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GENERAL DESCRIPTION 417-419
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Topography 417
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Area 418
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Climate 417
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Altitudes 418
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EARLY HISTORY OF SIERRA COUNTY
419-422
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P. A. Haven at Little Rich
Bar 419
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Major Downie's Reminiscences
421
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Discovery of Gold at
Downieville 419
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Cut-Eye Foster 421
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Indian Reminiscences 420
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Early Mining 422
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ORGANIZATION OF SIERRA COUNTY
423-424
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Creation of Yuba County 423
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Creation of Sierra County 423
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First Townships 423
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Boundaries 424
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Justices' Courts and Justices
423
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First Election 424
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Miners' Courts 423
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Officers elected 424
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OFFICIAL HISTORY OF SIERRA COUNTY
425-426
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Creation of Townships 425
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Northern Boundary changed 425
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Naming of Townships 425
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Southern Boundary changed 426
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Present Election Precincts
425
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Board of Supervisors 426
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THE COURTS AND JUDICIARY 427-431
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District Court 427
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Judges and Associates 428
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District Judges 427
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County Court 429
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Court of Sessions 428
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Biographies of Judges 429
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First Grand Jury 428
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Superior Court 430
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First Indictments 428
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Sierra County Bar 431
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OFFICERS OF SIERRA COUNTY FROM 1852
to 1882 432-434
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County Clerks 432
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Coroners 433
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District Attorneys 432
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Public Administrators 433
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Sheriffs 432
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Surveyors 434
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School Superintendents 432
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Recorders 434
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Treasurers 433
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Board of Supervisors 434
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Assessors 433
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SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN 435
PRESIDENTIAL AND GUBERNATORIAL
VOTES 436-437
COURT-HOUSE AND HOSPITAL 437-488
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First County Jail 437
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Erection of Court-house 437
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County Physicians 438
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Old Hospital 438
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New Hospital 438
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Condition of Hospital 438
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HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES 439-445
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Negro Suit 439
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A Durgan Flat Incident 441
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Extent of a Mining Claim 439
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Punishment by the Lash 442
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Unappreciated Eloquence 440
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The Kelley-Spear Duel 443
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Pap Harris' Sale 440
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The Lippincott-Tevis Duel 444
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Asiatic Antics 441
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CRIMINAL ANNALS 445-455
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Hanging of the Spanish Woman
445
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The Butler-Moffat Tragedy 451
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The Slate Creek Tragedy 447
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A Forest City Fight 452
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Shooting of Thaddeus Purdy
448
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A Poker Flat Fiasco 452
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Hanging of the Indian Pijo
448
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Tired of Life 452
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Quick Work at Goodyear's 449
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Execution of Michael Murray
452
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Wholesale Butchery of
Chinamen 450
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Lynching at Chip's Flat 453
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Hanging of Harlow 450
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Express Robberies 454
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DOWNIEVILLE 456-465
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Early Settlement 456
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Fire of 1864 461
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Christening of Downieville
456
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Fatal Explosion 461
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First Business Houses 456
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Post-office 461
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First Miners' Meeting 457
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Schools 462
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Langton's Express 457
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Illustrious Citizens 462
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Durgan's Saw-mill 457
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Proving up 463
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Mining at Downieville 457
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Water Companies 463
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Condition of Society 458
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Fire Department 463
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Fire of 1852 459
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Stage Lines 463
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Business Houses of 1852 459
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Telegraph and Express 463
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Fire of 1858 460
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Business Houses, etc 464
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Incorporation 460
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Churches 464
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Fire Department established
461
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Secret Societies 465
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GOODYEAR'S BAR 465-469
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First Settlement 465
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The Taylor Brothers 468
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Mining at Goodyear's 466
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The Murdered Germans 468
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Post-office 468
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Long-bearded Kuntz 469
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Pioneer Dances 468
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Stage from Camptonville 469
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Schools and Churches 468
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Fire of 1864 469
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SIERRA CITY 470-472
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First Settlement 470
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Demolished by Snow 470
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Sierra Buttes Quartz-ledge
470
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Town rebuilt 470
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Murder of Black 470
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Churches 472
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Societies 472
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Hotels 471
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Schools 471
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Express and Post Offices 471
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Stagey 471
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Telegraph 471
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The E Clampus Vitus 471
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Hose Company 472
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SIERRA VALLEY 256-275
(see section of Plumas
County history)
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Discovery and Settlement of
Sierra Valley 259
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Loyalton 260
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Sierraville 261
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Randolph 261
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Antelope District 261
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Craycroft 201
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FOREST CITY AND ALLEGHANY 473-476
First Diggings - Rapid Development - Schools and
Churches – Stages – Fires – Business – Houses – Societies - etc.
