June 26, 1968 (8 pages)

PERIODICALS SECTLO ies . CAL GT LIBRARY ff * : ~ “gacto CAL 95014 _ nace wit hi ail eget Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough’ and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, 10 Cents ACopy _—_ Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1968 VOLUME 45 NUMBER 26 Gun roars at R and R Timbuctoo played role in gold mining era, had its own bad man The bang, bang, bang of the six-shooter roared in Rough and Ready Monday night and Nevada County sheriff's men and officers of the California Highway Patrol rushed in to halt murder and a stickup. . The shooting was all in fun, but the officers didn't know it at the time they received a call from a service station man who believes in law and order. Bill Thomas, county supervisor playing a role in the coming Secession Day-Independence Day celebration, was able to explain. It seems that Spike Moody, stuntman and undoubtedly an actor of great talent, whipped out his trusty hawgleg and cut loose with a volley of blanks while rehearsing his role of baddy in the holdup of a toll collection rider. The man at the service station can vouch, probably sheepishly, that when Rough and Ready puts on an act it's a real one. FIRST GODDESS OF LIBERTY in the local Fourth of July celebration was Vera Hopkins, shown here with Henry Jacobs in 1912. She now is Mrs, Harry Cook, Nimrod St., Nevada City. (Courtesy of Elza Kilroy, Nevada City.) LITTLE LEAGUE'S new electric lights were dedicated at Pioneer Park in Nevada City Monday evening. Joe Day, city councilman, threw out the first ball dedicating the lighting system made possible through community effort. a Back in the 1850's Timbuctoo was a thriving mining town, Now its outstanding structure is what is left of the brick Wells Fargo Express building. Spray paint artists, for some reason or other, have found its walls likely places for their signatures, Take Highway 20 from Grass Valley toward Marysville and turn off to Smartville, a distance of about 15 miles, and you're in gold country. In the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, by W. B. Lard‘ner and M, J. Brock, published in 1924, there is:an account that runs this way: "The very earliest settlement of which we can obtain a trace in the territory now known as Nevada County, was made in the summer of 1848, at a place known as Rose's Corral, between,. the Anthony House and ' Bridgeport. A man named Rose here built an adobe house, in which he traded with Indians of the neighborhood,. and a corral. The spot is now (1855) in ruins, and has been but little used since, the location not being valuable for the purposes of trade, and no mines having been discovered in the vicinity. "The last of the early highwaymien to make himself especially notorious was Jim Webster, whom all of the old residents will remember as the cause of the sad and tragic death of Sheriff W. W. Wright. Webster was a miner at Timbuctoo, ‘in Yuba County; but meeting with poor success, he was driven to the road by his misfortunes, where for a livelihood he levied contributions upon those who had been more fortunate than he. His career as an outlaw continued for two years, beginning in 1855, "He lived in Washington, Nevada City and other places for Short periods. In 1855 he had a dispute in Timbuctoo in regard to.a mining claim; and afterward, meeting in a ravine the three men involved in the quarTel, he shot and killed all three. A price was put upon his head and many sought to earn it; but few dared to seek him openly, hoping always to catch ‘him off his guard. "He was captured in 1856 and placed in the county jail, but soon made his escape with another prisoner. In fact, he was captured many times, but was always fortunate enough to make his escape." And then, the historians state Webster got his comeuppance. "While on the Coast Range, Webster quarreled with one of his men and ordered him to leave the camp before morning, upon pain of being shot. The man remained, however, and duringthe night drew the bullet from Webster's gun. When morning came, the man was sitting on a stump, and Webster, exclaiming "So vou didn't go?" seized his rifle and fired at him with the blank charge. the man then cooly raised his gun and shot his would-be slayer dead. Such, at all events, is the traditional account of Jim Webster's final end." In the History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Peter J, Delay writes: "Timbuctoo, related to the same town in Africa, is a suburb of Smartville.The first mining was done in the ravines near the town, in 1850. Timbuctoo was the largest and most thriving locality in Rose Bar Township, in 1859, "At that time there were two hotels, six boarding houses, eight saloons in addition to the bars in hotels." Delay mentioned the Wells, Fargo & Company building as one of the few structures remaining from the once bustling Timbuctoo which "housed millions in gold dust shipped from the mines in the vicinity," Smartville obtained its name (as you may guess) from a man named Smart, who built the first hotel there in 1856, L. B. Clark bought the hotel the following year. Rich mines were developed’ the remains of which are still to be seen. (See photos Page 8)

