Don, In the index to the Mariposa Gazette Commemorative 1979 heritage of law and press (by Dorothy O'Brien) there are 3 pages of Williams. One notes Williams, Mr. & Mrs W. W., 1954 (article date) "Mariposa's Early Settlers" by Mary Wass page 208, Col 1. and another titled "Williams Family History", page 208. I will try to read through the references this a.m. and get back to you in case you don't get an answer any sooner. I would love to see your picture of Fremont Peak above Bear Valley in fact any of them. Thanks, Harriet. -----Original Message----- From: Don Rose [mailto:darose@yosemite.net] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 6:18 AM To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAMARIPO] WILLIAMS Ranch & WILLIAMs Peak I took a hike yesterday to the fire look-out tower on WILLIAMS Peak. On the USGS Topo Map there is a WILLIAMS Ranch just below it in Hunters Valley. I assume they are connected. Does anyone know which WILLIAMS established the ranch and when? By the way, I took some pretty good digitals from the tower looking into Yosemite Valley which is about 30 crow miles away if anyone is interested. I also got a nice shot of Fremont Peak above Bear Valley where Jessie Benton FREMONT used to ascend to cool off and camp to get away from the oppressive heat in the summers. Don Rose Mariposa, CA ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== If you have any good California History or Genealogy Links let us know!
Karen & I took a hike up to Williams Peak Saturday...sure was a beautiful day. There was a Williams Ranch on the USGS Topo map just below the Peak in Hunters Valley. Was that the ranch of William Williams? Was the Peak named after the ranch owner? I got some great digital shots up into the Yosemite if anyone is interested. I also got a shot of Fremont Peak with Bear Valley in the foreground. Jessie Benton Fremont used to camp on this mountain during the summer to get away from the oppressive heat when the Fremonts were living in Bear Valley in the late 1850's. Don Rose Bootjack
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I took a hike yesterday to the fire look-out tower on WILLIAMS Peak. On the USGS Topo Map there is a WILLIAMS Ranch just below it in Hunters Valley. I assume they are connected. Does anyone know which WILLIAMS established the ranch and when? By the way, I took some pretty good digitals from the tower looking into Yosemite Valley which is about 30 crow miles away if anyone is interested. I also got a nice shot of Fremont Peak above Bear Valley where Jessie Benton FREMONT used to ascend to cool off and camp to get away from the oppressive heat in the summers. Don Rose Mariposa, CA
MARIPOSA GAZETTE, JANUARY 15, 1910 Luckert, Mrs. Lillie Died at Oakland Mrs. Lille Luckert died in Oakland December 29, 1909, after a short illness. Mrs. Luckert was the daughter of the late Antone and Mrs. Rihn, and aged about 30 years. Deceased was a native of Coulterville where her parents resided for many years. She leaves to morn her death a loving mother, two brothers, five sisters, a little son, Harry, aged 2 years and a loving husband. The remains were cremated December 31, ult. MARIPOSA GAZETTE, January 15, 2910 Ed Collins and wife returned to Mt. Bullion Saturday from Oakland, where they had been to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lillie Luckert, a sister of Mrs. Collins. They were Mariosa visitors Tuesday.
Mariposa Gazette, June 7, 1913 Pioneer Passes Away. George Reeb, a pioneer resident of Hornitos and formerly one of its most progressive citizens, died in Stockton last Tuesday. Mr. Reeb located in Hornitos during the early 5Os and from that time up to about five years ago conducted a butcher shop in That town. No man in that section of the county was better known or respected that Mr. Reeb, and all will regret to hear of his death. For several years he has been in feeble health and in order that he might receive the best of treatment was placed in a hospital in Stockton, where he passed peacefully away. To mourn his demise he leaves five daughters, Mrs. Kate Morrison and Mrs. Mary A. Collins of Hornitos, Mrs. Lizzie Thurber of Oakland, Mrs. Rose Morrison of Santa Ana, and Mrs. Lena Stanley of San Miguel and one son, George M. Reeb of Hornitos. The remains were brought to Hornitos and laid beside the love ones gone before him and were followed to the grave by a large concourse of mourning relatives and friends. He was a member of the I. 0. 0. F. and Masonic lodges and the funeral held under their auspices on Thursday at 2 p. m. He was a native of Germany and 82 years of age.
