You go girl! -----Original Message----- From: Jackie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 12:19 PM Subject: [CAAMADOR-L] Old??? >Art...I'm having so much fun doing the extractions on the Amador Dispatch. >I've had to do it the hard way, which is to handwrite all that I got. Which >I now have 1 1/2 notebooks filled. Some of the information I've shared has >been appreciated. I know I would like to have someone find family stuff for >me. So that goes along with "do unto others as you would want them to do >unto you". Right? >I think your remark on the "old lady C." was in poor taste. I'm going to >continue doing what I can to further the information in the database, I'm >not going to resign the list. Because I know that now you & Steve have >gotten this out of your system, that we're all going to shoot for a >spectacular website & not shoot below the belt. >Jackie in California >[email protected] > > > > > > >==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== >Amador County, California CAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/ >

Art...I'm having so much fun doing the extractions on the Amador Dispatch. I've had to do it the hard way, which is to handwrite all that I got. Which I now have 1 1/2 notebooks filled. Some of the information I've shared has been appreciated. I know I would like to have someone find family stuff for me. So that goes along with "do unto others as you would want them to do unto you". Right? I think your remark on the "old lady C." was in poor taste. I'm going to continue doing what I can to further the information in the database, I'm not going to resign the list. Because I know that now you & Steve have gotten this out of your system, that we're all going to shoot for a spectacular website & not shoot below the belt. Jackie in California [email protected]

Steve, Before you ask.......... I'll tell you my age......... Old enough to know better but still too young to care. Carolyn

Mr. and Mrs.wallace Kay left the last of this week for a visit with their daughter , mrs Jenson at Lincoln,Placer county.-- date 02/14/1902 vol43 issue 24 The till in Tom Lemin,s saloon was despoiled of five dollars last Saturday night and a man named Rule, who had been drinking more or less all day, was charged with the theft. Rule was arrested Monday by CONSTABLE KAY and a charge of petit larceny was lodged against him by District Attorney, Rule pleaded guilty and was fined fifteen dollars, which was paid. hope these help Abigail help Abigail

C'mon Steve! You know that she can't be anywhere near as old as Ol' Lady Cissna! Give Judy a break, she's a nice girl. The proper question should be "How YOUNG are you?" Art -----Original Message----- From: Steve Illum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: July 08, 1999 7:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAAMADOR-L] Down there My goodness! How old are you, Judy? That must go way back? -----Original Message----- From: Judy Mawhorter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:42 PM Subject: [CAAMADOR-L] Down there >Jackie has been remembering about the cattle drives -- I remember them, too. > It was our family tradition to "go to the hills" in the summer with >relatives who were loggers. We stayed in a camper and told silly stories to >scare each other and listened to Wolfman Jack on the radio (when we could >tune it in) late at night and then got more scared. Is anyone out there >from Pioneer -- and if so do you remember when the branch library was a >bookshelf in the town cafe? > >Judy in Winnemucca >[email protected] > >OR >[email protected] > > >_______________________________________________________________ >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > >==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== >Amador County, California CAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/ > ==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== Amador County, California CAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/

Carolyn -- I like your answer better -- that pretty much says it all. Judy >From: "Carolyn Crawford" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CAAMADOR-L] How Old Am I? (Steve) >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:40:28 -0700 > >Steve, >Before you ask.......... >I'll tell you my age......... >Old enough to know better >but still too young to care. >Carolyn > > > >==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== >Amador County, California CAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/ > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

To Anna Reisling -- Amador Dispatch, Jan. 19, 1923: DEATH OF MRS. STEWART -- Word was received in Jackson of the death of Mrs. A.L. Stewart who passed away Friday evening in Sacramento. The deceased formerly resided in Amador County and for over fifteen years lived in the vicinity of Butte City, near Jackson. Mrs. Stewart was a native of Rochester, New York, and was well known in this county where she had a host of friends. She leaves a husband, A.L. Stewart of Butte City. The remains were shipped to Rochester, New York. Jackie in California (the lady you met in the Amador County library) [email protected]

