Maybe one of you more "experienced" Modocians can help Gard with is question. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by ZoneAlarm AntiVirus. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gard Meddaugh" <gardm@pacbell.net> To: "Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds" <r3346@sunset.net> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: New Era > Hi Bill, > > Good to see you are transcribing the "New Era". However, I'm a bit > confused > [not your fault, I came that way], as I had figgered that Ransom Heenan > Stanley > ran the New Era but I find in my notes [probably from your postings] that, > speaking of Ransom: > > "He learned the printers' trade early in life and at times had charge of > different papers in Northern California and in 1892 established the > Surprise > Valley Record, which he published continuously for 38 years, without any > change > in management and of which he was owner at the time of his death." > > The reason for my confusion is that my g'pa, Otha Stanley, started a > paper > called the New Era in Lake Co., Calif. in 1890. My notes on Otha are at: > http://home.pacbell.net/gardm/ol_m.htm Seems Otha was employed by the New > Era > in Iowa also. > > Specifically, who ran the New Era in Modoc?? Do you know of other papers > he > worked for?? Any other info would be appreciated also. > > cheers, > > Gard > > > Now there sits a man with an open mind. You can feel > the draft from here. > Groucho Marx >