June 26, 1974 (8 pages)

emt pores ts Be instore acidemia ie: NEVADA COUNTY. tt Ser: ig the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ved Dog 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, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City. W alloupat Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf. Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat. Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsrille, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Golumbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport. Birchrille. Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remingion Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. a hiiasneilicae 10 Cents A Copy SEARO FI ET TI RN I I FSFE EI ee Wednesday, June 26,1974 VOLUME 49 @ Phyllis Smith reports wer Answers for curious readers By PHYLLIS L. SMITH The letters have been stacking up lately, so we finally got out the good old reliable reference books and what follows are answers to a batch of questions from our constant readers. In the interests of space saving, we are not printing the questions. . just the several answers requested so find your own! In 1855, a prospecting party led by Peter Lassen discovered gold in Honey Lake Valley a short ways from what was later to be known as the City of Susanville. Already established there was a small inn operated by Isaac Roop, who named the town for his reputedly very beautiful daughter, Susan. In 1856, Roop, Lassen and a number of other early settlers founded the Territory of Nataqua, which included parts of California and what was later to become a part of the State of Nevada. Later, when the Territory of Nevada was created, in 1861, the Honey Lakers tried to con the California tax collectors into believing that they were within the boundaries of that new territory! Roop’s cabin was requisitioned for a determined stand and was named ,‘Fort Defiance”. On February 15, 1863, a posse headed by the Sheriff of neighboring Plumas County battle with secessionists holedup in the ‘“Fort’’. But when the boundary line finally was officially surveyed, Susanville was found to be in California for sure. So, the Honey Lakers had to satisfy themselves by seceeding from Plumas County and forming their very own “Lassen Coun‘ty’. Still standing, in a beautifully maintained _ little park, is Isaac Roop’s cabin. . now a fascinating museum of California’s' ‘‘Little Confederacy’’. The old ghost town, ‘‘Shasta’”’, engaged in a pitched . settlement between Sacramento 188 miles to the South and the Oregon border; Shasta was close to the gold discovery site claimed by Major Pierson B. Reading, the state’s earliest permanent white settler north of Bluff in Tehama County. Exactly where Reading found gold is not known, both Shasta and ty Counties claim that distinction. But sometime around July, in 1848, Reading and a band of Indians began taking gold out of a place called ‘“Reading’s Bar’ at the reported rate of $832 per day. California was indeed under strict military rule during its early days. The following were the ‘Military Governors of California” from Commodore John D. Sloat, July 7, 1846 to . 7, 1846; Commodore Robert F. Stockton, August 17, 1846 to January 16, 1847; General John C. Fremont, January 16, 1847 to March 1, 1847; General Stephen W. Kearny, March 1, 1847 to May 31, 1847; Colonel Richard B. Mason, May 31, 1847 to.February 28, 1849; General Persifor F. Smith, February 28, 1849 to April 13, 1849; and General Bennet Riley, April 13, 1849 to December 20, 1850. For a brief period, military and civil rule over-lapped in California.. vas in the case of Civil Governor Peter H. Burnett who served as ‘Governor of the State of California” actually from December 20, 1849 until January 9, 1851. A handful of these men scarcely had time to accustom theselves to the title of “Governor” before they -were replaced by another. . .as the dates listed above so graphically demonstrate. And during part of the same peiod there were also — to be considered the “reigns” of the many Mexican governors of Baja and Alta California. . really too numerous to list in this space. Some. historians refer to some fo them as “coElza Kilroy award THE ANNUAL Elza J. Kilroy award was. presented to David Osborne (left) and to Os born, Woods Charles Woods (right) at the Nevada City Chamber installation Friday. The award was presented by Elza Kilroy and goes annually for outstanding community service. Woods and Osborn are the originators and designers of the American Victorian Museum at the historic Miner's Foundry which will become one of western Nevada county’s largest tourist attractions. Bh ail YO OLNGMVEO¥S goTLOaS STVOTCOTUSd KEVUSIT BLvis “WS ytIgs6 St-9T-S VITTA COATES was installed as the president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Friday. Also installed were Allan Rogers, vice president (right) and used to boast of “the longestrow governors”; some were never Gary Wilson as treasurer. of brick buildings in California”. recognized by the supreme : 3 ee Situated just about six miles due Mexican government. . .all-instraighten out after a long and State. next week’s issue of the Nugget. west of the bustling city of Redding, and once the biggest. all, it was a state of confusion tiresome struggle on the exthat -only time managed to panding political front of the Answers to our readers’ Your’s may questions will be continued in time. ’ be included at that