Amador Dispatch-August 31, 1895 - INSTANTLY KILLED BY A TRAP GUN. -- On last Saturday morning Mrs. Ann Stemer was fatally shot by a trap gun on attempting to enter a cabin belonging to her son-in-law (G. Mertz) near the Pioneer school house, in this county, about eight miles above Pine Grove. The affair was one of the saddest events to transpire in this vicinity for years and caused much excitement and comment by the people of that community. It appears that the deceased resided with her son-in-law and family about half a mile from where she was killed; and about 8 o'clock on Saturday morning went down to the cabin for the purpose of getting nails. The cabin was a homestead claim of Mertz, who slept in the cabin for the purpose of holding the homestead, and eating at the family residence. Mertz claims that about 13 months ago, this cabin was entered, and a blanket and a few other articles were stolen there from, a few day(s) after which he set a gun with arrangements to be discharged when the door was partly opened, and send its contents into the doorway so as to strike a man of ordinary height about the arms and midway of his body, and that the loaded gun had been kept in this manner for almost the entire time during the last 13 months. He claims to have informed his family of this fact about the time of first placing the gun there, but told no one else, nor did he tell any one, not even his wife, not to go into the cabin without pulling the fatal trigger. Whether the unfortunate Mrs. Stemer knew the gun was still there or not is not known, but it is presumed she did not, or else she would not have attempted to go in. The key to the cabin was hanging on a nail at the family residence, and this the deceased took when she went for the nails. Not having returned at the noon dinner hour one of Mertz little children was sent after and soon returned and reported that his grandmother was dead. Mertz at once went to the cabin and found the old lady lying on the ground, face down, stiff in death in a pool of her own blood. Neignbors were at once summoned when, the body was removed to the residence and dressed as well as could be. It is claimed by some that a messenger was at once sent to Volcano to telegraph to the Coroner, but that official did not receive word till Monday late in the day. On Tuesday morning he went up to hold an inquest, but on arriving at Pine Grove found that the body had been buried on Sunday, decomposition having been so intense that it could not be kept longer. The circumstances, however, were such that it was thought necessary to hold an inquest, which was done on Wednesday, Dr. Nichols, the County Physician being summoned to be present. The body was accordingly exhumed, and the doctor made a hasty examination, which was very difficult under the advanced state of decomposition, and found the fatal gunshot wound a little to the right of and above the navel, tearing and puncturing the intestines, and also the little finger of the right hand being shot. Death must have been almost instantaneous. The jury brought in its verdict in accordance with these facts, and found that deceased was about 49 years of age, a native of Bavaria, being a widow and leaving three children -- a little girl 11 years old; a son in Fresno 14 years old, and a daughter, the wife of G. Mertz, with whom she and the little girl lived. Mertz is severely criticized by many for so recklessly leaving a trap gun thus fatally loaded in a frail cabin in such close proximity to a public school house, without at least notifying the school trustees, and many of the neighbors openly express their doubts about the deceased ever being informed of the deadly trap. However the affair is a sad and unfortunate one and will perhaps be further inquired into in the near future, as it is evidently putting too low an estimate upon human life to leave a trap gun set for months and months in a cabin so publicly situated, and so liable to be entered by children or others who have no evil intent in going in. (end) Jackie in California [email protected] __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

Diane -- don't know if you're interested in McPherson, but will toss these your way anyhow. Amador Disp, 02/01/1924: MOURNS BROTHER"S DEATH -- Word was received Monday of the death of Edward H. Haughton, brother of Mrs. J.A. McPherson of Martell. Mrs. McPherson was called to the bedside of her brother Friday last, and his death occurred Sunday in San Francisco, where the funeral was held Wednesday. Amador Disp, 06/01/1906: NEW BOOKS FOR I. and E. -- J. McPherson, secretary of the Ione and Eastern Railroad Co., with headquarters in San Francisco until burned out, visited Sutter Creek last week, says the Record, for the purpose of looking up data to start a new set of books for the company, the old ones having been destroyed by fire while enclosed in a "fire-proof safe", muchly advertised by a safe company. Amador Disp, 11/30/1923: Among some who attended the "big game" from Jackson were Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McPherson, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jones, Harold Tallon, Walter Taylor, Warren Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Snyder and Calvert Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eudey. Jackie in California [email protected] ______________________________________________________________

