September 12, 1973 (12 pages)

SVT ODICALS SECTION PEXLODICALS & (5-16-74 CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 NEVADA COUNTY ie Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red 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 alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Sogesville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon 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. VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., Sept. 12,1973 David Nelson Original 27 assumes TNF What our count management job David K. Nelson assumed the position of Fire Management Officer for the Tahoe National Forest September 4, according to an announcement made today by Forest Supervisor Bob Allison. : Nelson was transferred from the Big Bear District on the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California where he was District Ranger for the past five years. Nelson is acquainted in Nevada County having served for a time as Assistant District Ranger on the Nevada City District. Graduating in 1959 from Iowa State University in Forestry, his first assignment was Forester on the Sacramento District of the Shasta Trinity National Forest. He later served at Nevada City, then at the Northern California Smokejumping Center in Redding, California where he was Director, before locating at Big Bear. George Says: YEAR END CLEARANCE SPECTACULAR BUYS ON e MOTOR HOMES e TRAVEL TRAILERS e MINI-MOTOR HOMES e VAN CONVERSIONS LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE! EVERYTHING GOES! NOW at: MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd. Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon.-Sat — 8 to dark! By PHYLLIS L. SMITH Many newcomers to California over recent years have not dipped into our romantic and exciting history as deeply as they might sometimes be expected to .. if the letters we receive here at the Nugget office are any criteria. A recent and most interesting inquiry came from a new subscriber down in the Los. Angeles area, who requests ‘‘a handy capsule account of the names of the original 27. counties’ in California, especially what those names mean.”’ Using ‘‘Historic. Spots In California” by Hoover Rensch and Abeloe as our source, we provide the following data for our readers: BUTTE COUNTY: Named for the Sutter Buttes. CALAVERAS: A _ Spanish word meaning ‘‘skulls’’. Derived from the river so named by Gabriel Moraga on his expedition of 1808. COLUSA: Named for the Colus Indians. Colus being a corruption of the tribal name, Korusi. CONTRA COSTA: The name signified ‘‘opposite coast’ as, first applied to the entire cost lying due east of San Francisco. The significance was lost when that portion directly facing San Franicsco was transferred to Alameda County later. .EL DORADO: A Spanishterm meaning ‘‘the gilded one”’ deriving from the fact of the discovery of gold there. LOS ANGELES: The name is Spanish and means ‘‘the angels.” MARIN: The name is believed to be a corruption of ‘El Marinero” or ‘‘the sailor’ and was the name first given to a Christian Indian who provided service as a ferryman on the San Francisco Bay prior to 1834. MARIPOSA: Spanish for “butterflies’’ and first used in the plural .. Las Mariposas, for a spot in Merced County visited by the Moraga expedition in 1806. MENDOCINO: The name first applied to Cape Mendocino, named in honor of Antonio, de Mendoza, the first viceroy of New Spain. MONTEREY: A Spanish word meaning ‘“‘hill’’ or ‘“‘wood of the King”’ and honoring Gaspar de Zuniga, County of Monterey, viceroy of Mexico. NAPA: The name of a tribe of Indians, said to be the bravest of all the California tribes. They were almost completely wiped out by smallpox in 1838. SACRAMENTO Named for the river so called. by the first Spanish explorers of that region in honor of the Holy Sacrament. SAN DIEGO: Named for the harbor that Vizcaino christened in 1602. The name is Spanish for St. Didacus, a native of Spain and a Franciscan saint. SAN FRANCISCO: Named for the Spanish saint Francis. Derived from Mission San y names mean Franicsco de Asis, established within the present boundary lines of the city in 1776. SAN JOAQUIN: Spanish for St. Jochim and named by Moraga in 1813SAN LUIS OBISPO: Named for the Mission of St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse. SANTA BARBARA: ‘Was (Cont. on Page 11) Nevada City house fire THE BONNER residence on Drummond Street in Nevada City was damaged by fire of unknown cause Saturday night. The house is owned by Mrs. Edward T. Bonner,, who resides in the bay area. The front portion and part of the interior were damaged but the dollar amount is unknown. Spectators say Nevada City Fire Department put down the blaze in record time.

