My grandmother grew up in the Tri-county area (Colusa/Sutter/Yuba) and talked about the Joaquin Murrieta gang there and the shooting of sheriff Buchanan at Spanish Camp (Sonora Camp). He & her Uncle Billy were friends. My GG-grandfather logged his arrival in California in 1850 as "arriving in Hangtown, now Placerville,where during the vigilence (sic) days, they saw the celebrated gambler "Dick" hanged." I still haven't found a local record of that event but no matter. I have a recollection of my aunt (by marriage) telling of a Japanese balloon landing on the north coast carrying a bomb during WWII. It didn't go off. What was the most notorious or ill-famed event noted by those in your California family tree (yourself included)? If it was you, have you documented the event? Genealogy includes documenting the times, good & bad. I have an ulterior motive. I'm working on a follow-on to SNATCH & am looking for the state's darker events. I thought about this when I was speaking to a hotel manager at a San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau event last year. He mentioned that Billy Holiday was busted for drugs in his hotel. To him, that had impact. Thanks! Jim -- James R. Smith Author/Speaker/Researcher Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks California Snatch Racket, June 2010 San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Sep 2010 www.HistorySmith.com
Jim: I have a 15 page .pdf file (with photos) written about a distant relative - Brigadier General OTHO HINTON of Ohio and California. Written by my cousin and myself ----Ralph N. Hinton and Margaret L. Hinton >From Respected Citizen to Stage Coach Robber to Fugitive from the Law back to Respected Citizen I can send you a copy if you want. This is a priceless story. Margie Hinton ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R Smith" <jim@historysmith.com> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com>; <socal@rootsweb.com>; "SF Genealogy" <casanfra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:04 AM Subject: [NORCAL] Notorious California Events My grandmother grew up in the Tri-county area (Colusa/Sutter/Yuba) and talked about the Joaquin Murrieta gang there and the shooting of sheriff Buchanan at Spanish Camp (Sonora Camp). He & her Uncle Billy were friends. My GG-grandfather logged his arrival in California in 1850 as "arriving in Hangtown, now Placerville,where during the vigilence (sic) days, they saw the celebrated gambler "Dick" hanged." I still haven't found a local record of that event but no matter. I have a recollection of my aunt (by marriage) telling of a Japanese balloon landing on the north coast carrying a bomb during WWII. It didn't go off. What was the most notorious or ill-famed event noted by those in your California family tree (yourself included)? If it was you, have you documented the event? Genealogy includes documenting the times, good & bad. I have an ulterior motive. I'm working on a follow-on to SNATCH & am looking for the state's darker events. I thought about this when I was speaking to a hotel manager at a San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau event last year. He mentioned that Billy Holiday was busted for drugs in his hotel. To him, that had impact. Thanks! Jim -- James R. Smith Author/Speaker/Researcher Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks California Snatch Racket, June 2010 San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Sep 2010 www.HistorySmith.com ----------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.142/2623 - Release Date: 01/15/10 07:35:00