October 29, 1969 (12 pages)

Serving the communities of Nevada City,-°Grass Valley, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 1p Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Littl French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan,, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hil Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, e York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega "NUMBER 41 VOLUME 4910 Gents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wednesday, Oct. 29. 1969 1, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. The Sounding Board WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE EXTRA HOUR GAINED SUNDAY MORNING WHEN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDED? Cathy Heilmann, clerk inthe Osborn and Wood Store in Nevada City: "I just got up and got to work an extra hour early because I forgot to set my clock back when I was supposed to." Jo Mankins, Nevada City, "What extra hour !!?" William Brown, a visitor from Auburn: "I didn't do anything-I wasn't working so didn't really think about it and I didn't set my clock back the night before." Don Blake, a clerk at Alpha Hardware in Nevada City: "Slept right through it.” 100 years of Nevada County Truckee is named after a Paiute Indian who guided the Stephen-Townsend-Murphy party across the Humboldt Sink in Nevada and the Sierra Nevadas in 1844, His Indian name sounded like "Tro-Kay" but the travelers called him "Truckee," The Truckee district was inhabited . by the Washoe tribe of Indians and the party was uncertain about their friendli-: ness, Their guide, Caleb Greenwood, had never crossed the summit, but depended on a sense of direction acquired during his fur trapping days. : At. the crossing of the Humboldt river, Truckee —.offered to guide them. to California, and he became a great favorite of the travelers. The party named the Truckee river and a species of trout for the Indian guide. Donner lake was discovered by Captain Stephens of the party, and although they named it Mountain lake, it was known as Truckee lake when the ill-fated Donner party camped there two years later. Truckee became a stage stop in 1864 for travelers to the Washoe mines, but at the time carried the name of Coburn's Station, The town came into existence in 1867 when the Central Pacific railway ‘made its headquarters while building the transcontinental line. Truckee led the Stephens party to Sutter's Fort, Fremont's Battalion and was ever afterwards known as Captain Truckee, Fremont presented him with a ’ bible, and a copy of the St. Louis Republican, The Indian prized the two gifts and they were buried with him. When the silver discoveries of the Washoe boomed his native haunts he --became a fast friend of the miners, and his last request was to be buried by the white man in the white man's style. He was buried in the grave near Como in the croppings of the old Goliah ledge. NORTH SAN JUAN North San Juan, originally San Juan, but changed to avoid confusion from the San Juans of the southland, during which the height of the hydraulic days, was the third largest city in Nevada county. Today the community, rich in history, slumbers peacefully, and awaits the return of water and hydraulicking, except for its annual weekend in June, when the town jumps to its merry Cherry Carnival and Festival. Pte erg cyte discovered the digzs started in J; A 1853, The Grizzly ro pd oroman water to the community, but the real boom got under way in the spring of 1854 when the Middle Yuba canal brought aplentiful supply of water to the town, "SMILEY" A FAVORITE IN NORTH SAN JUAN Members of an earlier generation of North San Juan residents number among Names of towns from various places their recollections the memory of "Smiley" for forty years a familiar figure on the streets of the ridge community. Little is known of his beginning. His Chinese name ‘was Sin Get, and he was believed to be 14 years of age when gold was discovered. How he entered the U. S, is unknown. Happy and congenial, he knew. everyone on the ridge and his friendly smile earned him his nickname. Kern Fogarty of North San Juan well remembered the many yuletides when Smiley bought candy and nuts for the children he numbered among his friends, although offtimes it one five months for Smiley to pay the Smiley, like any of the early day Chinese, picked up an occasional buck by selling lottery tickets to *he men who worked the flumes and gravel beds of hydraulicking mines. Once on a return trip to North San Juan a highwayman relieved him of his profits--$80, For ever after he carried a knife and dramatically demonstrated what he would do in another encounter with a "lobberman." His demonstration usually ended with "I talk nice him, I cut him in two." Smiley worked year in and year out for the hotels of the ridge community. Cast-off clothing was given to him, and he kept them neatly mended and pressed. Often in less mild weather he would be in town wearing two or three assorted suits, Sweaters and clothes. His shoes, usually several sizes too large for him, were the marvel of the community. Smiley's final illness brought him to the county hospital in Nevada City, where death came for him Oct. 17, 1933, when he was 98 years old. He was buried in the North San Juan cemetery in one of the largest funerals of the ridge. FRENCH CORRAL French Corral derives its name from an old station erected there in 1849. The first min was done in a rich ravine, early in 1852, The town was commenced in the spring of 1852. On the 8th of July, 1853, there were seventy houses in the Place, fifty of which were destroyed by fire. Little progress was made in building again until May, 1854, when another fire burned the portion of the town that had escaped the previous one, LITTLE YORK Little York, lies on the old emigrant trail, and emigrants of 1849 often prospected the banks of the Bear River. In the spring of 1852 on the ridge dividing Steep Hollow from Bear river, 2 dead of gravel running through the hill was found richly impregnated with gold, but not in quantities to suit the exalted ideas enter(Continued on page 11) we He Aah

