1862.
SIERRA COUNTY.
The word “sierra” is Spanish for saw. This
term was first applicd to the great mountain
range in allusion to ita series of regular peaks
presenting the appearance of the teeth of a huge
saw, while “nevada” signifies snowy. The
county derives its name from the mountains,
which oceupy the whole of its upper or eastern
half. The lowest point is at least 2,000 feet above
the sea. Downieville, the lowest town in the
county, is 3,000 feet above sea-level. Most of the
mining towns are situated far above the snow line
of winter,—from 300 to 600 feet. The isolated
peaks of this county are Table Rock, Saddle
Rock, Mount Fillmore, Fir Cap, Mount Lola
and the Sierra Buttes. Mount Lola, the highest,
is 9,200 feet in altitude. Table Mountain, in the
western part of the county, is 6,000 feet high.
The face of the country is everywhere eroded by
cafions, some of them more than 2,000 feet deep.
Not more than one acre is snitable fur the plow.