> the diarist H C GARDINER mentions: > 3). MAIL: > "One thing...annoyed me...failure to get letters from home, two thirds of > which went astray, and it was not until my return to the East that I > discovered the reason. Postal facilities were few, San Francisco, Sacramento, > and Stockton having about the only post offices. The letters from the mining > camps were collected at those offices by letter - carriers who were delegated > for that purpose. It was their custom to circulate orders for signatures, > directing the postmaster to deliver letters addressed to the parties signing > it to the carrier. This was a lucrative business to the express man, who > received from one to two dollars each for all letters delivered, and naturally > corralled all he could, regardless, so long as his list contained the name, > where the proper owner resided. > "It seems there was a man in NEVADA County whose initials and surname were > the SAME as mine, who was contemptible enough to take my letters, for though > our initials were alike, there was no similarity between our full names. He > was a LAWYER:-), who must have discovered at a glance that the letters which > were addressed in full...were NOT intended for him....and had he acted as he > should have done, would have returned them to the post office > unopened.....{H]e commits an outrage altogether indefensible, unwarranted, and > deserving of the severest reprobation." Hey Bob, sure enough that scalliwag laywer:)))) referred to above, the other H C GARDINER (a laywer, and democrat from Rhode Island) is found in David Comstocks _Brides of the Gold Rush_ pub 1987. This book is a great reference book on Nevada County. Couldn't find anything about him tampering with the US mail:)))! Carolyn

That is interesting, Ruth. That place must have been like a beehive with all those camps so close together. Friends, Jan Steck in Vina, California [email protected] "I'm grouchy 'cuz I'm good at it."

Jan, I second that thought, "Thank you Bob" - Great job!!! Keep 'em coming! Accord to Historic Spots in California (lots on the list call this their favorite book)... HORSE SHOE BAR is in Placer County. "Placer County, embracing several branches of the American River besides Bear River, include scores of river-bar camps." The article goes on to talk of Beal's Bar where "John Sinclair and some 50 Indian laborers, in the spring and summer of 1848, were among the first to mine on the North Fork of the American River......Sinclair had been engaged about five weeks when his Indians who used simple closely-woven willow baskets" made him a rich man. His net proceeds.....were about $16,000 worth of gold. "BEAL'S BAR is now under Folsom Lake which also covers the site of a number of settlements along the North Fork of the American Rive, chief among them HORSESHOE BAR, SMITH'S BAR, and RATTLESNAKE BAR....". I found this interesting, hope you do to.. RUTH _____________________________ Ruth & Don Skewis [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeanette Steck [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 10:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Horse Shoe Bar - Northern Mines in 1851 - > Glimpses > > > Thank you, Bob. I appreciated the story-message. I live in N. > Calif. I am a > history buff. Tell me, I believe Horse Shoe Bar was in Butte Co. > when Blutte > Co was formed. Do you know? Anyway, thanks for the bit from the diary. > > Friends, > Jan Steck in Vina, California > [email protected] > "I'm grouchy 'cuz I'm good at it." > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > There is a web page devoted to holding queries for the > "Most Wanted of our Lost in California Ancestors" for > members of this mailing list. Visit: > <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8861/goldrush98.htm> > Short entries generally get the most attention. > > > > > > > > > > >

Thank you, Bob. I appreciated the story-message. I live in N. Calif. I am a history buff. Tell me, I believe Horse Shoe Bar was in Butte Co. when Blutte Co was formed. Do you know? Anyway, thanks for the bit from the diary. Friends, Jan Steck in Vina, California [email protected] "I'm grouchy 'cuz I'm good at it."

