September 19, 1973 (12 pages)

CAL. ST. LIBRARYNEVADA COUNTY 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, ¥ alloupa, 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, 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. 19,1973 Birthday party How they were derived for the Old Nevada Theater Over 100 guests celebrated the old Nevada Theatre’s 108th birthday at a garden party and supper on the wide lawns of the century-old Marsh House with additional guests joining the group after it moved to the theatre for a stage show and old time movies. Ardis Comstock sang happy birthday when the large birthday cake, aglow with many. candles, was brought in for supper guests. Birthday gifts included a framed collection of memoribilia given by Mrs. James Christie for the theatre poster and program collection and gate receipts that netted $600 for theatre improvements. Fred Forsman, who MC’d the evening, accepted the Christie memoribilia in behalf of LAC. Don Baggett, introduced NUHS students who opened the stage show in the theatre with several numbers from their recent production of ‘‘Fiddler on the Roof.” THE 74’s Are Here! Stunning new models, CHEVROLETS OLDSMOBILES Allon display. . . All ready for. IMMEDIATTE DELIVERY! MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! Golden State county names By PHYLLIS L. SMITH In last week’s issue of the Nugget we published capsule accounts of the date of creation and derivation of the names of California’s original 27 counties, in reply to mail requests for this information. This week we present similar ‘‘capsules’’ on the remaining 31 counties which were ‘given birth” from 1851 until 1907 . likewise in response _ to reader requests for this data on the Golden State. NEVADA COUNTY: Created in 1851. The name is Spanish and Means “‘snow covered.”’ PLACER: 1851. An _ old Spanish word, the origin of which has never really been well explained. It was applied in Spanish countries to surface mining. SIERRA: 1852. Located in a part of the range of mountains known as the Sierra Nevada which stretches from Tehachapi Pass on the south to Lassen Peak on the north. Spanish term for “‘snow covered, saw-toothed mountains’’. SISKIYOU: 1852. An Indian name of undetermined origin and meaning. TULARE: 1852. Spanish word for ‘‘a place of rushes or tules.”’ ALAMEDA: 1853. Derived from the word ‘‘alamo’’ Meaning ‘‘a place where Poplar Trees grow’’. Also means “‘cottonwood’’ depending on regional flora. HUMBOLDT: 1853. Honors the. eminent German scientist and traveler, Baron Alexander von Humboldt. : SAN BERNARDINO: . 1853. Named for Saint Bernardine of Siena. AMADOR: 1854. Jose Maria Amador, a miner of the area and earlier the Mayordomo of Mission San Jose, was honored in this instance. PLUMAS: 1854. El Rio de las Plumas, ‘‘River of the Feathers” was so named by Captain Luis A. Arguello during his 1820 expedition through the fabulous Feather River Canyon country. STANISLAUS: 1854. Named for an Indian who was baptized by.the padres under the Spanish version, ‘‘Estanislao’’, for SIERRA VIEW MENTAL HEALTH is moving into the former Nevada General Hospital administration wing. It is off the area between the section housing the county department of health and the hospital administrative offices. The familiar up the stairs front entrance to the former hospital will be converted to a staff entrance. \ Se \ Stanislaus of Cracow,;:a Polish saint. MERCED: 1855. Obtained its name from ‘“‘El Rio de Nuestra Senora de la Merced”’ .Spanish for ‘‘The River Of Our Lady Of Mercy’”’. FRESNO: 1856. Spanish word for ‘‘ash tree’’ of which there were many in that region in earlier times. SAN MATEO: 1856. Named to honor St. Matthew. . TEHAMA: 1856. Possibly the name of an early Indian tribe. Also might mean “high water”’ or “low land” as derived from — the many times the Sacramento River flooded the entire region in early days. DEL NORTE: 1857. Spanish term for ‘“‘The North” or ‘Of The North’’. Applied because of its far northern location in the State. LAKE: 1861. Named for the large body of fresh water known as Clear Lake. : MONO: 1861. The name is possibly a corruption of ‘“‘Monache” and is of obscure meaning, but believed to have been applied to the Indians of that region. LASSEN: 1864. Named in honor of the noted pioneer trailmaker and settler, Peter Lassen. ALPINE: 1864. So called because of its striking similarity to the Alpine country of Europe. INYO: 1866. An Indian term for ‘‘The Dwelling Place Of The Great Spirit”’. KERN: 1866. Derived from the name of a river designated to honor Edward M. Kern, Fremont’s topographer during the expedition of 1845-46. VENTURA: 1872. The name is a corruption of ‘‘San Buenaventura’’, so called after the Mission of that name. It means ‘‘good fortune’’ in Spanish. MODOC: 1874. Ethnologists generally agree that this name means ‘south people’”’ and was no doubt given to natives of the region by early explorers. SAN BENITO: 1874. Named for St. Benedict by Father Crespi when he came through the region in 1772 and camped beside a river so called. ORANGE: 1889. Named by the ~ State Legislature because of the famous orange groves in that region. GLENN: 1891. Named to honor Dr. Hugh James Glenn, an eminent citizen of his day in that district. KINGS: 1893. Named for the “River Of The Holy Kings’’, in Spanish, ‘‘El Rio de los Santos Reyes’’. MADERA: 1893. Spanish word for ‘‘wood”’ or ‘‘timber”’. RIVERSIDE: No particular connotation derives from this name. The area is notable for its petroglyphs and pictographs of Indian, possible Aztec and preColumbian origin. Also noted as the birthplace (Coyote Canyon) of the first white child born in California, December 1775. IMPERIAL: 1907. So called because of the valley of the same name in which the county is located. And thus we see that after the creation of the original 27 counties in 1850, it took fifty-six years to round out the total of 58 counties of which California is comprised.