MARIPOSA GAZETTE May 4, 1923 MARRIED HULS CAMIN At Mariposa, Tuesday, May 1st, 1923, Clifton Huls, 25 Native of Utah and Honorine J. Camin, 19 a native of Mariposa County, California, A very Pretty Wedding at Camin Home. A very quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the home Of the brides parents in Mariposa, at noon on Tuesday when Honorine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Camin, became the Bride of Clifton Huls of Merced. The ceremony, which was performed by Justice W. A. Scott, was witnessed by a few of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties. The bride was beautify gowned in a white satin dress and The accustomed orange blossoms, the trousseau worn by the Mother when she became a bride. The couple were attended By Mr. and Mrs. I. Placket sister and brother-in-law of the Bride, while little Josephine Camin acted n the capacity of Flower girl. After a wedding diner the couple left in their automobile for a tour of the southern part of the state on a two week s Honeymoon. The bride is one of Mariposa fair daughters and has a large list of friends here, while the groom is a popular young resident of Merced where he holds a responsible position with the Merced Concrete and Pipe Company. Harriet
REYES, A MARIPOSA GAZETTE, May 28, 1921 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR AGED RESIDENT Funeral services for A. Reyes who passed away Wednesday morning, were held yesterday morning at the Catholic Church. Father Fitzgerald of Fresno saying mass. Mr. Reyes was the father of Mrs. Fred Barcroft of Madera and Mrs. Rebecca Castro of Firebaugh. He had resided in Madera for the past 18 years, and was 72 years of age. Madera Mercury, May 20, 1921 Mr. Reyes was a resident of Mariposa for a number of years and well known here.
Troy, good timing to see your list of folks. The next article of the Sentinel, membership bulletin/ publication of the Mariposa History Center/Museum, will feature the family of fellow listmember, Ben Pierce. That issue is due out shortly. That means it is time to look for someone who would like to present an article to the publisher of the Sentinel, for the next bulletin. Troy , would you like to present an article on your family for publication? Please let me know. This offer is open to all of you, however, I believe they will only accept one family story per issue. If you are interested please be in touch with me and I can see that you are put on the schedule. Thanks, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Troy B. Goss <troygoss@home.com> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 13, 2001 12:57 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Mariposa Relatives >It's been a while since I've posted. Here's my index of Mariposans -- >mostly from Coulterville. > >Name, Birth date, Death date, Birth location > >ADAMS, Jane M. "Jennie" Abt. 1880 Deceased CA >BARRETT, Carolina Abt. 1864 Deceased CA >BARRETT, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Oct 1859 Deceased CA >BARRETT, Francisco Harry "Frank" 20 Mar 1898 12 Jan 1977 Stent, Tuolumne >Co., CA >BARRETT, George Mar 1862 Deceased CA >BARRETT, Harry Joseph 11 Mar 1871 16 Feb 1961 Smith Ferry, Fresno Co., CA >BARRETT, Hugh M. Apr 1864 Deceased CA >BARRETT, Joseph 13 Jan 1824 5 Apr 1904 Clonmel, Waterford, TIP, IRL >BERTRAM, Brandon >BIGLER, Elizabeth Maria 24 Nov 1852 17 Apr 1934 Apple Creek, Cape Girardeau >Co., MO >BIGLER, Henry Joseph 10 Apr 1858 3 Jul 1859 Bear Valley, Mariposa Co., CA >BIGLER, Margaret M. 14 Nov 1853 8 Nov 1928 Apple Creek, Cape Girardeau Co., >MO >BLEVINS, Joyce Abt. 1951 1995 >BOGLIOLI, Allesandro Deceased >BONDS, Mary Maude Nov 1878 Deceased Virginia City, Storey Co., CA >BRESCIA, G. B. Deceased >BRESCIA, Julia >BROWN, Annie C. 1869 1930 >BRUCE, Albert O. Deceased >BRUSCHI, Adeline Josephine "Lena" Abt. 1864 30 Jan 1902 Coulterville, >Mariposa Co., CA
COLLINS - CLOUGH MARIPOSA GAZETTE, June 6, 1924 SUPERVISOR J. W. COLLINS WEDDED IN OAKLAND Word reached Mariposa on Wednesday of this week of the Marriage in Oakland of Supervisor John W. Collins of Hornitos and Mrs. R. B. Clough of Oakland. The wedding, which occurred on June 9th. came as a great surprise as not even a whisper of the event had reached the ears of Mr. Collins' many friends throughout the County. Mr. and Mrs. Collins, after spending a few days at Hotel Menlo in Oakland will return to Hornitos where they will make their future home. The many friends extend their heartiest congratulations and wish the bride and groom much joy and prosperity on the sear of matrimony.
