History of Mendocino and Lake counties, California, with biographical sketches of the leading, men and women of the counties who have been identified with their growth and development from the early days to the present, Part 1

Author: Carpenter, Aurelius O., 1836-; Millberry, Percy H., 1875- joint author
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., Historic record company
Number of Pages: 1090


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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01103 6479


GENEALOGY 979.401 M52C


HISTORY OF Mendocino and Lake Counties


CALIFORNIA


WITH Biographical Sketches OF


The Leading Men and Women of the Counties who have been Identified with their Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present


HISTORY BY AURELIUS O. CARPENTER AND PERCY H. MILLBERRY C


ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME


HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA


1914


1714326


CONTENTS


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CHAPTER I.


ORGANIZATION AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MENDOCINO COUNTY 17


Topography of the county-Assessed valuation-Soil-Spanish grants- Boundary settlements-First county officers elected-Division into super- visorial districts-Bonds issued for purchase of bridges-Appropriations for support of institutions-Resources-Rain abundant-Crops plentiful-Early real estate transactions-State and county officers.


CHAPTER II.


ANDERSON TOWNSHIP 37


Comprises the watershed of Navarro river-Area-Climate and products- Early settlement-Township heavily timbered-Sawmills-Access to town- ship-Yorkville, Boonville, Philo, Hermitage-Lodges-Notable citizens of former days.


CHAPTER III.


ARENA TOWNSHIP 41


Location and area-Products-Timber outlook-Point Arena the chief town -Early settlement-Gualala, Bourne's Landing, Fish Rock, Manchester, Bridgeport-First mill in the township-Other mills-Secret societies- Building of the lighthouse-Newspapers-Chronology.


CHAPTER IV.


BIG RIVER TOWNSHIP. 50


Township boundaries-Rivers and streams-Early settlement-Mendocino the chief town-Business houses and newspapers-Secret societies-The harbor-Salmon Creek, Albion, Little River and Caspar-Chronology.


CHAPTER V.


TEN MILE TOWNSHIP 61


Township heavily timbered - One of the longest beaches in the county- Story of township centers around Fort Bragg-Early history and settle- ment of the township-Business enterprises-Chronology-Cleone, New- port and Glen Blair-Banks-Secret societies.


CHAPTER VI.


I 'KIAH TOWNSHIP 69


Lies in valley of Russian River-Soil and climate-Products-Early settle- ment-First deed placed on record-Newspapers-First store and first church-Ukiah incorporated-Banks-Chronology-Mendocino State Hos- pital for the Insane-Watering places and health resorts-County farm- Fraternal orders.


CHAPTER VII.


POTTER VALLEY TOWNSHIP


83


Location and general characteristics-Incorporation of Potter Valley- First settlers in the valley-Early happenings-Snow Mountain Water and Power Company-Soil and Products-Fraternal orders.


vi


CONTENTS


CHAPTER VIII.


SANEL TOWNSHIP 88


Lies on tributaries of Russian River-Soil and Climate-Township formerly covered by grant-Hermitage and Hopland-Railroad facilities.


CIIAPTER IX.


ROUND VALLEY TOWNSHIP 92


Takes its name from the valley-Early settlement-First sawmill-Nome culture station-Covelo-Lodges-Features of interest outside of valley proper.


CHAPTER X.


LONG VALLEY TOWNSHIP 99 Boundaries and shape-First settlers-Cahto and Laytonville-A bear story-Mud Springs.


CHIAPTER XI.


CUFFEY'S COVE TOWNSHIP 103 Origin of name-Navarro River and other streams-Greenwood-The L. E. White lumber interests-Beneficial societies-Navarro.


CHAPTER XII.


LITTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP 108 Area of township-Early settlers-Town started on the Baechtel Ranch- Sawmills in the township-Willits-Secret societies-Willits visited by fire-Chronology.


CHAPTER XIII.