NORTHERN SIERRA 476-478
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St. Louis 476
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Rowland Flat 476
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Pine Grove 477
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Gibsonville 477
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Newark 477
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Hepsidam 477
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Port Wine 477
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Eureka City 478
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MINNING OF SIERRA COUNTY
478-483
The various mines and their owners
THE PRESS OF SIERRA COUNTY
483-484
Newspapers and their editors
SCHOOLS OF SIERRA COUNTY 484-485
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Board of Examiners 484
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School-houses 485
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Number of School Children 485
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Value of School Property 485
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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Abbe, George H 485
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Jump, Dr. Alemby 491
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Adams, J. C. 271
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Kennedy, Henry H. 491
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Bigelow, H. H. 485
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Kimball, Walter B. 492
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Brown, J. W. 486
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Knuthsen, Jacob 272
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Brown, A. M. 274
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Keyes, David B. 266
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Brown, J. C. 268
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Lefever, Dr. Josiah 492
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Burgess, William H. 486
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Luther, W. T. 492
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Busch, August C. 486
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Lewis, Hiram 269
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Byington, L. 486
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Lemmon, B. F. 273
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Buxton, G. Q. 273
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Martinetti, I. 492
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Bringham, Marion C. 262
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McGuire, A. J. 492
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Beckwourth, James P. 256
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Meany, N. H. 493
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Beaton, Alexander 263
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Mowry, Lewis 493
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Battelle, T. S. 270
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McCann, Judge Ferdinand J. 429
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Campbell, Jason 487
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Maddux, Theophilus 272
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Castagneto, G. B. 487
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Myers, J. D. 274
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Clute, John Howard 487
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Miller, James 271
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Crignon, A. 487
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Nessler, L. 493
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Connolly, Patrick 269
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Newman, David D. 268
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Church, Isaac S. 274
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Nicholson, James 270
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Chapman, Albert P. 265
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Orear, J. W. 493
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Campbell, Judge William 429
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Osgood, L. H. 493
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Cowden, Judge D. H. 430
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Pauly, Benjamin 494
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Downer, Eugenie Kincaid 487
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Purdy, H. H. 494
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Dolley, E. P. 274
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Patterson, David B. 268
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Davis, Charles H. 273
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Pettibone, Judge S. J. 429
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Davis, Aaron 270
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Ryan, W. 494
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Davidson, Judge Samuel B. 429
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Rowland, Francis M. 264
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Eggleston, B. T. 488
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Rains, W. Smith 269
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Eschbacher, F. A. 488
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Rawden, William B. 274
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Fischer, F. L. 488
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Sawyer, Dr. J. J. 494
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Fish, N. B. 488
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Scheffer, 494
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Forbes, Robert 488
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Scott, John 495
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Fagg, J. D. 269
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Scullin, S. A. 495
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Freeman, Joel E. 271
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Spaulding, Henry 495
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Goff, Peter 489
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Stewart, J. C. 495
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Gallagher, E. J. 275
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Strange, H. 496
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Haskins, William 489
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Sheer, Roy R. 273
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Haven, Pbilo A. 489
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Strang, Jared 263
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Heringlake, C. A. 490
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Smith, Judge Alanson 429
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Hill, S. D. 490
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Vaughn, Jerome A. 496
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Hutchinson, Joseph 490
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Ward, Alonzo 496
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Harris, Judge Garland 430
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Weir, H. G. 497
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Humphrey, George W. 266
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West, John T. 497
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Hughes, Marshall 272
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Weston, Dr. R. S. 497
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Howk, Corel 266
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Wiggins, J. S. 497
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Hamlen, E. H. 275
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Whitney, D. L. 498
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Hardin, M. 270
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Wixon, Julius S. 498
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Haines, G. P. 271
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West, T. F. 269
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Howe, Judge A. J. 430
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Weston, Isaac 268
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Jones, I. G. 490
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Webber, Dr. D. G. 267
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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California - Chicago, Lewis Publ. Co., 1891
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