June 25, 1975 (8 pages)

alifornia, Country All In a Day’s Work During the winter months at the turn of the century, Crescent City was virtually cut off from the world. Few ships ventured along the rocky and stormy northern California coast and the only link inland, a rugged stage road to Grants Pass, Oregon, was often blocked by snow. But business sometimes dictated a man risk the one hundred mile journey between the two towns. Such was the case in January 1912 when Henry Haefner, a forest ranger in the Siskiyou National Forest, was instructed to appraise a grove of redwoods along the Chetco River. : Henry paid his $10 fare and boarded the stage in Grants Pass at 7:00 a.m. on a warm and clear New Year’s Day. Ten stops and two days later he arrived in Crescent City. The ride had been cold and chilling and by the time the stage crossed the mountains it was raining. Henry had been lucky enough to get a seat outside with the driver. Most drivers were oldtimers who knew how to spin a story and to ride up front with them was considered.an honor. But it had its disadvantages, too. The only thing between him the elements had been a heavy canvas cover that snapped on either side of the seat and between the driver and himself. It served a dual purpose of keeping them warm and dry and holding them in when the stage hit a hole or a rock. It took four days trudging through waist-deep snow to complete his appraisal. Tired and weary he began the two day journey back to Crescent City and caught the stage to Grants Pass.But eighteen miles east of Crescent City, at Gasquet, the stage could go no further — heavy snows in the mountains had blocked the road. Henry had no choice but to walk. The next morning, following a trail broke by the mail rider’s horse, he walked fifteen miles over the mountain through the drifts and cold, wet snow. He reached Patrick Creek Hotel at nightfall. It was crowded with travelers caught by the storm. He paid his 25 cents and ate a hot, filling meal, found a corner to throw his pack and fell into an exhausted sleep. The next morning he started out again, this time having to break trail himself. He had gone only six miles by mid-afternoon and finally reached the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains by dark. But the going was easier now. He took a shortcut down the hill and, as luck would have it, caught a stage. At last, after two weeks of work and travel, he reached his office and made his report, It was only another routine duty completed. 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., June 25, 1975 Rough and Ready News: By Fav’ \Camptonville News CAMPTONVILLE, June 18. Mrs. Hazel Pahnke and daughter Mrs. Dolores See, of Walnut Creek spent a few days at their summer home at Oak [ NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. ~ Subscription Rates: One Year . $3.00 Two Yeors . $5.00 , Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION . Valley last week. Mrs. Pahnke is a native, being the youngest of the Cassano family. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Davis, Jr. of Castro Valley, and sons James and Paul spent the week end at their business place here. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walton, of Marysville, spent the weekend as guests at the Cleveland home. Mrs. Warren N. Pauly, of Meridian, Idaho,.and-Mr. and Mrs. Myron Pauly, of Red Bluff, spent a couple of days visiting his mother, Mrs. Grace Pauly, this week. Gary Winebarger left last week for Burbank to take a job in a sporting goods store. Sheriff James Grant of Marysville was in town Wednesday on an official business _Mrs. William L. Perkins made a brief business trip to Marysville Thursday and took her dog Grover with her. While shopping she left the dog in her car but left the window open and when she returned her faithful companion was gone, evidently taking in the town. She returned . home without him, and was upset so her husband, Bill, went back to the city to look for the pet, and found him waiting for them on the street at the spot where she had parked the car. -, GI a a a a a eS aes, ! be 8 * 04 kh ae a There was a celebration in Rough and Ready on June 17 that certainly should be included in our secession period activities even though the families are not old timers. I’m sure the Lloyd Wax and John Tinsley families would like to make it an annual affair. It was the first time, since they started their own homes and families, that all six of the Wax children have been together. Lloyd and Irene Wax celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They are both native Californians and were married at Columbia on June 17, 1925. The family gathered from Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and all over ‘California; 43 included their nights in the visit. The Tinsleys and the Waxs live next door to each other. Lolamae Tinsley is one of the six children. She says their homes slept wall-to-wall-people and even the garden slept tree-to-tree-people. The family started arriving a week before the event and some didn’t leave until a week after. As many as 60 people gathered for meals. Altogether there were 90 guests, both friends and family. Besides six children there were 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Tinsley says there were plenty of willing hands and the party was wonderful-just eating and visiting. R&R Conne Baer, chamber president, tells me I missed a few of the Secession Day activities, when