This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XW.2ADI/278.277 Message Board Post: I ams sure this information is too late for your article, but here goes....Stella Patterson was married to my Uncle Jim Patterson. He lived on a ranch on Patterson Road, near Willow Creek. For some reason they did not stayed living together, so she moved in to her place a Happy Camp. As the story goes, she was married to a prominent judge in San Francisco. They went on a hunting trip in the Trinity Alps, Jim was the guide and they fell in love. If you have discovered any information on the family, please let me know. My e-mail address is ctrobitz-thomas@ci.eureka.ca.gov. I am in the processing of searching...any help would be great