Jan.... MOTHER LODE…The Story of California’s Gold Rush by Louis J. Stellman written 1934. EULALIA...Erected by J.M. Reeves "Later Joaquin Miller celebrated in song the case of Alma Bell, who shot a too-insistent admirer in Auburn. She was exonerated, and Miller celebrated the event by a poem whose refrain was: Smite, Alma, Smite! This was a trifle late, for Alma had already smitten. But between her and the Poet of the Sierras Auburn's fame increased." Jackie in California [email protected]