I tried to cover them last week, so add these to your agenda. The Grange Committee of Womens Activities will have a booth of homemade and handmade products, The fire department auxiliary also has that type of booth. The auxiliary’s most interesting items are two beautiful quilts. The Rough and Ready 4H will have their sponge toss which proved such a success last year. Ready Springs School will provide snow cones. Don’t forget the outdoor chuck wagon breakfast which will be served by the ladies of the fire department auxiliary from 7:30 until 11 a.m.; live entertainment all day. R&R Bruce Rayner, ‘Paint Your Wagon”’ publicity agent, called last week to get my version of the secession. I wasn’t here then but it is quite apparent the deep basic cause was the need for law and order. California was still a territory and though the gold country was valuable and desirable to Washington D.C. it was about three months away and that of course precluded most governmental services. Marysville was the closest government of any kind; 30 miles meant from one to three days depending upon the urgency of the situation and a miner who would quit his claim to run for help. and West are the generally accepted historians of the time (written 1880). They add a less glamorous story to the cause of the secession than the exciting one of the Boston Swindler. The mass called by Col. Brundage on April 7, at which the citizens of the Great Republic elected to secede and set up their.own government, was preceded by a mass meeting that was not so dramatic. : It set a precedent and emphasized the need for law and order. It is seldom written about. In March of 1850 ‘‘the population grew so rapidly 2 5 2 Ss Dunbar ( besieged by a frightening outbreak of cholera at just that time. R&RMarguerite Spaite DeBow. former neighbor and still staunch supporter of Rough and Ready, lives near her family in Oakland now. One of her new friends came across an old book titled ‘Old Rough and Ready’. It is not about our little town but about General Zachary ‘Old Rough and Ready’ Taylor and his activities in the Mexican Wars. Since our little community was named for him Marguerite thought someone here should have the book. Taylor joined the trouble in Texas in 1846 after four years of frustration for Texas and the U.S. He succeeded in turning the tide and in just two years the United States signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. Part of the treaty was the establishment .of new boundaries for ‘The Republic of Texas’. Mrs. Scott, the author, is a historian and teacher and has done an amazing amount of research. Someday I will give you some of the . very interesting things she wrote about Taylor.He became the hero of his day. Since it was a group of men, who had fought with him in the Winnebago Indian wars that settled and named Rough and Ready, his connection with ‘The Republic of Texas’ may have influenced the thought of independence.in time of strife. Another precedent of the> Great Republic of Rough and Ready. R&R Finally had a nice chat with Chuck Dungan of Gold Country Tours, Rough and Ready’s newest business enterprise. Dungan and Mr. Poe, of the Rough and Ready Market, are partners in this enterprise but I think it is Dungan who has boned up on our county history. The tours can be arranged to suit your own personal ce of what to see. Even though they plan on picnic lunches, and spend a full day, it would be impossible to see the many places they include in their tours in one trip. I counted 20 historically fascinating places and in varying directions. They also arrange gold panning, back packing, rock hounding and fishing parties. The bus seats 10. They’ do Alleghany, even include Footes Crossing and the Malakoff with the up-river road to Washington. Both of these are places I am afraid to drive so you can see why I was interested. Graniteville and Camptonville are also among the tours. One of Dungan’s recent passengers was the president of the Southern Calif. Edison Co. He must have been impressed after living around Southern California’s dry river beds. You can pick up a flyer about the tours in Rough and Ready on Secession Day. R&R, ‘ The recent death of Clarence Treadway leaves a big vacancy in the activities around Rough and Ready. The Treadways lived here for many years and they never lost interest in our little community. Clarence had planned on entertaining with his fiddle on Secession Day. Clarence and Bea were always available to help in any community affair. They were on their way to a meeting, in Idaho, of the “Old Time Fiddlers Association.” Clarence was president ofthe California branch. He was stricken with a massive heart attack in Lovelock, Nevada and died 18-hours later. He was 62-years-old. The Treadway’s daughter, Edwadean Martin and her family, lived in Rough and Ready for many years. The Martins live in Roseville now © but Edwadean is staying with her mother in Nevada City to try to help her adjust to the loss. Rough and Ready had quite a remarkable event in its animal world last week. The Baer’s family cow had twin calves. Twins are fairly common in the human family but a very uncommon event with cows. They haven’t named them yet. There is one boy and one girl and they are apparently quite strong and healthy. This same cow had twins last year but aborted them before they were strong enough to live. She is young; I don’t know if you would say this is her second or fourth. calf.