Howdy, My latest 49er/diarist Howard C. GARDINER arrived in CA in 1849, and traveled from Stockton to the Southern Mines in August of that year. But I am skipping over to his Northern Mines experiences in 1851 Only some glimpses, but sorta interesting. Editor Dale L. MORGAN question marks the date as "May ? - September, 1851". Lets reminisce with 49er Gardiner: 1). HORSE SHOE BAR: "Principal mining camps on the North Fork of the American River were at Mormon, Rattlesnake, Dead Man's, Horse Shoe, Long, and Murderer's bars. The character of the population differed materially from that of the Southern Mines. There were but few gambling houses... Nearly all the miners were native Americans, chiefly from New England and the Middle States. There were as a general thing intelligent, industrious, and not given to dissipation. The two stores at Horse Shoe Bar were those of Abraham and John BRONK and the FRENCH brothers[Henry and ]. the former included a boarding house, which was well-maintained and well-patronized. The most prominent residents, some of whose names are still familar to my mind, were Esquire [Samuel]CAREY and his son Will, Captain THOMPSON, William KIDD, Captain [George W.] CLAPP, HOLBROOK, Charley LAY, Raynor HOLCOMB, Joseph EUSTIS, Sam COFFEY, Charlie HARDENBURGH, Merrick MOORE, Jacob COLLAMOR, Tom HAINES, George KELSEY, the BRONK brothers, FRENCH brothers, and a Mr. FRENCH, who was a master mechanic." 2). SUNDAYS:: "....Sunday was the day for baking, washing, and wood chopping. On that day everything was prepared as far as possible for the succeeding week. The laundering was an easy matter, as one hickory shirt consituted the 'wash.' The mountain oak makes excellent firewood, and that was about all it is fit for. It splits easily and burns freely without seasoning. An hour sufficed to draw a week's supply from the hill, chop, and split it. In the afternoon I visited the store, brought my groceries, and after my return homes, the balance of the day was devoted to letter-writing or reading. 3). MAIL: "One thing...annoyed me...failure to get letters from home, two thirds of which went astray, and it was not until my return to the East that I discovered the reason. Postal facilities were few, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton having about the only post offices. The letters from the mining camps were collected at those offices by letter - carriers who were delegated for that purpose. It was their custom to circulate orders for signatures, directing the postmaster to deliver letters addressed to the parties signing it to the carrier. This was a lucrative business to the express man, who received from one to two dollars each for all letters delivered, and naturally corralled all he could, regardless, so long as his list contained the name, where the proper owner resided. "It seems there was a man in NEVADA County whose initials and surname were the SAME as mine, who was contemptible enough to take my letters, for though our initials were alike, there was no similarity between our full names. He was a LAWYER:-), who must have discovered at a glance that the letters which were addressed in full...were NOT intended for him....and had he acted as he should have done, would have returned them to the post office unopened.....{H]e commits an outrage altogether indefensible, unwarranted, and deserving of the severest reprobation." (From "In Pursuit of the Golden Dream - Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849 - 1857 by Howard C. Gardiner".ed. Dale L.Morgan,MA:Western Hemisphere, Inc. MCMLXX). Next time, if ok, we'll get down to some serious gold mining-)). Bob Norris in Dallas <BNorris166aol.com>

In the biographical sketch on Deborah Crittenden is this entry: To the marriage of Charles Peck and Deborah Katherine Crittenden were born six children, two dying in infancy. Of the four surviving children, all college graduates, Joseph Lambert was a teacher, and by his marriage to Jessie Gordon has a daughter, Charmian. George Baldwin Crittenden, a lawyer, married Ida Zenoma Gray, and was the father of four children: Charles Lambert, who died at the age of nineteen; Doris, who married Maurice Belber; Ethel Katherine, who is the wife of Lucien Rohlick and has a daughter, Patricia; and Eleanor Burnham, who married Mr. Harold Dougherty. Helen, the third child, married Hon. Ralph Andrus Loveland, senator of West Port, New York State, and is a widow, her only son, Crittenden Andrus Loveland, passing away at the age of twenty-four. Miss Mary Lambert Crittenden has been a teacher for many years in a San Francisco High School. The late Mrs. Crittenden was a beautiful character, a woman of un- usual intellectual gifts, and she possessed -that rare distinction of being able to grow old beautifully and constantly make new friendships as the old ones were closed by death." If this is one of your lines, I can send you by e-mail the complete text of the sketch for both Deborah and Charles. ---------- | From: [email protected] | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: Part 2 C-H History of the SF Bay Region Vol. 3, Millard, 1924 | Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:37 PM | | In a message dated 98-09-21 23:01:09 EDT, you write: | | << Dougherty Eleanor Burnham 22 | Dougherty Harold 22 >> | | Would you please send me information on the above named two people. THank | you. | | Cathy