WESTPORT TOWNSHIP 116


Nature of soil and climate-Beginnings of the town of Westport-Milling interests-Game abundant.


CHAPTER XIV.


EARLY HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY 120


This county often referred to as Switzerland of America-Topographical features - Early Indian inhabitants - Legend of Konocti - Mexican land grants.


CHAPTER XV.


FIRST WHITE SETTLERS IN LAKE COUNTY 124


Salvador Vallejo first settler-Adventurous career of Stone and Kelsey-A night attack upon the Indians-The massacre of Stone and Kelsey-Govern- ment punishes the Indians-First permanent settlement-Establishment of government.


CHAPTER XVI.


ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY 131


Act defining boundaries and providing for organization of county-Peregri- nation of the county seat-Lower Lake Township-Destruction of Cache Creek dam-Vigilance committee seize officers and tear ont dam-Water company sues the county.


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CONTENTS


CHAPTER XVII.


LAKEPORT AND OTHER TOWNS 137


First store in Lakeport-Clear Lake College instituted-Clear Lake Union High School-Banks-Newspapers-Lakeport incorporated in 1888-


Kelseyville-Upper Lake-Bean canning-Middletown.


CHAPTER XVIII.


SOME OF THE RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY 143


The Sulphur Banks Quicksilver mine-Mineral springs-Roads-Fruit growing-Clear Lake water utilization-The Central Counties Land Com- pany bubble-The Yolo Water and Power Company operations-County development-Railroad projects.


CHAPTER XIX.


OFFICIALS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND FRATERNITIES. 151


Officials who have served Lake County since its organization-History of schools in the county-Methodist Episcopal the pioneer church-Odd Fellow and Masonic organizations.


INDEX


A


Boggs, Lilburn H 345


Boggs, Hon. Lilburn W. 314


Boggs, William F 633


Bond, John T 351


Bonham, John W. 893


Bonham, Richard D 994


Boone, Peter T. 285


848


Allen, W. Ivy 266


Bourns, Richard T.


848


Alley, Samuel H. 1010


Allison, Lorence E 201


736


Anderson, Hans


347


Anderson, Rush M


929


Branscomb, Benjamin F 1022


665


Anker, Neil 340


511


Armstrong, Louis O


516


Armstrong, William J 403


Aulin, Frank F 811


B


Babcock, Lyman W. 259


Baechtel, Gordon 440


Baechtel, Luther S. 849


Baechtel, Samuel S. 936


Baker, Martin V. 329


Balderston, Thomas D 365


Balfour, William C.


956


Ball, Dreeme L.


842


Bank of Willits


839


Banks, John R.


749


Barnard, Leonard


262


Barnes, Thomas L


540


Bartlett, Nathan


688


Burke, Isaac C. 684


Burke, James H 339


Burriss, Lewis C. 895


Burton, Mrs. Sarah E. F. 963


Bitsch, John G. 962


Byrnes, Ralph R 300


C


Cameron, George A 396


Cameron, William A 944


Camp. Frederick H., D. D. S. 452


Carothers, Thomas L 184


Carpenter. A. O 652


Carpenter, Mrs. Helen M


653


Bingham, Charles W


701


Bishop, Howard


815


Bittenbender, Stephen K.


852


Blosser, Daniel


Blosser, Jacob


587


Christy, John H.


861


Church, Joseph M


Churchill, Heher B 361


573


Blue Lake School District. 881


Cittoni. Clemente 691


Clark, Byron


195


Clarke, Joseph H


1019


993


Brien, John


612


Briggs, Moses C.


270


Briggs, Ulysses N


579


Broback, Clarence W.


748


Broback, Fernando W


591


Brookes, Samuel E.


627


Brower, John D.


621


Brower, Joseph T


687


Brown, Edward E.


342


Brown, Lloyd W.


892


Brubeck, P. W


1014


Brundige, Joseph A


382


Brush, Dennie A


927


Bruton, Josiah J


775


Bruton, W. W. P.


