Dear Listers: You probably saw my long post yesterday but today, just a few short items to offer: I wrote yesterday that my GGGpa Biar CURLESS came in '59 from Cedar Rapids Iowa, following the lead of his older brothers. I didn't tell you then though that he and his younger brothers worked a hydraulic mine on Weber Creek from '62-'69. A cousin of mine, John Curless, has researched the claim but I have not seen it. I wonder aloud, whether this accounts for the community known as Iowaville, see Gudde "California Gold Camps" In addition to family members he brought the following: Jesse BROWN, from Iowa, who was a young man still living with parents John and Marian Brown near Cedar Rapids. Jesse got a job working a ferry across the Yuba in October of '59, though I am not sure exactly at what landing. Surnames only: TUFFORD, a hired hand. and STUFFY (probably STEFFY, an old Pennsylvania name) the other hired hand. Not clear from diary what happened to them, what their connection to family was etc. Hope this helps somebody. Contact me if you need any background info. Asked yesterday for roster of STEVENSON'S REGIMENT or any other MILITARY ROSTERS from Mex-American War that were associated with GR California. Seeking SAMUEL ASHTON CURLESS, a NEWTON, HARRYMAN or DEMAIS< DEMARS!?! Lance Beeson