In a biographical sketch on Wellington Cleveland Burnett the final sentence mentioned that in 1857, during those stirring times when the Vigilantes were trying to restore order out of the chaos, Wellington Burnett took his orders from General Sherman. I am sure that there are many biographies written on General Sherman. Colleen ---------- | From: [email protected] | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: Part 2 M-S History of the SF Bay Region Vol. 3, Millard, 1924 | Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:35 PM | | In a message dated 98-09-21 22:58:08 EDT, you write: | | << Sherman William Tecumseh, Gen. 32 >> | | | Would you please send me information about the above named person? | | THank you. | | Cathy

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup Part# and the name and page number you want in the body of the message. I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Anderson Winslow, Dr. 37 Ashcroft Emma 38 Ashcroft Ida K. 38 Ashcroft Sarah 37 Ashcroft William H. 38 Ashcroft Willliam, Capt. 37 Belber Doris 22 Belber Maurice 22 Benzen G. A. 28 Bloomer Dexter 21 Bloomer Mrs. 21 Brown Mrs. P. D. 31 Burnett Ellsworth 27 Burnett Gertrude 31 Burnett Isaac G. 31 Burnett James 27 Burnett Jane 28, 31 Burnett Lester Grant 31 Burnett Lester, Capt. 27 Burnett Marius, Capt. 31 Burnett Olive 27 Burnett Olive 31 Burnett Robert 27 Burnett Wellington Cleveland 24-31 Cadwalader Charlotte 23 Cadwalader George L. 23 Calvert Betty 35 Calvert Harry 35 Calvert John C. 35 Calvert Kitty 35 Calvert Richard 35 Calvert Susan 35 Calvert Susan 35

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup Part# and the name and page number you want in the body of the message. I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Cass Lewis, Gen. 28 Caube Bertha G. 24 Caube William P. 24 Caubu Isabelle 24 Caubu Jean 24 Caubu Pierre 24 Caubu William P. 23 Cleveland Charles 28 Cleveland Henry 28 Cleveland Jane Cromwell 28 Cleveland Olive Browne 27 Conant Roger, Gov. 27 Crittenden Charles Lambert 22 Crittenden Charmian 22 Crittenden Doris 22 Crittenden Eleanor Burnham 22 Crittenden Ethel Katherine 22 Crittenden George Baldwin 22 Crittenden Helen 22 Crittenden Ida Zenoma 22 Crittenden Jessie 22 Crittenden Joseph Lambert 22 Crittenden Mary Lambert 22 Cummings Bertha G. 24 Curtiss Stuart 28 Dougherty Eleanor Burnham 22 Dougherty Harold 22 Endicott John 27 Gordon Jessie 22 Gray Ida Zenoma 22 Hays Anna 36 Hays Bettu 36 Hays Harmon 32 Hays Harry 36 Hays John C. III 36 Hays John C. Jr. 36 Hays John Coffee, Col. 32 Hays Susan 35

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup Part# and the name and page number you want in the body of the message. I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Hodghead A. L., Dr. 36 Hodghead David Alexander, MD 36, 37 Hodghead Ella 37 Hodghead Lillian K. 37, 44 Hoge Colonel 23 Hopkins Stephen 27 Karnes Mr. 32 Kean Sarah 38 King Alman A., Dr. 37 King Arthur W. 37 King Caroline R. 37 King E. W., Dr. 37 King Edward W., M.D. 37 King Ella 37 King Josephine E. 23, 71 King Lyman 37 King Phoebe 37 King of William James 23 Lambert Joseph 21 Lincoln Caroline R. 37 Loveland Crittenden Andrus 22 Loveland Emma 38 Loveland Frank 38 Loveland Helen 22 Loveland Ralph Andrus 22 McMullin Anna 36 McMullin Beauregard 36 McMullin Eliza 36 McMullin Eliza 36 McMullin Elizabeth 36 McMullin Harmon H. 36 McMullin Henrietta 36 McMullin John 36 McMullin John 36 McMullin John, Capt. 35, 36 McMullin Lilo 36 McMullin Morgan 36 McMullin Rebecca 36 McMullin Susan 36

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup Part# and the name and page number you want in the body of the message. I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Mills D. O. 31 Morgan Eliza Fleming 36 Mott Lucretia 21 Pratt Emily J. 23 Pratt Orville C. 23 Redding B. B. 27 Rohlick Ethel Katherine 22 Rohlick Lucien 22 Rohlick Patricia 22 Scott Emily Josphine 23 Scott Jane 28 Scott John 21 Sherman William Tecumseh, Gen. 32 Shortridge Samuel, Hon. 22 Smith Deaf 32 Spear Mrs. Joseph 32 Sperry Mary Austin 21 Stanton Elizabeth Cady 21 Stockton Doughty, Comm.. 21, 68