586


Bucknell, Charles M 371


Burbeck, Charles L 958


Baylis, Percy 250


Beggs, Thomas H 924


Behr, Capt. John. 1007


Belio & Allue. 989


Berkowitz, Harman


915


Bernhard, Clarence A 477


Berrettini. Pietro 902


Berry, John E. 985


Berryhill, Joseph T. 308


Biaggi, Bartholomew


675


Biggar, George M


930


Biggar, William J. 942


Biggerstaff, Mrs. Harriet C. 298


Biggerstaff, William J.


791


Cary, Earl J


671


Cary, George E


563


Cary, Louis H.


671


Chambers, Alfred J


889


Blosser. John A 654


Blosser, J. Tobias 640


Boardman, Wilfred ] 824


Boggs, James W 964


Abramson, John 882


Adamson, Edward F. 582


Adamson, John M. 416


Akins, Augustus M 181


Albonico, Lorenzo 900


Aldrich, Charles A 746


Bourns, Richard


Boyd, George 1012


Boyle, Thomas E 409


Bradford, Christopher W. 410


Brandon, David 833


Andreani, James


669


Branscomb, Charles W.


886


Brennan, Rev. Sebastian


Annette, James W.


Brett, James


Anderson, George P.


655


Bryant, E. E 941


x


INDEX


Clayton, William J 636


Clear Lake Railroad Company 968


Cochard, Oscar 643


Cocking, Nicholas 710


English. Wylie 676


Exley, Mrs. Rosa D


222


F


Farmers Savings Bank, Lakeport 288


Farnsworth, Silas B 441


Favreliere, E. 539


Fee, George H 996


260


Finne, Louis


838


First National Bank, Fort Bragg. 799


990


Flowers, Prof. Chester D. 265


Ford, James A 662


294


Ford, William K


981


Forse, William H


412


Foster, A. W.


863


Foster, R. N


863


Foster, W. A. S.


839


Foushee, Edwin C.


697


Foye, Henry M


518


Franklin, David, M. D


325


Fraser, John K. 317


Fraser, Lyon 388


Frazer, James


778


French, James A. 988


Fuller, William


704


G


Galletti, Charles 927


Gamberg, August 922


Gambrel, Edward 193


Garner, Fred W. 931


Garner, John F.


608


Garner, John R.


252


Dixon, William H


951


Dodge, William K


506


Donnelley, William F.


840


Donohoe, Jeremiah H.


796


Donohoe, Robert E.


796


Donohue, Michael


692


Dooley, Elijah 492


Dooley, Franklin W 788


Dowd, John E. 649


Drewry, Irvin H. 495


495


Drewry, Sarah E.


495


Dryden, Robert J. 333


Duffield, Jesse C. 661


Dunbar, Walter S


853


Duncan, Frank 364


Duncan, George W.


735


Granholm, John I.


976


Grant, George W.


656


Gravier, Edward A


790


Green, Arthur W.


467


Greenough, Ralph C.


628


Gregory, Lester C., M. D.


841


Grindle, Joshua


911


Grist, John W. 987


Grothe Brothers 1043


Gruwell, Will W. 894


Edmands, William O


166


Guenza, John 550


Gummerus, John F. 900


Elliott, William B


683


Gunn, James A


281


D


Dahl, Charles E 966


Daily, George L


782


Daniels, George A 1013


Dartt, Robert J. 910


Davidson, Allen


869


Davidson, Allen


945


Davidson, William C. 445


Del Grosso, Amadeo. 901


Denison, James H


227


Dennis, Amos


569


Devereux, John 907


Devilbiss, George A 548


Dewell, Benjamin 809


Dewell, Mrs. Celia H.


681


Dewell, Samuel M 810


Dickie, Walter B 400


Dill, John M 1017


Dilling, Andrew Albert 446


Dilling, Joseph H


1021


Garner, Leland J.


