This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: danderup Surnames: STEVENS Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.stevens/3839.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ///////////////////////////////// Transcribed by Dee Sardoc //////////////////////////////// Stockton Daily Independent Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA ***************************************** >>MONDAY, 20 MAR 1865<< ON SNOW SHOES - On Monday evening, the 6th instant, a party arrived at Silver Mountain, on snow shoes, consisting of A.H. STEVENS, Esq., Mrs. A.H. STEVENS, their daughter, Miss Caddie STEVENS, aged 16 summers, and their son, a bright little boy of 6 years of age, from Cottage Springs, 39 miles from Silver Mountain, on the Big Tree road. The Monitor 'Gazette' pronounces it "The greatest feat of the age," and says: "Think of this, ye proud mothers and daughters of the valleys, who fear lest the winds of heaven should waft a zephyr too rudely upon you, of 2 of your sister braving the tempestuous Sierras in mid winter over a 'pass' of 10,000 feet above the level of the sea, the snows 22 feet deep, and calling it a pleasure trip." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.