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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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HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 513 twenty-seven years old, then went to Arkansas and resided on the Cherokee line, near Kane Hill, until 1849, when he came across the plains to California. Leaving home with a party made up to accomplish the long journey, he left the train on the Arkansas River, and came through on horseback, following Fremont’s old trail, with a Spanish guide and a party of Government troops. Ie brought up at Sacramento in September; he went to Coloma and engaged in mining there, but after three or four weeks went to Sonora, and from there to Dry.Town, on Dry Creek, a tributary of the Cosumnes River, where he wintered, mining some, and attending to some mules which he owned. In the spring he came to Trinity County, and commenced mining in the Junction City Gistrict, where he has ever since made his home. In 1851 he settled on a ranch, and here he had 100 acres of fine arable land; in 1881 he sold out that place, and has since been engaged in his old employment of mining. He mines what is known as the Old Joe claim, near Junction City. He is a member of Trinity Lodge, F. & A. M., of Weaverville, of which he is now the oldest member. He has always been a Democrat, but may now be classed with the American party, as he holds to their principles. He has many interesting reminiscences of the early mininy days, and some of trouble with the Indians, who, while he was ranching, made away with some of his stock. He is the oldest living resident of the Junction district, there being now no other who was here when he came. ORING D. NOYES, proprietor of the Ful? ton Market, Placerville, is a native of the old Empire State, and dates his birth August 17, 1830. Ile was the son of Joseph F. and Elizabeth (Foote) Noyes. The former: was a native of Massachusetts, and a farmer in early life, and later a hotel proprietor. The mother 38 was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and was a first cousin ty Commodore Foote, of the United States Navy. She lived to the age of seventy-four years, dying in 1876. Loring is the third of seven children born to his parents. On the paternal side the ancestors were of the old Huguenots who settled in Boston in 1663, and from them the name Noyes descended. The grandfather of our subject served with distinction in the war of 1812, and also his grand uncle, who was aboard the old frigate Constitution when she captured the British frigate Java in the war of 1812. The subject of this sketch was reared and schooled in his native State until 1844, when his parents removed to Joliet. Illinois, where he completed his education, and also learned the butcher’s business, which he carried on until 1850. He then returned to his native State and engaged in the manufacture of sodawater and beer-bottling, ete., in company with his father, who had preceded him from Illinois. Mr. Noyes remained in this business until 1851, when he started via Panama to California, securing passage on the steamer Brother Jonathan to the Isthmus, and on the Pacific side by the propeller Monumental City. He remained but a short time in San Francisco, and then went to Sacramento, then to Weaverville and Cafion Creek, engaged in mining, returning to Sacramento in the fall. In the following spring he returned north to the south furk of the Salmon River, where he engaged in mining until 1854. His next enterprise was farming in Strawberry Valley, near the headwaters of the Sacramento River, until 1857, when he sold his ranch and came to Marysville, and in connection with his brother fitted out several teams with merchandise destined to Salt Lake City. In 1860 he built and conducted a saloon in Silver City, Nevada, until 1888. He is the owner of a quartz mine a mile north of Placerville. During his residence in Nevada Mr. Noyes was connected with the State Legislature, serving two terms as Sergeant-at-Arms, and also two terms as assistant. He also was the nominee