June 10, 1970 (8 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glen French.Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan,. North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell -Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebas Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium-Tremens, PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16/70 “GAL. ST+ LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 NUMBER 73 VOLUME 49 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City brook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, La Barr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly topol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1970 County’s population up 23 per cent in decade Nevada county's population has increased 23 per cent in the past decade, the preliminary 1970 federal census shows. Nevada county's population now stands at 25,743, compared to 20,911 when the 1960 census was taken. That is an increase of 4,832 residents in 10 years. However, the 25,743 people now living in Nevada county represent a decrease of almost 1,000 people over earlier estimates. The Department of Finance had estimated the county's population at 26,500 as of July 1, 1969, The preliminary population figures released by District Census Manager Laura Kvick today will be published officially in the fall. dee are the preliminary 1970 figures for other counties in this area followed by the 1960 total: Sierra county — 2,262 now, 2,247 in 1960; Placer county: — 16,218 now, 56,998 in 1960; El Dorado ¢ounty — 41,704 now, 29,390 in 1960. The Sounding Board WERE YOU SATISFIED COUNTY-WISE WITH THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT ELECTION? KAY PORTER, Nevada City: "Unfortunately I didn't like one, LES MERRIFIELD, Grass Valbut I won't say which -otherley: wise they were okay." "Some yes -some no." 4 STANLEY SANDERS, Banner Mountain area: "No," “Partially.” 100 years of history of Nevada County C, A, RICKARD, Nevada City: (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Nugget carried a historically important series ofarticles in 1951 titled "100 Years of Nevada County." These vignettes of our Golden Empire then were compiled into a book, only a few of which remain today. Because -of local interest in things historical, The Nugget has been and will continue to republish those articles and encourages its readers to clip the stories and keep them for future reference and recollection. The first building adapted to theatrical purposes. in. Nevada City was "Dramatic Hall," located on the corner of Commercial and Pine streets, and used by Dr. Robinson and troupe in June of 1851. Miss Carpenter, Mrs. Mestayer, Fairchild and the doctors were the principal attractions. It was the first attraction of its kind, and the company drew full houses for several weeks — the miners being too hungry for excitement to be very attentive to the quality of the performances. Tench E, Fairchild was an extraordinary combination of brilliant talent, with ~ sentiment, misdirected impulses, assurance, grace and good nature. He had been successively, in Dlinois, printer's devil, law student; lecturer on temperance, agent of the state temperance society, speaking before the legislature with great applause, editor of the state temperance organ, state delegate to a world's temperance convention in London, clerk in a village postoffice, and crier at auctions. He ran a brief but splendid career in that state, more successful in avoiding fame than notoriety; he was master of a fervid eloquence, and the slave of his senses. In 1849 he emigrated westward, and took to the stage, upon which his wit and comic powers made him a general favorite. In 1851 he married Miss Carpenter, at Grass Valley, but—did not long survive the wedding, dying at Sacramento of a constitution broken by intemperance, just a few months after. In August 1851, Mr. and Mrs. James Stark played for one night in Nevada to a full house. Brutal amusements, called bull and bear fights, were quite frequent in 1851 and continued for several years. The “arena for this display, in 1851, was on Bear street, and large crowds used to assemble. Incipient riots occasionally grew out of the affairs; but no excessive demonstrations were made. In one of the earlier scenes of this kind a large bear got loose from his bounds and scattered his keep-Theatrical troupes entertained earliest arrivals in mine camps . ers, who retreated at the outlets, closely followed by the bear, but the doors were shut quick enough to imprison the bear in the arena. He then tried to scale the plank walls of the amphitheater, and the crowded seats were at once vacated, except by C. F. Wood and Dr. Kendall, who beat the bear back with a shovel and a heavy cane as often as his paws got in reach. They kept the bear at bay till he was lassoed by the Spaniards. The doctor had a very hairy visage, and his exploit gave occasion to the remark of a wag, that in the midst of the fray Bruin looked up, caught sight of his shaggy antagonist, and succumbed, overpowered by the reflection, "Et tu Brute!" ‘In the summer of 1851 a new theater was erected by C. Lovell and others over Deer Creek, on the lower oine of Main Street, and was opened on. Nov. 20 by the Chapman family, who played it for several weeks with tolerable success. The theater proved ultimately to have an insecure foundation. On the third of the following March a storm swept over the country, submerging Sacramento and Marysville, carrying off a great many bridges on the mountain streams, and destroying many. lives. Thirteen men out of a company of 15 lost their lives on the Middle Yuba while trying.to save a flume. . The storm changed from snow to rain in Nevada, creating an immense rise of water in Deer Creek. Friday evening it was ascertained that the theater, called the Jenny Lind, was in danger, and during the night a heavy drift log came in contact with the pillars on which it stood, taking some of them away and materially disturbing the others. Early the next morning the Broad Street bridge was carried off by the ‘rushing waters. All the forenoon a crowd was in waiting, expecting every moment to see the other bridge, the theater and the adjacent buildings go down the stream. At. 12 ofclock a heavy log came in contact with the Main Street bridge, which was immediately above the theater, and took it from the foundations. The accu-" mulated mass took the remaining props from under the theater, and the building settled into the current, becoming almost instantly a total wreck, going down stream in fragments. The Dlinois boarding house adjoined the theater and shared its fate. Loss to the town and individuals was about $10,000. "Concert Hall" was built in September, 1853, as an assembly and concert room, on Washington Street, by L. P. Frisbie, ‘but was subsequently arranged as a theater. ~ Many of the most celebrated stars in the state trod its boards — Waller, Murdoch, ~~ Stark, Madame Bishop, etc. Sine eae As 3 fo cer oe

Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glen French.Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan,. North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell -Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebas Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium-Tremens, PERIODICALS SECTION 5/16/70 “GAL. ST+ LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 NUMBER 73 VOLUME 49 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City brook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, La Barr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly topol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1970 County’s population up 23 per cent in decade Nevada county's population has increased 23 per cent in the past decade, the preliminary 1970 federal census shows. Nevada county's population now stands at 25,743, compared to 20,911 when the 1960 census was taken. That is an increase of 4,832 residents in 10 years. However, the 25,743 people now living in Nevada county represent a decrease of almost 1,000 people over earlier estimates. The Department of Finance had estimated the county's population at 26,500 as of July 1, 1969, The preliminary population figures released by District Census Manager Laura Kvick today will be published officially in the fall. dee are the preliminary 1970 figures for other counties in this area followed by the 1960 total: Sierra county — 2,262 now, 2,247 in 1960; Placer county: — 16,218 now, 56,998 in 1960; El Dorado ¢ounty — 41,704 now, 29,390 in 1960. The Sounding Board WERE YOU SATISFIED COUNTY-WISE WITH THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT ELECTION? KAY PORTER, Nevada City: "Unfortunately I didn't like one, LES MERRIFIELD, Grass Valbut I won't say which -otherley: wise they were okay." "Some yes -some no." 4 STANLEY SANDERS, Banner Mountain area: "No," “Partially.” 100 years of history of Nevada County C, A, RICKARD, Nevada City: (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Nugget carried a historically important series ofarticles in 1951 titled "100 Years of Nevada County." These vignettes of our Golden Empire then were compiled into a book, only a few of which remain today. Because -of local interest in things historical, The Nugget has been and will continue to republish those articles and encourages its readers to clip the stories and keep them for future reference and recollection. The first building adapted to theatrical purposes. in. Nevada City was "Dramatic Hall," located on the corner of Commercial and Pine streets, and used by Dr. Robinson and troupe in June of 1851. Miss Carpenter, Mrs. Mestayer, Fairchild and the doctors were the principal attractions. It was the first attraction of its kind, and the company drew full houses for several weeks — the miners being too hungry for excitement to be very attentive to the quality of the performances. Tench E, Fairchild was an extraordinary combination of brilliant talent, with ~ sentiment, misdirected impulses, assurance, grace and good nature. He had been successively, in Dlinois, printer's devil, law student; lecturer on temperance, agent of the state temperance society, speaking before the legislature with great applause, editor of the state temperance organ, state delegate to a world's temperance convention in London, clerk in a village postoffice, and crier at auctions. He ran a brief but splendid career in that state, more successful in avoiding fame than notoriety; he was master of a fervid eloquence, and the slave of his senses. In 1849 he emigrated westward, and took to the stage, upon which his wit and comic powers made him a general favorite. In 1851 he married Miss Carpenter, at Grass Valley, but—did not long survive the wedding, dying at Sacramento of a constitution broken by intemperance, just a few months after.

In August 1851, Mr. and Mrs. James Stark played for one night in Nevada to a full house. Brutal amusements, called bull and bear fights, were quite frequent in 1851 and continued for several years. The “arena for this display, in 1851, was on Bear street, and large crowds used to assemble. Incipient riots occasionally grew out of the affairs; but no excessive demonstrations were made. In one of the earlier scenes of this kind a large bear got loose from his bounds and scattered his keep-Theatrical troupes entertained earliest arrivals in mine camps . ers, who retreated at the outlets, closely followed by the bear, but the doors were shut quick enough to imprison the bear in the arena. He then tried to scale the plank walls of the amphitheater, and the crowded seats were at once vacated, except by C. F. Wood and Dr. Kendall, who beat the bear back with a shovel and a heavy cane as often as his paws got in reach. They kept the bear at bay till he was lassoed by the Spaniards. The doctor had a very hairy visage, and his exploit gave occasion to the remark of a wag, that in the midst of the fray Bruin looked up, caught sight of his shaggy antagonist, and succumbed, overpowered by the reflection, "Et tu Brute!" ‘In the summer of 1851 a new theater was erected by C. Lovell and others over Deer Creek, on the lower oine of Main Street, and was opened on. Nov. 20 by the Chapman family, who played it for several weeks with tolerable success. The theater proved ultimately to have an insecure foundation. On the third of the following March a storm swept over the country, submerging Sacramento and Marysville, carrying off a great many bridges on the mountain streams, and destroying many. lives. Thirteen men out of a company of 15 lost their lives on the Middle Yuba while trying.to save a flume. . The storm changed from snow to rain in Nevada, creating an immense rise of water in Deer Creek. Friday evening it was ascertained that the theater, called the Jenny Lind, was in danger, and during the night a heavy drift log came in contact with the pillars on which it stood, taking some of them away and materially disturbing the others. Early the next morning the Broad Street bridge was carried off by the ‘rushing waters. All the forenoon a crowd was in waiting, expecting every moment to see the other bridge, the theater and the adjacent buildings go down the stream. At. 12 ofclock a heavy log came in contact with the Main Street bridge, which was immediately above the theater, and took it from the foundations. The accu-" mulated mass took the remaining props from under the theater, and the building settled into the current, becoming almost instantly a total wreck, going down stream in fragments. The Dlinois boarding house adjoined the theater and shared its fate. Loss to the town and individuals was about $10,000. "Concert Hall" was built in September, 1853, as an assembly and concert room, on Washington Street, by L. P. Frisbie, ‘but was subsequently arranged as a theater. ~ Many of the most celebrated stars in the state trod its boards — Waller, Murdoch, ~~ Stark, Madame Bishop, etc. Sine eae As 3 fo cer oe