Plumas County

History

 

A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California - Chicago, Lewis Publ. Co., 1891

 

Illustrated History of PLUMAS, LASSEN & SIERRA Counties

with CALIFORNIA from 1513 to 1850, Farriss & Smith , 1882, San Francisco.

[Currently being transcribed.]

 
             CONTENTS:
 
PREFATORY....... Page 3.
ILLUSTRATIONS
HISTORY of CALIFORNIA From 1513 to 1850
INDEX To:
                     History of California From 1513 to 1850.
Chapter 1: Discovery of and Failure to Occupy California by Spain.
Chapter 2: Occupation of Lower California by the Jesuits.
Chapter 3: Conquest of Upper California by the Franciscans.
Chapter 4: Downfall of the Missions.
Chapter 5: Spanish Military Occupation.
Chapter 6: Fourteen of the Twenty-four Years that California was a Mexican
                    Territory.
Chapter 7: The Last Ten Years that California was a Mexican Territory.
Chapter 8: The Bear-Flag War, and What Led To It.
Chapter 9: The War Commenced by the Bear-Flag Party ends in the
                    Conquest of California by the United States.
Chapter 10: The Flores Insurrection.
Chapter 11: California After the Conquest, Until Admitted to the Union, as a
                     State, 1850.
                    The Great Fur Companies, and Their Trapping Expeditions to California.
                    Settlement of the Sacramento Valley.
                    The Discovery of Gold in California.
HISTORY of PLUMAS COUNTY.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
               Topography
               Geology
               Lassen Peak
               Beckwith's Exploring Party
               Altitude
               Population
               Snow and Rain
               Snow-slide
               Perils of the Snow
               Snow-Shoeing
               Floods
 
EARLY HISTORY OF PLUMAS COUNTY
              Trappers and Explorers
              Lassen Route
              Gold Lake Excitement
              First Diggings in the County
              Formation of Butte County
              Development of Plumas
              Exodus of 1852
              Sufferings in the Snow
              Sage-brush War (see Lassen County)
 
ORGANIZATION of PLUMAS COUNTY
              Reasons for a New County
              Organic Act
              Meeting of Commissioners
              Townships Created by Butte County
              First Election
              Sharpe vs. Kingsbury
              Buckbee and Porter Play Seven-up
              Harbison's Election
 
OFFICIAL HISTORY Of PLUMAS COUNTY
              First Townships
              First Board of Supervisors
              New Townships
              Creation of Lassen County
              Annexation of La Porte
              Boundaries of Plumas
              Present Townships
              Supervisor Districts
 
THE COURTS AND JUDICIARY
             District Court
             County Court
             Probate Court
             Court of Sessions
             First Grand Jury
             Officers of Court of Sessions
             Superior Court
             Justices of the Peace
             The Bench and Bar, With Names and Biographies of Judges and Attorneys
 
POLITICAL HISTORY OF PLUMAS COUNTY
             Biographies of County Clerks
             Biographies of Sheriffs
             Yeates-Clark Contest
             Biographies of Treasurers
             List of County Officers
             Senators and Assemblymen
             Presidential and Gubernatorial Vote
 
PLUMAS COUNTY FINANCES
             Old Butte County Debt
             Foreign Miners' Licenses
             Sharpe's Defalcation
             Miners' Shortage
             Chapman's Defalcation
             County Debt
             Licenses in 1854
             Assessment and Taxes
 
HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES
            The Rich Bar Painting
            Early Justice in Plumas
            Miners' Meeting at Rich Bar
            The Peregrinating Justice
            The Slate Creek Tragedy
            The Gilson-Wilson Tragedy
            The Leggett-Morrison Duel
            Lynching of the Negro Joshua
            Pioneer Probating
            Indian Troubles in Indian Valley
            Hanging of George Rose
            Nelson Creek Vigilantes
            The Jacinto Arro Case
            A Model Inquest
            Three Fugitive Murderers
            O'Brien's Brief Bonanza
            Execution of Elder and Jenkins
            Got the Wrong Witness
            Barton's Bail Bond
            Tragic Death of Ransom Griswold
            Hanging of Amada Cardinez
            Fredonyer's Talk Against Time
            Lynching of Ross and Williams
            The Francis Trial
            Killed For a Bear
            The Centennial in Quincy
            A Plucky Chinaman
            Murder of A. Z. Page
            Phillips Killed by Kelley
            The Crawford-Ross Tragedy
            Murder of John R. McVay
            Fire in Green Mountain Mine
            Anderson's Administration
            List of Felony Convictions
            Patients in the Insane Asylum
            Veterans of the Mexican War
         
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
            Methods
            Express Lines
            Dog Express
            Stage Lines
            Snow-Shoes on Horses
            Quincy and Spanish Ranch Road
            Pioneer Wagon Road
            Plumas Turnpike Company
            Chico and Humboldt Road
            Oroville and Beckwourth Pass Road
            Quincy and Indian Valley Road
            La Porte and Quincy Road
            The $10,000 Folly 
            Red Clover Wagon Road
            Oroville and Honey Lake Road
            Oroville and Virginia City R. R. Co.
            Sierra Iron and Quincy R. R. Co.
            Telegraph Lines
            Telephone Line
 
QUARTZ TOWNSHIP
            Discovery of Quartz
            Plumas Eureka Mine
            Jamsion City
            Johnsville 
            Mohawk Valley
 
MINERAL TOWNSHIP
            Rich Bar
            Pap McShane's Hat
            First White Lady and Child
            Old Man McCullough
            Robert M. Blakemore
            Spanish Ranch
            Meadow Valley
            Buck's Ranch
            Spanish Peak
            Monte Christo Mine    
 
SIERRA VALLEY
           Discovery of Beckwourth Pass
           Discovery and Settlement of Sierra Valley
           Beckwourth
           Summit
           Loyalton
           Craycroft
           Antelope District
           Sierraville
           Randolph
 
PLUMAS TOWNSHIP
          Description
          Settlement of American Valley
          Elizabethtown, or Betstburg
          Quincy
          Court-house and Jail
          Quincy Schools
          Town Hall Association
          Quincy Hose Company
          Quincy Church
          Young Men's Reading Club
          Quincy Lodges
          Plumas Rangers
 
GOODWIN TOWNSHIP
          First Discoveries
          Rich Bar
          Mining Camps on Middle Fork
          Nelson Creek and Nelson Point
          Butte Bar
          Little Grass Valley
          Onion Valley
          Saw Pit Flat
          La Porte
          Sierra County Blues
 
SENECA TOWNSHIP
         Humbug Valley
         Big Meadows and Prattville
         
INDIAN VALLEY
         Early Settlement
         Taylorville
         Greenville
         Crescent Hills
         Round Valley
         Red Clover Valley
 
JOURNALISM
         Newspapers and Their Editors
 
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
         Early Schools
         Pioneer District
 
CHURCHES OF PLUMAS COUNTY
         By Rev. L. Ewing
 
INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTY
        Agriculture
        Dairying
        Flour Mills
        Saw-Mills
        Mining

 

                      HISTORY of LASSEN COUNTY......Index on pages 325-328.
                      HISTORY of SIERRA COUNTY......Index on pages 413-416.
 
 
            