Abbie -- Have a death notice, 10/19/1923 Amador Dispatch for James Franklin Scott, born Sept. 17, 1845 - died Oct. 9, 1923. Born Grant County, Wisconsin; married (1) Fannie Thompson; (2) Mary Jane Marchant. Jackie in California [email protected] _______________________________________________________________

Looking for any information on Anna SHORTELL. She was born in Sutter Creek on May 22, 1868. Her father was from Canada and her mother was from Ireland. She married my gggrandfather John SLEIGHT around 1901. They lived in Portland, Oregon. Anna died on December 4, 1910. If you have a connection, please let me know. thanks, Julie Hendrix

Steve -- Shame on you ! You're not supposed to ask that, but since you did, I'll tell you. I'm somewhere between able to vote and getting social security. Anyway, "they" say age is just a state of mind. Judy in Winnemucca [email protected] OR [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Claudia...no mention of Wasson MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman "At the height of Columbia's boom came the miners' tax, imposing a monthly assessment of $20 on each and all foreign-born miners. It was near to precipitating civil war on the Mother Lode, for a large portion of its inhabitants were affected and many casualities resulted from the attempts to enforce it. The exodus of outlanders was so great that Columbia and Sonora were practically depopulated over night. " "Not far from Marysville, to the north and west, lies Brown's Valley, where some of the first stamp-mills were operated and where the quicksilver process of reduction was invented and originally used. Gold bearing quartz was first pulverized in iron mortars and the washed for "dust". This was laborious. The first improvement was a large mortar and pestle fastened to the limb of a tree whose upward tension automatically lifted the pestle after it had been thrust down by the operator. Brown's Valley had its first mill for quartz-crushing in 1851, a primitive, rudimentary contrivance with a single stamp in each of several large mortars. Webb & Co of Brown's Valley erected a mill, but winter floods carried it away. Quimby & Co built another that failed. The Anglo Saxon Mining Co built another in Brown's Valley, importing machinery from England but failed to import a mechanic. It too fell into disuse. In 1853 John Rule, undiscouraged by this depressing record, built a nine-stamp mill in Little Dry Gulch, not far away, and it broke the spell of misfortune. But a few years later it was destroyed by fire. Brown's Valley, in the early fifties, proved a testing ground for stamp-mill reduction. In 1858 there were only six small mills in all of Yuba County, with an aggregate of sixteem stamps. Great batteries of stamps werew soon to arise in Grass Valley and along the famous ten mile strip between Jackson and Plymouth, whose mines produced more than half of the gold on the entire Mother Lode." Jackie in California [email protected]

Carolyn..Nothing on Pattersons, Billy Hicks or Judge Martin MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman "His (This is in regard to Joaquin Murietta) first crime was the stealing of a horse belonging to Judge Carter. The latter missed his steed and was informed that a Mexican had ridden it away toward a near-by inn. Carter and others followed and questioned the proprietor, a man named Clark. Clark said he'd get Joaquin...Joaquin shot him dead. Joaquin and his companions escaped, though shot at and pursued for some distance." (Carolyn, the bull fight story is quite long..I can possibly try scanning it to you or will just have to take my time typing it.) Jackie in California [email protected]