A little history of the Y. V. RR History of Merced County California History by John Outcalt. 1925 YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD The Yosemite Valley Railroad is a standard gauge, steam railroad, extending from Merced to El Portal, Cal., the boundary of Yosemite national park, a distance of approximately eighty miles. The first twenty-five miles traverse the fertile San Joaquin Valley, entering the Merced River Canyon at Merced Falls, and follows this beautiful canyon to its eastern terminal at El Portal. By virtue of its operation, Merced is in is in reality the Gateway to the Yosemite National Park. The road was built by a group of San Francisco capitalists headed by Frank G. Drum, with a view of affording rail access tot he wonderful Yosemite National Park. Construction work was begun in 1905, and the road was open for operation in 1907. The road is exceptionally well built for mountain construction being located on a maximum grade of two per cent and maximum curvature of eighteen degrees, the main line being laid with new seventy-pound Bessemer rails. At the present time, the road owns eight oil-burning locomotives, 245 freight train cars of various kinds and eight passenger train cars. The company has its general offices and its shops and roundhouse in Merced, employing approximately 200 men and having a monthly payroll averaging about $25,000, the official personnel being as follows: President, F. T. Elsey; General Manager, W. L. White; Superintendent of Motive Power, F. L. Higgins; Chief Engineer, G. H. Nickerson; Auditor, J. W. Swords; General Agent, P. F. Harding; Trainmaster, S. B. Castle. While the primary object of the construction of the road was for the transportation of tourists to the Yosemite National Park, a considerable freight tonnage has been developed in the past ten or fifteen years, consisting principally of lumber and other forest products. The Yosemite Lumber Company at El Portal. They are transported to Merced Falls, at which point are located sawmill and box factories. The logs are there manufactured into lumber and box shooks and the products are then shipped from Merced Falls to all points both State and interstate. During the year 1924, a total of 9204 carloads of logs, representing approximately 60,000,000 feet of lumber, were transported, and a total of 2253 carloads of lumber and box shooks was shipped from the mills at Merced Falls. In addition to the lumber traffic, the company handled a total of 2000 carloads of other commodities and 17,500 tons of less than carload freight during the year 1924 The passenger travel by rail to Yosemite National park shows a gradual increase each year. During the calendar year of 1924 a total of 23,000 passengers were handled from Merced to Yosemite national Park as compared with a total of 13, 000 in 1916. The Yosemite national Park is open and easily accessible from Merced every day in the year by way of the Yosemite Valley Railroad. The trip from Merced by rail is one of great scenic beauty, the railroad traversing the Merced River Canyon, crossing and re-crossing the Merced River with fine engineering skill, and the river is rarely out of sight and hearing. One is reminded of the past historic days when the pioneers of 1849 were panning and sluicing the river in search of gold. Ruins of the first bank and mint in the state of California are to be seen on this trip, and it is an interesting monument of an epic period: "The Days of Old The Days of Gold, The Days of "49." Upon arrival at El Postal, a short and enjoyable stage ride of fifteen miles brings one to the heart of Yosemite, the glories of which describe it can have conveyed but little of its charm unless you have visited the wonderful spot. Giant cliffs, wonderful waterfalls, and the magnificent big trees, the oldest living thing in the world, are included among its wonders. It is idle to enumerate. No single feature wins admiration. It is the harmonious whole, blending majesty with color, form and action, that woos all the sense with siren touch. It is this sense of the supremely beautiful incarnated which makes Yosemite the desire of all travelers. -- Thomas and Paulette Hilk 1725 Wildwood Ct. Merced, CA. 95340 E-mail address: paulette@elite.net
Granite Springs is in the Coulterville area , I believe- Troy will know~! Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: benrpierce@att.net <benrpierce@att.net> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 12:26 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Cemeteries >Saint Josephs would be located at Saint Josephs Catholic >church. It is at the south end of town. White Rock would >be in the White Rock area which I believe is a little >bit SE of Merced. The others I dont know but you can >probably do a GIS search on them. > >X-Message: #4 >Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 12:53:59 -0800 >From: Sharon <syvonne@earthlink.net> >To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: ><5.0.0.25.2.20010103125235.00a14910@mail.earthlink.net> >Subject: [CAMARIPO] Cemeteries >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; >format=flowed > >I know I have seen the Pate Cemetery on the website. I >was doing place >searchs for Mariposa this morning and ran across these >other Cemetery >landmarks. Has anyone heard of them? > >Granite Springs >Saint Joseph >Santa Cruz >White Rock > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >If you have any good California History or Genealogy Links let us know! > >
I know I have seen the Pate Cemetery on the website. I was doing place searchs for Mariposa this morning and ran across these other Cemetery landmarks. Has anyone heard of them? Granite Springs Saint Joseph Santa Cruz White Rock
Saint Josephs would be located at Saint Josephs Catholic church. It is at the south end of town. White Rock would be in the White Rock area which I believe is a little bit SE of Merced. The others I dont know but you can probably do a GIS search on them.