CAL. ST. LIBRARYNEVADA COUNTY 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, ¥ alloupa, 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, 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. 19,1973 Birthday party How they were derived for the Old Nevada Theater Over 100 guests celebrated the old Nevada Theatre’s 108th birthday at a garden party and supper on the wide lawns of the century-old Marsh House with additional guests joining the group after it moved to the theatre for a stage show and old time movies. Ardis Comstock sang happy birthday when the large birthday cake, aglow with many. candles, was brought in for supper guests. Birthday gifts included a framed collection of memoribilia given by Mrs. James Christie for the theatre poster and program collection and gate receipts that netted $600 for theatre improvements. Fred Forsman, who MC’d the evening, accepted the Christie memoribilia in behalf of LAC. Don Baggett, introduced NUHS students who opened the stage show in the theatre with several numbers from their recent production of ‘‘Fiddler on the Roof.” THE 74’s Are Here! Stunning new models, CHEVROLETS OLDSMOBILES Allon display. . . All ready for.. IMMEDIATTE DELIVERY! MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Road Grass Valley — 273-9535 Mon. Sat: 8 to dark! Golden State county names By PHYLLIS L. SMITH In last week’s issue of the Nugget we published capsule accounts of the date of creation and derivation of the names of California’s original 27 counties, in reply to mail requests for this information. This week we present similar ‘‘capsules’’ on the remaining 31 counties which were ‘given birth” from 1851 until 1907 .. likewise in response _ to reader requests for this data on the Golden State. NEVADA COUNTY: Created in 1851. The name is Spanish and Means “‘snow covered.”’ PLACER: 1851. An _ old Spanish word, the origin of which has never really been well explained. It was applied in Spanish countries to surface mining. SIERRA: 1852. Located in a part of the range of mountains known as the Sierra Nevada which stretches from Tehachapi Pass on the south to Lassen Peak on the north. Spanish term for “‘snow covered, saw-toothed mountains’’. SISKIYOU: 1852. An Indian name of undetermined origin and meaning. TULARE: 1852. Spanish word for ‘‘a place of rushes or tules.”’ ALAMEDA: 1853. Derived from the word ‘‘alamo’’ Meaning ‘‘a place where Poplar Trees grow’’. Also means “‘cottonwood’’ depending on regional flora. HUMBOLDT: 1853. Honors the. eminent German scientist and traveler, Baron Alexander von Humboldt. : SAN BERNARDINO: . 1853. Named for Saint Bernardine of Siena. AMADOR: 1854. Jose Maria Amador, a miner of the area and earlier the Mayordomo of Mission San Jose, was honored in this instance. PLUMAS: 1854. El Rio de las Plumas, ‘‘River of the Feathers” was so named by Captain Luis A. Arguello during his 1820 expedition through the fabulous Feather River Canyon

country. STANISLAUS: 1854. Named for an Indian who was baptized by.the padres under the Spanish version, ‘‘Estanislao’’, for SIERRA VIEW MENTAL HEALTH is moving into the former Nevada General Hospital administration wing. It is off the area between the section housing the county department of health and the hospital administrative offices. The familiar up the stairs front entrance to the former hospital will be converted to a staff entrance. \ Se \ Stanislaus of Cracow,;:a Polish saint. MERCED: 1855. Obtained its name from ‘“‘El Rio de Nuestra Senora de la Merced”’ ..Spanish for ‘‘The River Of Our Lady Of Mercy’”’. FRESNO: 1856. Spanish word for ‘‘ash tree’’ of which there were many in that region in earlier times. SAN MATEO: 1856. Named to honor St. Matthew. . TEHAMA: 1856. Possibly the name of an early Indian tribe. Also might mean “high water”’ or “low land” as derived from — the many times the Sacramento River flooded the entire region in early days. DEL NORTE: 1857. Spanish term for ‘“‘The North” or ‘Of The North’’. Applied because of its far northern location in the State. LAKE: 1861. Named for the large body of fresh water known as Clear Lake. : MONO: 1861. The name is possibly a corruption of ‘“‘Monache” and is of obscure meaning, but believed to have been applied to the Indians of that region. LASSEN: 1864. Named in honor of the noted pioneer trailmaker and settler, Peter Lassen. ALPINE: 1864. So called because of its striking similarity to the Alpine country of Europe. INYO: 1866. An Indian term for ‘‘The Dwelling Place Of The Great Spirit”’. KERN: 1866. Derived from the name of a river designated to honor Edward M. Kern, Fremont’s topographer during the expedition of 1845-46. VENTURA: 1872. The name is a corruption of ‘‘San Buenaventura’’, so called after the Mission of that name. It means ‘‘good fortune’’ in Spanish. MODOC: 1874. Ethnologists generally agree that this name means ‘south people’”’ and was no doubt given to natives of the region by early explorers. SAN BENITO: 1874. Named for St. Benedict by Father Crespi when he came through the region in 1772 and camped beside a river so called. ORANGE: 1889. Named by the ~ State Legislature because of the famous orange groves in that region. GLENN: 1891. Named to honor Dr. Hugh James Glenn, an eminent citizen of his day in that district. KINGS: 1893. Named for the “River Of The Holy Kings’’, in Spanish, ‘‘El Rio de los Santos Reyes’’. MADERA: 1893. Spanish word for ‘‘wood”’ or ‘‘timber”’. RIVERSIDE: No particular connotation derives from this name. The area is notable for its petroglyphs and pictographs of Indian, possible Aztec and preColumbian origin. Also noted as the birthplace (Coyote Canyon) of the first white child born in California, December 1775. IMPERIAL: 1907. So called because of the valley of the same name in which the county is located. And thus we see that after the creation of the original 27 counties in 1850, it took fifty-six years to round out the total of 58 counties of which California is comprised.