SVT ODICALS SECTION PEXLODICALS & (5-16-74 CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 NEVADA COUNTY ie Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red 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 alloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Sogesville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon 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. VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., Sept. 12,1973 David Nelson Original 27 assumes TNF What our count management job David K. Nelson assumed the position of Fire Management Officer for the Tahoe National Forest September 4, according to an announcement made today by Forest Supervisor Bob Allison. : Nelson was transferred from the Big Bear District on the San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California where he was District Ranger for the past five years. Nelson is acquainted in Nevada County having served for a time as Assistant District Ranger on the Nevada City District. Graduating in 1959 from Iowa State University in Forestry, his first assignment was Forester on the Sacramento District of the Shasta Trinity National Forest. He later served at Nevada City, then at the Northern California Smokejumping Center in Redding, California where he was Director, before locating at Big Bear. George Says: YEAR END CLEARANCE SPECTACULAR BUYS ON e MOTOR HOMES e TRAVEL TRAILERS e MINI-MOTOR HOMES e VAN CONVERSIONS LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE! EVERYTHING GOES! NOW at: MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd. Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon.-Sat — 8 to dark! By PHYLLIS L. SMITH Many newcomers to California over recent years have not dipped into our romantic and exciting history as deeply as they might sometimes be expected to ... if the letters we receive here at the Nugget office are any criteria. A recent and most interesting inquiry came from a new subscriber down in the Los. Angeles area, who requests ‘‘a handy capsule account of the names of the original 27. counties’ in California, especially what those names mean.”’ Using ‘‘Historic. Spots In California” by Hoover Rensch and Abeloe as our source, we provide the following data for our readers: BUTTE COUNTY: Named for the Sutter Buttes.

CALAVERAS: A _ Spanish word meaning ‘‘skulls’’. Derived from the river so named by Gabriel Moraga on his expedition of 1808. COLUSA: Named for the Colus Indians. Colus being a corruption of the tribal name, Korusi. CONTRA COSTA: The name signified ‘‘opposite coast’ as, first applied to the entire cost lying due east of San Francisco. The significance was lost when that portion directly facing San Franicsco was transferred to Alameda County later. ..EL DORADO: A Spanishterm meaning ‘‘the gilded one”’ deriving from the fact of the discovery of gold there. LOS ANGELES: The name is Spanish and means ‘‘the angels.” MARIN: The name is believed to be a corruption of ‘El Marinero” or ‘‘the sailor’ and was the name first given to a Christian Indian who provided service as a ferryman on the San Francisco Bay prior to 1834. MARIPOSA: Spanish for “butterflies’’ and first used in the plural ... Las Mariposas, for a spot in Merced County visited by the Moraga expedition in 1806. MENDOCINO: The name first applied to Cape Mendocino, named in honor of Antonio, de Mendoza, the first viceroy of New Spain. MONTEREY: A Spanish word meaning ‘“‘hill’’ or ‘“‘wood of the King”’ and honoring Gaspar de Zuniga, County of Monterey, viceroy of Mexico. NAPA: The name of a tribe of Indians, said to be the bravest of all the California tribes. They were almost completely wiped out by smallpox in 1838. SACRAMENTO Named for the river so called. by the first Spanish explorers of that region in honor of the Holy Sacrament. SAN DIEGO: Named for the harbor that Vizcaino christened in 1602. The name is Spanish for St. Didacus, a native of Spain and a Franciscan saint. SAN FRANCISCO: Named for the Spanish saint Francis. Derived from Mission San y names mean Franicsco de Asis, established within the present boundary lines of the city in 1776. SAN JOAQUIN: Spanish for St. Jochim and named by Moraga in 1813SAN LUIS OBISPO: Named for the Mission of St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse. SANTA BARBARA: ‘Was (Cont. on Page 11) Nevada City house fire THE BONNER residence on Drummond Street in Nevada City was damaged by fire of unknown cause Saturday night. The house is owned by Mrs. Edward T. Bonner,, who resides in the bay area. The front portion and part of the interior were damaged but the dollar amount is unknown. Spectators say Nevada City Fire Department put down the blaze in record time.