                     Illustrations:
                             Busch & Co. Store
                             B. W. Barnes Residence
                             Buck's Ranch
                             J. W. Brown, Store
                             G. Q. Buxton, Hotel
                             L. W. Bunnell, Hotel
                             A. Beaton Residence
                             L. N. Breed, Portrait
                             James Branham, Portrait
                             Hon. Peter H. Burnett, Portrait
                             Hon. John Bidwell, Portrait
                             O. Bourret, Hotel
                             Hon. James D. Byers, Portrait
                             J. M. Chapman, Store
                             A. P. Chapman, Residence
                             A. D. Church, Residence
                             D. R. Cate, Portrait
                             Congregational Church, Susanville
                             Court-House, Quincy
                             Court-House, Susanville
                             Court-House, Downieville
                             N. Clark, Residence
                             H. H. Dakin, Mills
                             H. H. Dakin, Residence
                             Dick Temple
                             Discovery of Pacific Ocean
                             S. A. Doyle, Hotel
                             B. T. Eggleston, Residence
                             F. A. Eschbacher, Hotel
                             A. B. Evans, Residence
                             Walter Ede, Residence
                             Eisner Brothers, Store
                             R. S. Flournoy, Residence
                             N. B. Forgay, Residence
                             D. R. Finlayson, Residence
                             Fort Defiance
                             F. Gansner, Mill and Residence
                             Hon. J. D. Goodwin, Portrait
                             Hon. J. D. Goodwin, Residence
                             Hopkins Creek Mine
                             M. Harden, Residence
                             E. D. Hosselkus, Residence
                             Mrs. E. H. Hartwell, Mill and Residence
                             John F. Hartwell, Portrait
                             G. W. Humphrey, Residence
                             Charles W. Hendel, Portrait
                             Charles W. Hendel, Residence
                             W. P. Hall, Residence
                             B. B. Hughes, Store
                             Hall & Howard
                             Hall & Snyder Residence
                             Dr. A. Jump, Residence
                             William Johnson, Residence
                             William E. Jones, Portrait
                             H. H. Kennedy, Residence
                             Hon. W. W. Kellogg, Portrait
                             H. W. Kellogg, Portrait
                             W. T. Luther, Residence
                             Peter Lassen, Portrait
                             Map
                             Mohawk Bridge
                             G. W. Meylert, Residence and Store
                             G. W. Meylert, Portrait
                             George S. McLear, Hotel
                             McLear, Portrait
                             Milford School House
                             Monte Christo Mine
                             James W. Marshall. Portrait
                             M. E. Church, Susanville
                             T. McFadden, Residence
                              I. T. Mooney, Residence
                              James Miller, Residence
                              R. Martin, Portrait
                              Mrs. W. H. Miller, Hotel
                              M. E. Church, Quincy
                              Masonic Hall, Downieville
                              Stephen Hall Meek, Portrait
                              Masonic Building, Quincy
                              Captain C. A. Merrill, Portrait
                              Main Street, Quincy
                              Nelson Point Bridge
                              Odd Fellows Hall, Downieville
                              Odd Fellows Building, Quincy
                              Dr. Willard Pratt, Hotel
                              Plumas House, Quincy
                              Plumas National
                              Pioneer School
                              Public School, Susanville
                              Public School, Quincy
                              Rich Bar
                              F. M. Rowland, Residence
                              Major P. B. Reading, Portrait
                              J. A. Scott, Hotel
                              H. Spaulding, Residence
                              Shoo Fly Bridge
                              Spanish Ranch
                              R. Stover, Residence
                              Sierra County Hospital
                              Jared Strang, Residence
                              State Capitol
                              General J. A. Sutter, Portrait
                              Sutter's Fort in 1847
                              Sutter's Fort in 1880
                              Sutter's Mill in 1851
                              C. F. Seltier, Residence
                              Thomas & Reed Mines
                              T. True. Residence
                              Jobe T. Taylor, Portrait
                              R. Thompson, Portrait
                              Town Hall, Quincy
                              L. B. Washburn, Residence
                              Alonzo Ward, Residence
                              J. R. Wyatt,  Office
                              Fenton B. Whiting, Residence
                              Fenton B. Whiting, Portrait
                              A. J. Welden, Residence
                              J. C. Wemple, Residence
                              Hon. John S. Ward, Portrait
                              N. K Wright, Portrait
                              William Wagner, Portrait
                              James H. Whitlock, Portrait
                              Captain Charles M. Weber, Portrait
 
 
                                          Transcribed by Sally Kaleta

 

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