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup Part# and the name and page number you want in the body of the message. I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Terry Judge 35 Thompson Isabelle 24 Umbsen G. Helen 38 Umbsen G. N. 38 Umbsen Ida K. 38 Watterman Gov. 37 Webster Jim 32 Williams Phoebe 37 Wilson Charlotte 23 Wilson Emily J. 23 Wilson Emily Josephine 23 Wilson Frank P. 23 Wilson John Scott 23 Wilson Josephine E. 23 Wilson Montford S. 23 Wilson Russell J. 23 Wilson Samuel L. 23

In a biographical sketch on Jesse Courtright Fruchey, it is mentioned that Mr. Fruchey went to Coloma, Sutter County, in the company of Mr. Marshall, who had discovered gold at that point and later Mr. Fruchey continued operations in many other mining camps, his success having been very appreciable. History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Bailey Millard, Volume III, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1924, page 13-14 ---------- ---------- | From: [email protected] | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Part 1 H-P History of the SF Bay Region Vol. 3, Millard, ... | Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 3:38 PM | | Millard Lookup. James Marshall, Please.

Under separate e-mail message will send you biographical sketch of Edward F. Fitzpatrick, father of Jennie Fitzpatrick Doyle, spouse Omar E. Doyle. ---------- | From: Lonnie <[email protected]> | To: Norby Family <[email protected]> | Subject: Re: Millard Look-up/Doyle Jessie and Omar E. | Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 7:49 AM | | Please leave me know the information on Jessie and Omar E. Doyle. Thank | you. | Lon Doyle | | ---------- | > From: Norby Family <[email protected]> | > To: [email protected] | > Subject: Part 1 A-F History of the SF Bay Region Vol. 3, Millard, 1924 | > Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 10:22 AM | > | > I am typing an index for the above book for the Stanislaus Genealogical | > Society. I will be posting names that appear in the index 25-35 at a | time. | > Many | > of these biographical sketches include info on ancestors from the East | coast. | > | > If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with | the | > following in the subject area: Millard Lookup/"name wanted". I will try | to | > get back to you as quickly as possible. | > | > Pages 1-20: | > | > Anderson J. Z. | > Ayers J. J., Col. | > Barnes William | > Breeze Evelyn | > Breeze W. F. | > Brooks William H. J. | > Bryan Ellen | > Buck Elizabeth | > Buck Judge | > Clifford Elsie | > Clifford Evelyn | > Clifford James B. | > Clifford Sally Gertrude | > Coffin Winifred | > Conlon Ann | > Courtright Margaret | > Crittenden Abraham, Hon. | > Day Dora | > Dildine W. O. | > Downey John G., Gov. | > Doyle Jessie | > Doyle Omar E. | > Fairbanks Minnie I. | > Farnham Evelyn | > Farnham Sylvanus Cobb | >

| William Edwin Norwood came to San Francisco soon after the close of the Civil | War, and his unusual abilities made him conspicuous in the commercial life of | that city for a number of years. He was born in Camden Maine in 1848, a direct | descendant of Kenelm Winslow of the Winslows who played so conspicuous a part | in the New England history. | | History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Bailey Millard, Volume III, The | American Historical Society, Inc., 1924, page 14 | | ---------- | | From: [email protected] | | To: [email protected] | | Subject: Re: Millard Lookup/Kenelm Winslow | | Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 11:40 AM | | | | Please let me know what you have on Kenelm Winslow. | | | | Thanks. | | | | David Winslow Page | | [email protected] |

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup/"name wanted". I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Pages 1-20 Hooper John A. Hooper William H. Jobson Charles F. Jobson Ellen Jobson Sally Gertrude Jobson William Ayers Kibbe William C. Low Fred F., Gov. Marshall James McNamee Mary Miller Caroline Miller Charles E. Miller Fannie L. Miller George W. Miller Jacob Miller Minnie Miller Nancy Miller Ruby A. Mull William Norwood Evelyn Norwood Isabelle Norwood William Edwin O'Connell Mary A. Oliver Judge Owen J. J. Parker Charles H. Perry Deacon Pierce Edwin G. Pierce Minnie Miller Pierce Ruby Edna