PERIODICALS SECTLO ies . CAL GT LIBRARY ff * : ~ “gacto CAL 95014 _ nace wit hi ail eget Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough’ and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, 10 Cents ACopy _—_ Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1968 VOLUME 45 NUMBER 26 Gun roars at R and R Timbuctoo played role in gold mining era, had its own bad man The bang, bang, bang of the six-shooter roared in Rough and Ready Monday night and Nevada County sheriff's men and officers of the California Highway Patrol rushed in to halt murder and a stickup. . The shooting was all in fun, but the officers didn't know it at the time they received a call from a service station man who believes in law and order. Bill Thomas, county supervisor playing a role in the coming Secession Day-Independence Day celebration, was able to explain. It seems that Spike Moody, stuntman and undoubtedly an actor of great talent, whipped out his trusty hawgleg and cut loose with a volley of blanks while rehearsing his role of baddy in the holdup of a toll collection rider. The man at the service station can vouch, probably sheepishly, that when Rough and Ready puts on an act it's a real one. FIRST GODDESS OF LIBERTY in the local Fourth of July celebration was Vera Hopkins, shown here with Henry Jacobs in 1912. She now is Mrs, Harry Cook, Nimrod St., Nevada City. (Courtesy of Elza Kilroy, Nevada City.) LITTLE LEAGUE'S new electric lights were dedicated at Pioneer Park in Nevada City Monday evening. Joe Day, city councilman, threw out the first ball dedicating the lighting system made possible through community effort. a Back in the 1850's Timbuctoo was a thriving mining town, Now its outstanding structure is what is left of the brick Wells Fargo Express building. Spray paint artists, for some reason or other, have found its walls likely places for their signatures, Take Highway 20 from Grass Valley toward Marysville and turn off to Smartville, a distance of about 15 miles, and you're in gold country. In the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, by W. B. Lard‘ner and M, J. Brock, published in 1924, there is:an account that runs this way: "The very earliest settlement of which we can obtain a trace in the territory now known as Nevada County, was made in the summer of 1848, at a place known as Rose's Corral, between,. the Anthony House and ' Bridgeport. A man named Rose here built an adobe house, in which he traded with Indians of the neighborhood,. and a corral. The spot is now (1855) in ruins, and has been but little used since, the location not being valuable for the purposes of trade, and no mines having been discovered in the vicinity. "The last of the early highwaymien to make himself especially notorious was Jim

Webster, whom all of the old residents will remember as the cause of the sad and tragic death of Sheriff W. W. Wright. Webster was a miner at Timbuctoo, ‘in Yuba County; but meeting with poor success, he was driven to the road by his misfortunes, where for a livelihood he levied contributions upon those who had been more fortunate than he. His career as an outlaw continued for two years, beginning in 1855, "He lived in Washington, Nevada City and other places for Short periods. In 1855 he had a dispute in Timbuctoo in regard to.a mining claim; and afterward, meeting in a ravine the three men involved in the quarTel, he shot and killed all three. A price was put upon his head and many sought to earn it; but few dared to seek him openly, hoping always to catch ‘him off his guard. "He was captured in 1856 and placed in the county jail, but soon made his escape with another prisoner. In fact, he was captured many times, but was always fortunate enough to make his escape." And then, the historians state Webster got his comeuppance. "While on the Coast Range, Webster quarreled with one of his men and ordered him to leave the camp before morning, upon pain of being shot. The man remained, however, and duringthe night drew the bullet from Webster's gun. When morning came, the man was sitting on a stump, and Webster, exclaiming "So vou didn't go?" seized his rifle and fired at him with the blank charge. the man then cooly raised his gun and shot his would-be slayer dead. Such, at all events, is the traditional account of Jim Webster's final end." In the History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Peter J, Delay writes: "Timbuctoo, related to the same town in Africa, is a suburb of Smartville..The first mining was done in the ravines near the town, in 1850. Timbuctoo was the largest and most thriving locality in Rose Bar Township, in 1859, "At that time there were two hotels, six boarding houses, eight saloons in addition to the bars in hotels.." Delay mentioned the Wells, Fargo & Company building as one of the few structures remaining from the once bustling Timbuctoo which "housed millions in gold dust shipped from the mines in the vicinity," Smartville obtained its name (as you may guess) from a man named Smart, who built the first hotel there in 1856, L. B. Clark bought the hotel the following year. Rich mines were developed’ the remains of which are still to be seen. (See photos Page 8)