574


Gaspar, Manuel


901


Gavin, John


953


Gibbs, George H.


956


Gibson, Edwin


431


Gibson, John R


829


Goforth, Frank M 908


910


Golden, George 613


Goldsmith, William C. 188


797


Goodwin, Charles


790


Gordon, George R 405


Gowan, Ernest A 874


Graham, Nathan 532


Graham, Willis 770


Duncan, Ralph T. 245


Duncan, Samuel


246


Duncan, William 368


Dunlap. James I. 1032


Dutcher, Ida


694


E


Ells, George H. 464


Enderlin, Ernest 200


English, Daniel P 451


Commercial Bank of Ukiah 400


Connolly, P. 842


Coombs, Silas 1035


Coombs, Silas W. 559


Coombs, William B


1029


Cotton, Joel S.


733


Cowen, John W 906


Cox, Dabney L.


505


Cox, Thomas W


1001


Crawford, John


950


Crawford, Wayne L


952


Cruickshank, George


534


Cummings, Frank A


1025


Curley, Charles M 547


Curtis, Carleton A


490


Ebbinghausen, Frank


702


Ebbinghausen, Henry F 702


Edwards, James 979


Goforth, George W


Good, Prof. Roy.


Drewry, John P.


Fifield, George W


Fitch, Ernest E


Ford, William


x i


INDEX


H


Hall, Frank K


926


Hall, Parker


828


Halliday, Joseph C. 224


Ham, John 946


Hamer, George L.


759


Hammond, Col. Charles M


160


Handv. Fred C. 291


Handy, Percy W


806


Handy, Philo


806


Hanen, William


789


Hansen, Chris 390


Hansen, Hans P


635


Hansen, Henry 719


922


Hanson, Rufus T


914


975


Hargrave, Charles M


617


Hargrave, Walter


570


Harrington, Harry


798


Harris, James A ..


276


Harris, Joseph W


800


Haskett, Guy


372


Haskett, Mrs. Miranda B


540


Haun, Andrew 1027


Haydon, Mrs. Eugenia. 988


Haydon, Hiram B 875


Heckendorf, Henry D 859


Heeser, William 850


Helm, Mrs. A. M. 727


Hemenway, Charles L. 670


Hendricks, Greenbury


470


Hendricks, John B


470


Hendricks, LaFayette 207


Herrick, Hamlin W 458


Herrick, Silas B 459


Hewlett, George


1033


Heyward, George T. 174


Heyward, Jesse 442


Hildreth, William J. 744


528


Hoberg, Gustav 595


Hoberg, Max G. 595


Hoberg, Mrs. Mathilda 595


Hoffman, John P. 320


Hogshead, John S., M. D


601


Holbrook, Eugene E. 307


Holzhauser, L. J. 747


Hopland Stock Farm


863


Hopper, Laurance C.


858


Howard, Peter M


378


Howe, Newton P.


729


Hudson, Taliaferro F 738


Huggins, Eri 804


Hunter, William C. 871


Hurt, Andrew J.


484


Hurt, Charles H


178


Hutsell, Robert T. 730


Hyvari & Karjamaki


903


I


Incerti, Romeo 907


Ingram, Daniel C. 677


Irvine, Charles A 666


Irwin, Hettie 303


Iversen, M. H 373


Jago, Louis 995


Jefferson, Alexander 428


Johnson, David T. 199


Johnson, Hans C. 525


Johnson, John C. 457


Johnson, Matthew


939


Jones, Alpheus : 249


Jones, Eli V.


872


Jones, Herbert M 885


Jones, John W 728


Jones, P. C.