alifornia, Country All In a Day’s Work During the winter months at the turn of the century, Crescent City was virtually cut off from the world. Few ships ventured along the rocky and stormy northern California coast and the only link inland, a rugged stage road to Grants Pass, Oregon, was often blocked by snow. But business sometimes dictated a man risk the one hundred mile journey between the two towns. Such was the case in January 1912 when Henry Haefner, a forest ranger in the Siskiyou National Forest, was instructed to appraise a grove of redwoods along the Chetco River. : Henry paid his $10 fare and boarded the stage in Grants Pass at 7:00 a.m. on a warm and clear New Year’s Day. Ten stops and two days later he arrived in Crescent City. The ride had been cold and chilling and by the time the stage crossed the mountains it was raining. Henry had been lucky enough to get a seat outside with the driver. Most drivers were oldtimers who knew how to spin a story and to ride up front with them was considered.an honor. But it had its disadvantages, too. The only thing between him the elements had been a heavy canvas cover that snapped on either side of the seat and between the driver and himself. It served a dual purpose of keeping them warm and dry and holding them in when the stage hit a hole or a rock. It took four days trudging through waist-deep snow to complete his appraisal. Tired and weary he began the two day journey back to Crescent City and caught the stage to Grants Pass.But eighteen miles east of Crescent City, at Gasquet, the stage could go no further — heavy snows in the mountains had blocked the road. Henry had no choice but to walk. The next morning, following a trail broke by the mail rider’s horse, he walked fifteen miles over the mountain through the drifts and cold, wet snow. He reached Patrick Creek Hotel at nightfall. It was crowded with travelers caught by the storm. He paid his 25 cents and ate a hot, filling meal, found a corner to throw his pack and fell into an exhausted sleep. The next morning he started out again, this time having to break trail himself. He had gone only six miles by mid-afternoon and finally reached the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains by dark. But the going was easier now. He took a shortcut down the hill and, as luck would have it, caught a stage. At last, after two weeks of work and travel, he reached his office and made his report, It was only another routine duty completed. 2 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., June 25, 1975 Rough and Ready News: By Fav’ \Camptonville News CAMPTONVILLE, June 18. Mrs. Hazel Pahnke and daughter Mrs. Dolores See, of Walnut Creek spent a few days at their summer home at Oak [ NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET 301 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca. 95959 Telephone 265-2559 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960. Decree No. 12,406. ~ Subscription Rates: One Year .. $3.00 Two Yeors .. $5.00 , Member of CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER © PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION . Valley last week. Mrs. Pahnke is a native, being the youngest of the Cassano family. Mr. and Mrs. Earle W. Davis, Jr. of Castro Valley, and sons James and Paul spent the week end at their business place here. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walton, of Marysville, spent the weekend as guests at the Cleveland home. Mrs. Warren N. Pauly, of Meridian, Idaho,.and-Mr. and Mrs. Myron Pauly, of Red Bluff, spent a couple of days visiting his mother, Mrs. Grace Pauly, this week. Gary Winebarger left last week for Burbank to take a job in a sporting goods store. Sheriff James Grant of Marysville was in town Wednesday on an official business _Mrs. William L. Perkins made a brief business trip to Marysville Thursday and took her dog Grover with her. While shopping she left the dog in her car but left the window open and when she returned her faithful companion was gone, evidently taking in the town. She returned . home without him, and was upset so her husband, Bill, went back to the city to look for the pet, and found him waiting for them on the street at the spot where she had parked the car. -, GI a a a a a eS aes, ! be 8 * 04 kh ae a There was a celebration in Rough and Ready on June 17 that certainly should be included in our secession period activities even though the families are not old timers. I’m sure the Lloyd Wax and John Tinsley families would like to make it an annual affair. It was the first time, since they started their own homes and families, that all six of the Wax children have been together. Lloyd and Irene Wax celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They are both native Californians and were married at Columbia on June 17, 1925. The family gathered from Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and all over ‘California; 43 included their nights in the visit. The Tinsleys and the Waxs live next door to each other. Lolamae Tinsley is one of the six children. She says their homes slept wall-to-wall-people and even the garden slept tree-to-tree-people. The family started arriving a week before the event and some didn’t leave until a week after.

