Marilyn, I'll check my Trinity Co resources this evening. Betty > Does anyone hae any more information on George Kunz who is mentioned > in > this article. Marilyn > >> [Original Message] >> From: <scrapsbratt@aol.com> >> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 1/6/2010 8:11:45 PM >> Subject: [NORCAL] George Erickson >> >> In 1884 Ben Arthur had a run-in with a man named George Erickson >> who had > been stealing his sheep. Erickson was taken to Weaverville and tried > for > sheep stealing. Although he was set free and warned not to return to > southern Trinity County, Erickson did not heed the warning and was > found > dead near the Mad River Bridge on September 7, 1886. A man by the > name of > George Kunz was tried for this murder, and Ben Arthur, along with > several > other ranchers, was tried for conspiracy in the murder. As a result of > Ben's efforts to defend himself, the ranch was taken over by the > German > Savings and Loan Society (now the Bank of Hibernia). >> >> This is an excerpt from "Trinity County Historic Sites" and is >> referring > to a ranch on South of Fork Mountain, near the Humboldt County line. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> NORCAL ARCHIVES: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. >> Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message