Hello Tom Just read your query on the CASTANIS list. Please give me the names (and possible dates) of your great+ grandfather and his brothers and I will search the information for you. I have seen reference to a Fisher Stage Line but it was not a major company in early Oakdale. The information is quite complete about the early persons who built the railroad from Stockton to Oakdale so I can check out your ancestors. I do recall some early residents named Fischer but that is a different spelling. It may be a week before I have the information for you as I am deeply involved in a district meeting being hosted in Oakdale on Tuesday. Are you the Thomas Hilk that I see listed on the Mariposa list? I am a native of Merced and my ancestors (John & Eliza Phillips) came to Mariposa in 1850. Also have ancestors (Hosea & Louisa Jolley) who came to Snelling in 1860 and eventually moved to Merced City where my grandmother (Lulu T. Jolley Peterson) was born. She lived her whole life in Merced. Have a great day. Glenn Burghardt Oakdale, Ca www.oakdalehistory.com