Santa Cruz is Indian Gulch. Hey, the family and I went up to the Briceburg Rec Area this weekend. As I was told to do, we followed the tiny, one lane road all the way to the back ( it runs beside the Merced River ). I did not find the Indian Graves I was told were back there, but I did find three graves. Two were pre 1900 and one 1991. I was sans pen, but did take photos with my regular camera. Will post the results when I get the film back. Mel
Hello list....... I saw this on another list and ROFL. :-) No wonder we get what we get!! The Census Taker's Home! (from the Sunday Afternoon Rocking series) "Well, I'm surely glad to be home, that I am. I tell you another day like this one and I am good mind just to fill them papers out on memory and be done with it. Here, put these socks over there next to the fire to dry out, will you? Got down yonder this mornin and everyone in Household 451 through 486 was gone. Some big shindig going on down there. Good thing the folks in 441 could tell me who they all was." "Here, reckon you could go over some of the writin on this here page? Got smeared a bit in the rain. I think you can cipher most of it out. Then them folks down in the holler got suspicious over a census. Said, and derned if they had a point, what difference did it make who they was? Was them guvment folks up in Warshington going to come down here to say howdy do? So they finally let me write down they last name and first initial, but I think they wuz havin a bit of fun with me when they listed who lived in the house. Saw some winkin goin on and I believe I got the same house a youngins in two or three places. It been a day, woman. Honey, git that paper out of Johnny's mouth, will ya? I worked all day on that thing, and no call to let him go chewin it up." "Went up the river a piece and tried to get that done fore it come a downpour, but run into trouble there too. Ole Man Jenkins curr dog run me off and I tell you, ain't no call to get eat up over such a thing as this. They ort to be a limit what a man does for his country. Was lucky man down the road mostly knew Jenkins was nigh on sixty years old and was living there with his woman and five youngins from his first marriage plus a passel from the second. We give em good Christian names. Best be doin something bout this pen. It give out on me halfway through. See you havin trouble too. Johnny! Hand that here, boy!" "And I tell you I would ruther fight grandpap's British than mess with that feller out on the ridge. He got out his shotgun soon as he seen me comin and I went t'other direction. Had Jones tell me about him instead, and he didn't rightly know the feller's first name, said they called him "Squirrel", and it was ok just to put that cause wasn't nobody around here claimin him no how, and they for sure didn't want the guvment knowin there was any relationship. That coffee done?" "Then got over to Smiths, and ole Hoss was in a nervous fit so wasn't no getting information there. His woman havin another youngin and he looked like he could run right through me when I went to askin how many youngins he had now. Hightailed it out of there, and Miz Hart helped me straighten that household out. Think we got most of the names straight, and as he has had a youngin a year for the last ten, ages purty close too. Now look what Johnny went and done!" "I tell you, next time this come around I ain't gonna be no where in sight. Farmin a heap easier, and I figger there folks round here what can read and write and cipher and ain't no good fer nothing else we can spare for this foolishness. Pass me another tater, will you?" Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer & CAMARIPO List Step-Mom
t's complete on the page now: http://home.earthlink.net/~syvonne/Miwok.html HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Sharon
Sharon, Your site is beautiful. What a wonderful resource. A lovely new year's surprise. Harriet -----Original Message----- From: Sharon [mailto:syvonne@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 5:56 PM To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAMARIPO] 1910 Native Census t's complete on the page now: http://home.earthlink.net/~syvonne/Miwok.html HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Sharon ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== If you have any good California History or Genealogy Links let us know!
Thought this might be of interest to some of the list members - Mary http://www.ost.doi.gov/whereabouts.html go here and see if your relations or you yourself are listed - best of luck! Locating IIM Account Holders The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians (OST), Office of Trust Funds Management (OTFM) is seeking current addresses for the following individuals. These individuals are accountholders of record in the Individual Indian Monies (IIM) system. If you know an address, or have any information about any of these IIM accountholders, please write to: OFFICE OF TRUST FUNDS MANAGEMENT ATTN: WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN 505 MARQUETTE, SUITE 1000 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102Or e-mail the <A HREF=" mailto:OST_WAU_Project_Coordinator@ios.doi.gov">Project Coordinator</A> The letter needs to include the full name (first, last, and middle initial), date of birth (if known), the current address of the account holder, and the signature of the person supplying the information. All address changes or account inquiries must be submitted in writing. To search for a name "click" on a letter on the left. This will take you to a list in alphabetical order by the last name.
Forwarding for Kathleen...sounds interesting! >Dear List Owner. > >I have started a new mailing list called >CA-GhostTowns. It is a mailing list for who what to post information >regarding California Ghost Towns or those looking for information about >them. The sharing of stories regarding the Ghost Towns of California is >welcome. > >To subscribe to this list - have your members send the word subscribe to > >CA-GhostTowns-L-request@rootsweb.com or >CA-GhostTowns-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest form. When the >Welcome Message is received they can post to >CA-GhostTowns-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > >I look forward to helping this list grow and become another tool for >those researching in California. > >Kathleen Burnett >List Mom Sharon Dulcich list Step-mom