As many as 60 people gathered for meals. Altogether there were 90 guests, both friends and family. Besides six children there were 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Tinsley says there were plenty of willing hands and the party was wonderful-just eating and visiting. R&R Conne Baer, chamber president, tells me I missed a few of the Secession Day activities, when I tried to cover them last week, so add these to your agenda. The Grange Committee of Womens Activities will have a booth of homemade and handmade products, The fire department auxiliary also has that type of booth. The auxiliary’s most interesting items are two beautiful quilts. The Rough and Ready 4H will have their sponge toss which proved such a success last year. Ready Springs School will provide snow cones. Don’t forget the outdoor chuck wagon breakfast which will be served by the ladies of the fire department auxiliary from 7:30 until 11 a.m.; live entertainment all day. R&R Bruce Rayner, ‘Paint Your Wagon”’ publicity agent, called last week to get my version of the secession. I wasn’t here then but it is quite apparent the deep basic cause was the need for law and order. California was still a territory and though the gold country was valuable and desirable to Washington D.C. it was about three months away and that of course precluded most governmental services. Marysville was the closest government of any kind; 30 miles meant from one to three days depending upon the urgency of the situation and a miner who would quit his claim to run for help. and West are the generally accepted historians of the time (written 1880). They add a less glamorous story to the cause of the secession than the exciting one of the Boston Swindler. The mass called by Col. Brundage on April 7, at which the citizens of the Great Republic elected to secede and set up their.own government, was preceded by a mass meeting that was not so dramatic. : It set a precedent and emphasized the need for law and order. It is seldom written about. In March of 1850 ‘‘the population grew so rapidly 2 5 2 Ss Dunbar ( besieged by a frightening outbreak of cholera at just that time. R&RMarguerite Spaite DeBow. former neighbor and still staunch supporter of Rough and Ready, lives near her family in Oakland now. One of her new friends came across an old book titled ‘Old Rough and Ready’. It is not about our little town but about General Zachary ‘Old Rough and Ready’ Taylor and his activities in the Mexican Wars. Since our little community was named for him Marguerite thought someone here should have the book. Taylor joined the trouble in Texas in 1846 after four years of frustration for Texas and the U.S. He succeeded in turning the tide and in just two years the United States signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. Part of the treaty was the establishment .of new boundaries for ‘The Republic of Texas’. Mrs. Scott, the author, is a historian and teacher and has done an amazing amount of research. Someday I will give you some of the . very interesting things she wrote about Taylor.He became the hero of his day. Since it was a group of men, who had fought with him in the Winnebago Indian wars that settled and named Rough and Ready, his connection with ‘The Republic of Texas’ may have influenced the thought of independence.in time of strife. Another precedent of the> Great Republic of Rough and Ready. R&R Finally had a nice chat with Chuck Dungan of Gold Country Tours, Rough and Ready’s newest business enterprise. Dungan and Mr. Poe, of the Rough and Ready Market, are partners in this enterprise but I think it is Dungan who has boned up on our county history. The tours can be arranged to suit your own personal ce of what to see. Even though they plan on picnic lunches, and spend a full day, it would be impossible to see the many places they include in their tours in one trip. I counted 20 historically fascinating places and in varying directions. They also arrange gold panning, back packing, rock hounding and fishing parties. The bus seats 10. They’ do Alleghany, even include Footes Crossing and the Malakoff with the up-river road to Washington. Both of these are places I am afraid to drive so you can see why I was interested. Graniteville and Camptonville are also among the tours. One of Dungan’s recent passengers was the president of the Southern Calif. Edison Co. He must have been impressed after living around Southern California’s dry river beds. You can pick up a flyer about the tours in Rough and Ready on Secession Day. R&R, ‘ The recent death of Clarence Treadway leaves a big vacancy in the activities around Rough and Ready. The Treadways lived here for many years and they never lost interest in our little community. Clarence had planned on entertaining with his fiddle on Secession Day. Clarence and Bea were always available to help in any community affair. They were on their way to a meeting, in Idaho, of the “Old Time Fiddlers Association.” Clarence was president ofthe California branch. He was stricken with a massive heart attack in Lovelock, Nevada and died 18-hours later. He was 62-years-old. The Treadway’s daughter, Edwadean Martin and her family, lived in Rough and Ready for many years. The Martins live in Roseville now © but Edwadean is staying with her mother in Nevada City to try to help her adjust to the loss. Rough and Ready had quite a remarkable event in its animal world last week. The Baer’s family cow had twin calves. Twins are fairly common in the human family but a very uncommon event with cows. They haven’t named them yet. There is one boy and one girl and they are apparently quite strong and healthy. This same cow had twins last year but aborted them before they were strong enough to live. She is young; I don’t know if you would say this is her second or fourth. calf.