K


Kaarto, Rev. Otto. 982


Keeling, Herbert V. 377


Keithly, Jacob A 1000


Kelley, James W. 967


Kelly, William H 846


Kennedy, Albert H 222


Kennedy, Alexander W 221


218


Kennedy, Thomas


217


Kerr, James M. 346


Kesey, James A 1009


Kiblinger, George W. 1030


Kimball, John S 754


Knight, Charles L 965


Kuhn, Charles 1013


L


Lake County Title & Abstract Co. 982


Lakeport Public Library 694


Lamb, Mrs. Elizabeth A 882


LaMotte, Harry D 918


Langermann, Fred 356


Langland, Mrs. Clora.


25.5


Lappinen, Andrew 966


Larsen, Carl L 870


Lendrum, Birney A., M. D. 1002


Le Valley, Don Z .. 906


Lewis, George C. 304


959


Liftchild, Judson, M. D


384


Lind, John 447


Lindstrom, John H 971


Little, Henry W. 721


Lobree, Philip 582


Long, Edward H. 214


Loring, Fred N. 581


Lovell, Henry S 818


Lowell, A. J. 1024


Lundquist, Amelia 1005


Lundquist, Levi 1003


Lynch, Martin L


821


Lyon, George A 825


M


MacKerricher, Duncan 499


McAbee, Samuel T. 867


McCabe, William B 938


868


McCarty, Eugene G.


Mc Cowen, Hale 171


McCracken, Joseph L. 873


McDonald. Alexander C. 432


629


Hanson, John E


Hardell, P. O


Kennedy, Hiram 1016


Kent, Nathaniel W


Lewis, William


Himmelwright, Edwin Y


J


xii


INDEX


McDonald, A. W. 908


McElroy, Harry L ...


765


Norton, Frank J


891


McFaul, Charles A


544


Nott. J. Ridley, M. D .. 949


0


McGlashan, John


193


McIntire, Charles


O'Neal, Philip 944


887


Olson, A. B.


888


Olson, Mrs. A. B.


1041


Ordway, Ed


817


Ordway, Ira


880


McKinney, Harold H


812


McPeak, Eugene 324


357


McSpadden, James O


355


Mannon, James M


243


Manzini, A. & Co 876


P


Packwood, John I 468


644


Packwood, Samuel T


1004


Parker, Thomas


Parr, Eugene 538


212


Parrott, Benjamin R


592


Mathews, Charles W


313


Mathews, Charles WV


405


Mathews, Shafter


238


Mathison, Charles J


1017


Mattern, Herman


553


Percy, Edwin H., Jr


651


Meddaugh, Oscar F


362


Persico, Francisco


996


Mendenhall, Adolphus


272


Mendenhall, Joseph


823


Mendocino State Hospital


172


Phillips, Charles W


881


Middleton, Granville


510


Phillips, Walter L


460


Millar, David


947


Phillips, W. S.


517


Miller, Curtis A 483


720


Piner, Mrs. Sarah S


433


Miller, G. Milton


743


Pitner, Oron


411


Milliken, Horace F.


211


Mills, Mrs. Lucinda M


387


Montague, Henry W


992


Montgomery, J. A.


740


Moore & Bacon


707


Morgan, Lauriston


835


Morrell, Albert F


933


Morris, William


602


Morris, W. R


196


Morrison, Frederick L.


533


Morrison, George E.


708


Morrison, Samuel L


708


Morrison, William S


883


Morton, John J.


834


Mosier, Francis L ... 991


Moulton, Arthur F


1042


Muir, Henry B 659


Mulson, Henry


522


N


Neal, George H 229


Nelson, Gust 414


Nelson, J. A. 832


Newman, John G. 630


Rantz, William D 771


Raudio, Charles 921


Rawles, Alexander N 785


Noel, Mrs. Alonzo E 983


Noel, Frank W. 176


Rea, Joseph N


937


Ornbaun, William F. 760


Orr, Samuel


760


Orr, Samuel M.


