More fun stuff from Coys _California County Boundaries_. Thanks Tim for you response on the conditions of the Nevada and Utah postions in regards to the Pautah County issue. I wonder if in 1859 the repeal of the Pautah "take over" had something to do with a better resolution-Washoe County? It seems that California gave up on gaining Pautah County in 1859 but enacted in 1860 another try for the land where so many Californians had gone to settle-the mining districts of the future state of Nevada. In 1860 a resolution asking Congress to cede to California this portion of land to become Washoe County: "Commencing at the point of intersection of the forty-second degree of north latitude with the one hundred and eighteenth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on the line of one hundred and eighteenth degree of west logitude until it intersects the easterly boundary of this state; thence northerly and along the boundary line of the State of California to its northeast corner; thence on the line of the forty-second degree of north latitude ot the place of begining! (Folks, I don't pretend to understand a bit of the above land description-does this closely describe the area now known as Washoe County NV, -Reno Area- and does it differ much from the proposed Pautah County boundaries?) This new territory was to be attached to El Dorado until organized. The argument put forth was the new mining interest so increased the population of the district that it already had 10,000 people, one half of whom were Californians (in a new months there would be 4 to 5 times that many, and MOST OF THEM FROM California!) The bill passed the assembly altering the El Dorado-Amador boundary but the measure lost in the senate. Note that California had twice now proposed taking land in the mining districts of the future Nevada because its population was comprised of a majority of folks from California. If you have lost your folks in California-it might be worth looking for them in the areas which were to become the state of Nevada! Just a thought. Carolyn