Anne.. MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman "A figure of almost equal interest and importance with the ill-starred Fremont, insofar, as Mariposa County's history is concerned, was John D. Savage. A "savage" man he was by name and character, although he was at heart a just and kindly one. And with the savage tribes of Mariposa County he was very seriously concerned. He came there as a trader in the latter forties, when the Central California Indians were a menace to the whites. But Savage seems to have made friends with them. He learned their tongue, he respected their ways. He succeeded in winning their frienship. And, to make alignments with them more assured, he married five of their squaws. They were the daughters of five different chiefs. An uncouth border man who lacked both culture and distinction, he was yet a diplomat and statesman of no mean attainments. In fact, so greatly did the Indians trust and like this bearded giant they made with him a common cause against their own blood brothers, the Yosemites. Savage held a powwow with the chiefs who were his friends-and for the most part fathers-in-law. He began a march into the stronghold of the hostile tribe. These guides led Savage and his men into a strange and beautiful country up steep and slippery trails, through groves of towering sequoias, and, after several days of marching, to a spot now known as Inspiration Point. They rounded up their quarry & without use of arms, persuaded them to return & ally themselves. A year after Savage's discovery of the Yosemite Valley, he led the first white settlers into a new country south of the Merced River. In April 1852, the party led by Savage held the first election within its borders, It seems to have been an extraordinary proceeding. It seems to have been a political gesture without much purpose except establishing a precedent. For on the following day Savage, with most of the voters and elected candidates, returned to Mariposa County, leaving the infant county once more to the mercy of its Indian settlers until a reservation on the King River was established by Savage as Indian agent for the government. Savage's death was a result ofa controversary between he and a man named Walter Harvey. The latter being a ringleader in illegal attempts to wrest reservation lands from the Indians and Savage denounced him to the government. When Harvey heard this he dared Savage to fight. Savage, fearless as he was blunt, mounted his horse and rode forth to accept the challenge. Savage knocked Harvey down (but he was only playing possum) & when Savage's back was turned, he was treacherously shot, inflicted with a fatal wound. Harvey was permitted to go free, but public disapproval forced him soon thereafter to depart". Jackie in California [email protected]

Hi Art... MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman "One of Grass Valley's most important mines, and one that was for a time the richest in the state, was the Allison Ranch mine. Failing more or less as an agricultural proposition, it was turned over in part to placer mining. In 1853 the Daniell brothers, John & William, were washing a stream and uncovered an extraordinary rich ledge of gold-bearing quartz. But so strong was the prejudice against quartz or "rock" mining that they paid no attention to it. A year later Michael Colbert and James Stanton bought an interest in the Allison Ranch claim, as it was called, and the ledge was once more uncovered in the course of placer operations. Again the rich find was ignored, though all four of the partners were excited by the presence of unusual quantities of free gold. Later, when tales of quartz bonanzas were brought to Grass Valley by wandering miners, Colbert and Stanton mined a quantity of gold-rock from the vein, but before it could be reduced a landslide covered it. They were unconcerned. But Nature, it would seem, was bound to make the secret of its treasure manifest in spite of man's obtuseness. A heavy downpour washed away the loose earth of the slide as well as some of the decomposed quartz in the exhumed rock. It was "lousy" with gold. It could no longer be flouted. They gave Con Reilly a share to work the ledge. They extracted $375 from the first little pile, in next eighteen tons $6000 & in the last 62 tons, $30,000. Then began an era of wild spending. Two hundered men were put to work. The partners became nabobs. They dressed in tall hats, frock coats & patent leather boots. They bought diamond necklaces & gave them to companions of the night. They spent every nickle the mine brought them and ran into debt. In 1866 the mine was abandoned at 500 feet but it's riches only scratched." Jackie in California [email protected]

David MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman "At some time in history Auburn became known as a health resort. It was high and dry above the hot, humid Sacramento Valley & only an hour's ride after the railroad came. Auburn was rich enough, a decade after the Gold Rush, to vote a $50,000 bonus to the Sacramento, Placer & Nevada Railway-no small sum for a new camp whose mines were not holding up and whose population was only a few thousand. It must have cost each male inhabitant something like fifty dollars, and then the railroad missed Auburn by five miles." Jackie in California [email protected]

Marc..not much here.. MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman Story is about a Theresa Rooney & a James Fair who were married in 1862. "Tessie, according to legend, took in washing at Shaw's Flat to help Jamie balance the budget". Jackie in California [email protected]

Joan..."Sutter County was a large, unwieldy subdivision, one of the twenty-seven counties created by the State Legislature in 1850. It contributed little to the hectic chronicles of lynch law and crime so prolifically general throughout California during the fifties and sixties. It was J.C. BIGGS who suggested Auburn's removal to the next shelf of higher attitude". Jackie in California [email protected]

Whoa Steve...don't you know it's impolite to ask a lady her age?? Guess you already know mine so you didn't have to question my rememberances. I go back to the days when I used a kerosene light to do my homwork, had ice delivered for the icebox & you'd get a clear plastic bag with white butter in it with a little red dot about size of small marble. You'd squish the bag around & around in your hands until the dot broke & all the white was yellow...then you had butter. Sorry, I don't go back as far as the butter churning. Jackie in California [email protected]