439


Osborn, George K., M. D


974


Overholser, John


Markkula, Matt 183


Marshall, Robert E 1027


Martella, Pietro


234


Martin, Stephen B


737


Martinazzi, Martin


877


Mason, James D. 575


Paulson, Christ


899


Pedretti, Charles


980


Peirsol, Frank C., M. D


1037


Pemberton, Bennett


1037


Pemberton, James E


967


Peterson, Lorenzo S


Pettis, John A 798


639


Phelps, Warren H


388


Mero, Charles W 915


Millberry, Percy H.


699


Pickle, John W.


Pinches, Samuel 1026


902


Poage, William G.


843


Polk, Robert T.


162


Porter, Edward


366


Potter, Elijahı R


271


Potter, William


879


Prather, Hale


173


Preston, Howard P


237


Preston, John W.


5.59


Puett, William L.


781


Pullen, James 447


Pullen, Wilder S.


764


Purcell, George E 862


Purlenky, George P., M. D. 624


Pyhaluoto. Seth A. & Erick S


898


Q


Quarteroni, Giovanni


....


941


R


Rannells, Warren B 912


Rantala, August 905


Nichalson, William J 693


515


Mc Intire, David F


512


McIntire, Murdock


622


McKinley, Charles


489


McKinley, George E


486


McKinley, Sidney H


954


McGee, Hugh P.


512


Nonella, Peter 980


Preston, Russell W., M. D.


Miller, Fritz F.


869


May, Charles


Malpas, Lathrop, M. D


iii


INDEX


Read, Joseph L.


419


Smith, Andrew 390


Redemeyer, J. A.


753


Smith, D. Clair 1023


Redwine, George R


381


Smith, Howard B.


278


Reed, Cyrus W


473


Smith, John P. 930


Reid, Capt. James M


713


Smith, Peter C. 925


565


Rice, Samuel H.


413


Smith, William H.


206


Richards, Robert L., M. D


172


Snickers, Edward I.


1036


Richardson, George W.


943


Snow, John


756


Riffe, Clyde A


531


Snow, Matthew M.


508


Robinson, Jesse B., Sr


819


Snow, William F.


957


Robinson, Jesse B


821


Spurlock, Thomas F


763


Robinson, John I


820


Squires, George E 580


Rocca, Andrew


422


Staheli, John J. 837


Rodgers, Terence


978


Standley, William M 543


Rogers, James B.


501


Rohrbough, John


205


Rose, Eugene W


808


Stewart, George F. 925


Stokes, Frederick G. 269


Stone, Solomon C. 786


Stornetta, Antonio 560


Stout, George W., M. D 168


Stubbs, John I 1039


Swanson, Gustav H 989


Swensen, Peter 452


T


Tallman, George T 890


Taylor, Porter H 827


Terwilliger, Newton C .. 1044


Thatcher, William \ 367


Thomas, William P 399


Thompson, Ira 948


Thurman, Henry 5.37


Tocher, Robert 597


Toepfer, Rev. Philemon 698


Toney, Mrs. Amanda McCabe 928


Turner, Cyrus G. 187


769


Sartori, Augustus


750


Sawyers, David L


309


Sayre, Burt G. 707


Sayre, Morton S.


165


Schaffer, Charles C.


678


Scott, Alonzo D


521


Scott, Edwin S.


1018


Scudamore, Dick


903


Scudamore, Godwin


955


Seaholm, Otto H


807


Seman, Emil 1012


Seymour, Wright 453


Shafsky, Abraham H


960


Shafsky, Samuel 961


Van Damme, Jolin. 415


Van Nader, Henry H 772


Vassar, Michael 1016


Vincent, Mrs. Nancy M 448


Voss, George H. 507


W


Walker, Carolus M 618


Wallace, William L .. 363


Walter, Simon W. 986


Wambold, Henry V 935


Wambold, Milton 923


Ward, Charles M. 395


Weigand, William 293


Weldon, Hon. Thomas J


803


Smart, George A 826


434


Sherwood, Oscar W., M. D 932


Shirley, John E.