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup/"name wanted". I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Pages 1-20 Pierce Walter S. Price Johnson Rollinson Rev. W. Rouleau Blanche Rouleau Estelle Rouleau F.A. Rouleau Francois E. Rouleau Gabriel Rouleau Laura Rouleau Mary Scott Debra K. Springsted Nancy Stanford Leland, Gov. Stevens Henry C. Stevens Maybelle Weil Mr. Wheaton Mr. Winslow Kenelm Worth Charles Albert Worth Charles Joseph Worth Dora Worth Eva E. Worth Frederick Noyes Worth Henry C. Worth Maybelle Worth Minnie I. Worth Winifred Young Sarah Josephine

If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup/"name wanted". I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Pages 1-20: Farnham Sylvanus Cobb III Fitzpatrick Ann Fitzpatrick Edward F. Fitzpatrick Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Frank Fitzpatrick Jessie Fitzpatrick Joseph R. Fitzpatrick Mary A. Fitzpatrick Patrick P. Fitzpatrick William F. Foster E. Fruchey Andrew Fruchey Margaret Fruchey Sarah Jane Fruchey Sarah Josephine Gay Eva E. Gay George R. Gillespie C.V. Hamilton C. M. Hooper Arthur Appleton Hooper Charles A. Hooper Frank Perry Hooper George W. Hooper Isabelle Hooper John

I am typing an index for the above book for the Stanislaus Genealogical Society. I will be posting names that appear in the index 25-35 at a time. Many of these biographical sketches include info on ancestors from the East coast. If you would like further information on any names, please e-mail me with the following in the subject area: Millard Lookup/"name wanted". I will try to get back to you as quickly as possible. Pages 1-20: Anderson J. Z. Ayers J. J., Col. Barnes William Breeze Evelyn Breeze W. F. Brooks William H. J. Bryan Ellen Buck Elizabeth Buck Judge Clifford Elsie Clifford Evelyn Clifford James B. Clifford Sally Gertrude Coffin Winifred Conlon Ann Courtright Margaret Crittenden Abraham, Hon. Day Dora Dildine W. O. Downey John G., Gov. Doyle Jessie Doyle Omar E. Fairbanks Minnie I. Farnham Evelyn Farnham Sylvanus Cobb

I have been asked to let you folks know the names that I searched for and those that I was able to find in my two books: THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Lewis Publishing Co. - 1892 & HISTORY OF TUOLUMNE COUNT, CALIF. - B. B. Alley - 1882 I wish I could have found more but I guess 8% is not to bad a record, after all. If you don't find your ancestors names listed here and think they might be included in either of these books, please drop me a note and I will look for them and send you a copy of the sketch. MARCHALL, James Wilson MINOLETTI MOGAN MORRIS, John J. NEWCOMB NUGENT, Rev. Father John ************** found him ******** NUGENT, Rev. Father Denis ************** found him ******** NUGENT, Monsignor Thomas ************** found him ******** O'DONNELL, Susannah O'DONNELL, James William O'DONNELL, John T. O'DONNELL, Catherine O'DONNELL, Joseph Francis PATTERSON PERRY, John POWERS, Martha. RATOWSKY/ROTOSKY, Hyman RATOWSKY, Harry REILLEY/RILEY/REILLY, James b 1856 SF REILLEY/RILEY/REILLY, John Henry b 1859 SF. REILLEY/RILEY/REILLY, Richard REILLEY/RILEY/REILLY, Catherine REINMAN, Frederich. REINMAN/RINEMAN, Amelia RESTAURANT called FERINI & PERINI's or vice versa ROBERTSON, John ROCHE, Richard M. SAMUELS, Herbert SAMUELS, Samuel SCHAUMLOFFEL, AUGUST SCHAUMLOFFEL, John SEYMOUR, Samuel (ship's captain) SEYMOUR, Samuel SHAEN, Joseph SHARROCK SHIPE, J. W. SMITH, Rufus STANFORD, Charles P. STANFORD, Charles P. SULLIVAN, Eugene D. SULLIVAN, Anna TOMPKINS, Benjamin, TOMPKINS, Jane WEEKS, Burt. WEEKS, Robinsin Jones WEEKS, Thomas J. *********** found him ********* WELSH, Thomas _____________________________ Ruth & Don Skewis [email protected]