emt pores ts Be instore acidemia ie: NEVADA COUNTY. tt Ser: ig the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, ved Dog 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, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City. W alloupat Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf. Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat. Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsrille, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Golumbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport. Birchrille. Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remingion Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. a hiiasneilicae 10 Cents A Copy SEARO FI ET TI RN I I FSFE EI ee Wednesday, June 26,1974 VOLUME 49 @ Phyllis Smith reports wer Answers for curious readers By PHYLLIS L. SMITH The letters have been stacking up lately, so we finally got out the good old reliable reference books and what follows are answers to a batch of questions from our constant readers. In the interests of space saving, we are not printing the questions. . just the several answers requested so find your own! In 1855, a prospecting party led by Peter Lassen discovered gold in Honey Lake Valley a short ways from what was later to be known as the City of Susanville. Already established there was a small inn operated by Isaac Roop, who named the town for his reputedly very beautiful daughter, Susan. In 1856, Roop, Lassen and a number of other early settlers founded the Territory of Nataqua, which included parts of California and what was later to become a part of the State of Nevada. Later, when the Territory of Nevada was created, in 1861, the Honey Lakers tried to con the California tax collectors into believing that they were within the boundaries of that new territory! Roop’s cabin was requisitioned for a determined stand and was named ,‘Fort Defiance”. On February 15, 1863, a posse headed by the Sheriff of neighboring Plumas County battle with secessionists holedup in the ‘“Fort’’. But when the boundary line finally was officially surveyed, Susanville was found to be in California for sure. So, the Honey Lakers had to satisfy themselves by seceeding from Plumas County and forming their very own “Lassen Coun‘ty’. Still standing, in a beautifully maintained _ little park, is Isaac Roop’s cabin. . now a fascinating museum of California’s' ‘‘Little Confederacy’’. The old ghost town, ‘‘Shasta’”’, engaged in a pitched . settlement between Sacramento 188 miles to the South and the Oregon border; Shasta was close to the gold discovery site claimed by Major Pierson B. Reading, the state’s earliest

permanent white settler north of Bluff in Tehama County. Exactly where Reading found gold is not known, both Shasta and ty Counties claim that distinction. But sometime around July, in 1848, Reading and a band of Indians began taking gold out of a place called ‘“Reading’s Bar’ at the reported rate of $832 per day. California was indeed under strict military rule during its early days. The following were the ‘Military Governors of California” from Commodore John D. Sloat, July 7, 1846 to . 7, 1846; Commodore Robert F. Stockton, August 17, 1846 to January 16, 1847; General John C. Fremont, January 16, 1847 to March 1, 1847; General Stephen W. Kearny, March 1, 1847 to May 31, 1847; Colonel Richard B. Mason, May 31, 1847 to.February 28, 1849; General Persifor F. Smith, February 28, 1849 to April 13, 1849; and General Bennet Riley, April 13, 1849 to December 20, 1850. For a brief period, military and civil rule over-lapped in California.... vas in the case of Civil Governor Peter H. Burnett who served as ‘Governor of the State of California” actually from December 20, 1849 until January 9, 1851. A handful of these men scarcely had time to accustom theselves to the title of “Governor” before they -were replaced by another. . .as the dates listed above so graphically demonstrate. And during part of the same peiod there were also — to be considered the “reigns” of the many Mexican governors of Baja and Alta California. . really too numerous to list in this space. Some. historians refer to some fo them as “coElza Kilroy award THE ANNUAL Elza J. Kilroy award was. presented to David Osborne (left) and to Os born, Woods Charles Woods (right) at the Nevada City Chamber installation Friday. The award was presented by Elza Kilroy and goes annually for outstanding community service. Woods and Osborn are the originators and designers of the American Victorian Museum at the historic Miner's Foundry which will become one of western Nevada county’s largest tourist attractions. Bh ail YO OLNGMVEO¥S goTLOaS STVOTCOTUSd KEVUSIT BLvis “WS ytIgs6 St-9T-S VITTA COATES was installed as the president of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce Friday. Also installed were Allan Rogers, vice president (right) and used to boast of “the longestrow governors”; some were never Gary Wilson as treasurer. of brick buildings in California”. recognized by the supreme : 3 ee Situated just about six miles due Mexican government. . .all-instraighten out after a long and State. next week’s issue of the Nugget. west of the bustling city of Redding, and once the biggest. all, it was a state of confusion tiresome struggle on the exthat -only time managed to panding political front of the Answers to our readers’ Your’s may questions will be continued in time. ’ be included at that