527


Shoemaker, John W. 866


Short, James G. 1038


374


Simonson, Zacharias


500


Singley, John E 787


Sleeper, D. O. 579


Sleeper, Ellery D.


479


Sleeper, Jerome M. 478


Sleeper, Van Buren 480


856


Russell, Sullivan S.


854


S


St. Mary's Catholic Church 886


Sailor, Edward P 814


Sailor, LaFayette 830


Samuelson, Allen


292


Sandahl, August


1014


Sandelin, Frank


566


Sanford, John B.


175


Turner, Thomas G.


TT


Ukiah Times 863


Upp, George W 865


Upp, Philip


865


Upton, William E., M. D 794


V


Valenti, Gaudenzio 251


Van Allen, L. K., M. D 739


Van Allen, William. 739


Shattuck, Dickson S. 614


Shaul, Aaron B. 394


Shaul, Benjamin F. 563


Shelton, James K. P.


650


Ruddick, Lewis M


991


Ruddick, William O


816


Rupe, John M.


977


Rushing, Joel W.


896


Ross, John S


326


Ross, William H.


233


Rossotti, Dominico


924


Rowe, Thomas F


Stanley, A. Mortimer 190


Starkey, William H 461


Ross, Rev. John S.


230


Russell, Archie M


485


Smith, Tracy H., M. D.


Reynolds, Charles O


Simonson, Ole


Weller, J. E.


341


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INDEX


Wells, E. H.


884


Williams, Lee J. 1028


Wemple, Laurence A


1031


Williamson, William


836


West, Wells W.


860


Willits Steam Laundry. 989


Whipple, Frank A.


297


Windlinx, Frederick


588


White, Chester


845


Witherspoon, Henry E.


333


White, James N


1040


Woelffel, George A., M. D


878


White, Judge John Q.


Wooldridge, Josiah E.


463


White, William O


984


Whited, Charles


348


Whited, LeRoy


406


Wilcox, George L.


904


Yeary, George


427


Wildgrube, Henry L.


239


Williams, Ernest L.


268


Young, Charles M.


286


Williams, James H


495


Young, Swan W


357


159


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HISTORICAL


CHAPTER I


Organization and Legislative History of Mendocino County


Mendocino county is an integral part of the State of California which was created out of territory ceded to the United States by Mexico in 1848, as a penalty of and recompense for the expenses incurred by the United States in the war between the two countries in 1846-7. At that time the country comprised therein was little valued by either of the contracting parties, and the acquisition thereof was belittled and scouted by the opponents of the war, very much as Seward's acquisition of Alaska has been in later years So, too, has the value of Mendocino county been underrated in past years, and only within the last five years has its true value to the nation received recognition at the hands of capitalists, who are generally the first to acquire an understanding of the availability of any section of a new country for purposes of profit from land investments. Mendocino's southern line is eighty-four miles north of San Francisco, and stretches one hundred miles along the Pacific coast to Humboldt and Trinity on the north. It contains sixty townships, by United States survey, nearly one and a half million acres. Only about 80,000 acres of this vast area is in cultivation, the rest being grazing land, timber, brush, and lake and watercourse. Timber covers nearly one-third of its area; chemissal one-third, and the open land the remaining third. Of the brush and timber land a large percentage is fit for man's uses, growing fruit and cereals when once cleared. The greater part of its timber area is covered with redwood, tanbark oak, madrona, all evergreens, reproducing themselves from the roots after having been cut down for man's use. The range of mountains north and south through its center divides the county into two nearly equal sections-the coast and the interior, the first being mostly timber, the second mostly open land. On the ocast is a number of rivers flowing into the ocean, mainly in a northerly course-the Gualala, the Garcia, Navarro, Big river, Noyo, and Ten-Mile, all considerable streams about thirty miles long. The interior section covers the watershed of Russian river on the south, and Eel river on the north, either much larger and longer than the coast streams. The one southerly branch of Eel river, where it enters Mendocino, from a short digression into Lake county, through the winter has a breadth of two hundred and twenty-five feet and depth of ten feet, and in high water has measured at the same spot, two hundred and fifty feet wide and twenty-five feet deep, with a velocity of over five miles an hour. And this is but one of four forks of Eel river in the county.