Serving the communities of Nevada City,-°Grass Valley, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 1p Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Littl French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan,, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hil Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, e York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega "NUMBER 41 VOLUME 4910 Gents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wednesday, Oct. 29. 1969 1, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. The Sounding Board WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE EXTRA HOUR GAINED SUNDAY MORNING WHEN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDED? Cathy Heilmann, clerk inthe Osborn and Wood Store in Nevada City: "I just got up and got to work an extra hour early because I forgot to set my clock back when I was supposed to." Jo Mankins, Nevada City, "What extra hour !!?" William Brown, a visitor from Auburn: "I didn't do anything-I wasn't working so didn't really think about it and I didn't set my clock back the night before." Don Blake, a clerk at Alpha Hardware in Nevada City: "Slept right through it.” 100 years of Nevada County Truckee is named after a Paiute Indian who guided the Stephen-Townsend-Murphy party across the Humboldt Sink in Nevada and the Sierra Nevadas in 1844, His Indian name sounded like "Tro-Kay" but the travelers called him "Truckee," The Truckee district was inhabited . by the Washoe tribe of Indians and the party was uncertain about their friendli-: ness, Their guide, Caleb Greenwood, had never crossed the summit, but depended on a sense of direction acquired during his fur trapping days. : At. the crossing of the Humboldt river, Truckee —.offered to guide them. to California, and he became a great favorite of the travelers. The party named the Truckee river and a species of trout for the Indian guide. Donner lake was discovered by Captain Stephens of the party, and although they named it Mountain lake, it was known as Truckee lake when the ill-fated Donner party camped there two years later. Truckee became a stage stop in 1864 for travelers to the Washoe mines, but at the time carried the name of Coburn's Station, The town came into existence in 1867 when the Central Pacific railway ‘made its headquarters while building the transcontinental line. Truckee led the Stephens party to Sutter's Fort, Fremont's Battalion and was ever afterwards known as Captain Truckee, Fremont presented him with a ’ bible, and a copy of the St. Louis Republican, The Indian prized the two gifts and they were buried with him. When the silver discoveries of the Washoe boomed his native haunts he --became a fast friend of the miners, and his last request was to be buried by the white man in the white man's style. He was buried in the grave near Como in the croppings of the old Goliah ledge. NORTH SAN JUAN North San Juan, originally San Juan, but changed to avoid confusion from the San Juans of the southland, during which the height of the hydraulic days, was the third largest city in Nevada county. Today

the community, rich in history, slumbers peacefully, and awaits the return of water and hydraulicking, except for its annual weekend in June, when the town jumps to its merry Cherry Carnival and Festival. Pte erg cyte discovered the digzs started in J; A 1853, The Grizzly ro pd oroman water to the community, but the real boom got under way in the spring of 1854 when the Middle Yuba canal brought aplentiful supply of water to the town, "SMILEY" A FAVORITE IN NORTH SAN JUAN Members of an earlier generation of North San Juan residents number among Names of towns from various places their recollections the memory of "Smiley" for forty years a familiar figure on the streets of the ridge community. Little is known of his beginning. His Chinese name ‘was Sin Get, and he was believed to be 14 years of age when gold was discovered. How he entered the U. S, is unknown. Happy and congenial, he knew. everyone on the ridge and his friendly smile earned him his nickname. Kern Fogarty of North San Juan well remembered the many yuletides when Smiley bought candy and nuts for the children he numbered among his friends, although offtimes it one five months for Smiley to pay the Smiley, like any of the early day Chinese, picked up an occasional buck by selling lottery tickets to *he men who worked the flumes and gravel beds of hydraulicking mines. Once on a return trip to North San Juan a highwayman relieved him of his profits--$80, For ever after he carried a knife and dramatically demonstrated what he would do in another encounter with a "lobberman." His demonstration usually ended with "I talk nice him, I cut him in two." Smiley worked year in and year out for the hotels of the ridge community. Cast-off clothing was given to him, and he kept them neatly mended and pressed. Often in less mild weather he would be in town wearing two or three assorted suits, Sweaters and clothes. His shoes, usually several sizes too large for him, were the marvel of the community. Smiley's final illness brought him to the county hospital in Nevada City, where death came for him Oct. 17, 1933, when he was 98 years old. He was buried in the North San Juan cemetery in one of the largest funerals of the ridge. FRENCH CORRAL French Corral derives its name from an old station erected there in 1849. The first min was done in a rich ravine, early in 1852, The town was commenced in the spring of 1852. On the 8th of July, 1853, there were seventy houses in the Place, fifty of which were destroyed by fire. Little progress was made in building again until May, 1854, when another fire burned the portion of the town that had escaped the previous one, LITTLE YORK Little York, lies on the old emigrant trail, and emigrants of 1849 often prospected the banks of the Bear River. In the spring of 1852 on the ridge dividing Steep Hollow from Bear river, 2 dead of gravel running through the hill was found richly impregnated with gold, but not in quantities to suit the exalted ideas enter(Continued on page 11) we He Aah