The assessed valuation of the county for 1913 was $16,346.314; population in 1910, 23,929; acres wheat, 12,000; oats, 9,000; barley. 7,500; hay, 30,000; hops, 2.352; alfalfa, 4,000. There are in the county 15,682 cattle; 5,760 hogs ; 252 mules; 4,389 horses ; 90,785 sheep; 4,279 goats; 35,000 poultry. Of fruit trees there are 98,000 apple; 56,000 peach; 50,000 pear; 26,000 prune; 1,400 walnut. And it is safe to say that all the foregoing figures, except as refers to 1


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assessed value, may be considered twenty per cent. too low. The assessed value is undoubtedly forty per cent below the real cash value. Land values have more than doubled in the last two years, and in many sections have quadrupled.


According to Indian tradition, this county and Humboldt were once one vast mesa, level and waterless in summer, but the coyote (their representative of power and energy) caused an upheaval into its now broken state. Winter rains filled the chasms, washed down the silt, overflowed, and broke out from one to another, forming lakes and rivers, which former eventually became the present valleys. Hence the soil in each is determined by the character of that of the surrounding hills. Some are sandy loam, and some the black loam approaching the adobe. Either is rich in the qualities which make for heavy production of cereals or root crops. There is much red soil in the hills, evidencing volcanic origin, and this is unsurpassed for fruit and vine.


In Ukiah valley. the virgin soil has been known to produce one hundred and twenty-five bushels of oats per acre, and sixty bushels of wheat. Corn yields well in the river bottom lands, without irrigation, often not having a shower of rain upon it from planting to harvest, and hops yield from eighteen hundred to twenty-two hundred pounds per acre.


The various branches of Eel river afford but meagre bottom lands, the hills shutting in too precipitously. This is also true of the coast streams, except the Navarro, which in Anderson broadens out sufficiently to afford some level cultivating land. Russian river, on the contrary, has a succession of valleys along its several branches, the principal of which are Walker, Redwood, Coyote, Potter, Ukiah, and Sanel. Little lake and Long valley and Round valley are on the extreme headwaters of the South Eel river.


Unlike the greater part of the southern and central parts of the state, Mendocino was only slightly cursed with Spanish grants, as there were only three located in the county, and one of these incurred final rejection, and one of the others was undoubtedly fraudulent, though finally confirmed through the effect of perjured testimony. The Richardson grant, as it was generally styled, lying along the immediate ocean bank, was finally rejected, but those persons who had bought acreage of the claimants, in good faith, and were occupying and using the same, were permitted to enter, as government land, such premises as they held at the time of the passage of the enabling act. This grant covered the country one league wide from Garcia to Big river, but was overlapped by the Garcia grant from Mal Paso to the Garcia river, which never was seriously urged, and was not considered at all by settlers, and, as far as can be learned. none of it was ever purchased by any of them, while of the Richardson grant hundreds of acres were purchased in good faith, and fenced, and much of it cultivated.


The Yokayo grant was made to Cayetano Juarez, May 24, 1845, by Pio Pico, and duly approved by the Mexican assembly June 3, 1846. His claim was rejected November 7. 1854, and confirmed on appeal April 17, 1863, and again confirmned on appeal by the supreme court in December, 1864. It covered the valley of Russian river from the southern end of Ukiah valley to the northern end of Redwood valley, from one to two miles wide. and approximating sixteen miles in length, and containing 35,541 acres. The name, Yokayo, was as near that of the Indian tribe inhabiting the territory as white men could pronounce it: but which was still farther removed from




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