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SMARTSVILLE.
hars Smart' built a hotel at this place in tho spring of 1856. This was the first building except a few enbins, here and there, ocen- pied by tho minors. The only Inrge settlements at that time were Timbuetoo and Suckor Flat. L. B. Clark honght the phice in 1857. und kopt n shore. The hotel is now owned by B. Smith. A saloon was startel in 185G, also n small store was kept byn Mr. Shearer. As illu mines began to dovolop tho place began graubilly to settle up, until at prosont, it is n thriving mining town. The old comotory on the hill. near Um Empire Ranch, was first used in 1852, for the burial of a min from Oregon. This was followed by tho entombing of several men who died with cholera. About three years ngo a mine cavod in al Sucker Flat, killing seven mou, who were ull buried in one ilay. A little further up tho roud is the Eratornal Cemetery, laid out by the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Good Templars, in 1875. Until a few years ago tho remains of Catholics wore takon to Marysville to be interred in the Catholic cemetery there; but a fine burial ground has since been laid out, just across tho ravine and south of the town.
Suurtsville now contains two churches, one school house, one Masonic hall, one post-office, one Wills, Fargo & Co.'s express oflice, une Western Union telegraph nilice, two hotels, two livery stables, four saloons, two general stores, two drug stores, one lumber yard. one meat market, one barber shop, two shoemaker shops, one tin shop, one blacksmith shop, one private school, threr physicians, one notary public and insurance agnut, four carpenters, and about sixty dwelling houses. The population at present is about four hundred.
The first public school was built across the road from the present on in 1856, and was taught by a Mr. Savage. A private school was taught by Miss Sluyter and Miss Stevens. The site of their school has been mined away, and the lavilding has been moved to its present locality, and is now used asa private school room by Mrs. J. V. Berry. Mrs. Berry taught the public school from 1857 to 1552, and site then has taught private school. She has had seventy-two scholar at one time in the latter. In 1873, the school leibling was removed from Timbuctoo, and joined to the one at this place. The Rose Har school district now embraces Smartsville, Tindgictoo, aml Sneker F'lat.
There was a brick kil here in 1857, or Isa8, near the school house, where a few bricks were made of sediment. Thr material did not make a good quality of brick, and the business was given up.
ROSE BAR LODGE, NO. NO, F. & S. M.
"This lodge was first, organized under a dispensation from the Grand Lange, in 1855. The lodge was located at Rose Bar, where a small hall was erected. The charter was granted May 8, 1856, tu the ful- luwing gentlemen :- William 1. Pearl, Benjamin M. Sawin, Henry B. Kellogg, L. B. Clark, Samuel G. Boyce, John Henry, Jonas G. Putter, Charles Linlott, and Francis Greenwakl. 14. B. Clark is the only one holding membership at present. The first officers were :- B. M. Sawin, W. M .; A. I. Morrison, S. W .; S. G. Boyce, J. W .; J. G. Putter, Treasurer; L. B. Clark, Secretary; R. Dillon, S. D .; F. Greenwald, J. D .; F. A. Meyer, Tyler. In 1858, the lodge jourchased the hall of the Sons of Temperance at Smartsville, and moved to that place. The okl hall at Rose Bar was moved uje, and combined with the hall purchasoil. Since that time the hall has been much improved, and now is a two-story frame building, 20x 10 feet in size. The hall is in the upper story, and is very neatly und tastily furnished. The lower floor is rented to the Excelsior Company for a store-room. The largest membership the ludge ever had was thirty-five. At present it has thirty three. The financial condition is good, and it owns property to the value of twelve hundred dollars. Eight thousand and fifty dollars have been disbursed in benefits and charity. The present officers are :- Joseph A. Flint, W. M .: Peter Fitzpatrick, S. W .; A. P. Brown, .1. W .; R. W. Tiff, Treasurer; J. T. McConnell, Secretary; .James Monk, S. D. ; Thomas Odger, J. D .: J. F. MeNutt, and C. C. Dnhaiu, Stewards: Richard Beatty, Tyler. Regular meetings are held on the Saturday evening on or before the full moon.
FREDONIA LODGE, NO. 188, I. O. O. F.
A charter was granted for this lodge, April 21, 1871, to the fol- lowing members :- O. C. Hyatt, James Monk, Mark Roberts. Joseph Doubt, and William Il. Bone. These gentlemen are yet active mem-
bers, with the exception of U. C Hyatt. The first officers were: - 1. 1. Hyatt, & C .; Joseph Doubt, V. G. ; James Monk, Secretary ; Mark Roberts Treasurer. The membership is tifty, the highest at any time. The logs owns property to the value of twelve hundred dollars, and has disbursed six thousand dollars in charitable objects and beurtits Regular meetings are held at Maxnie Hall, Somarts. ville, every Wednesday evening. The present officers are: Mark Roberts, N. G .; Thomas Tretheway, V. G .; d. T. McConnell, Seere. tary : . Jolm Pearlon, Treasurer.
SUCKER FLAT INVISION, SO. 119, SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
This society was organized in 1851, und in 1855 built a hall uu ground that has since heen mined away. The hall was moved to its present site. The society died ont in 1858, and the hall was soll to Rose Bar Lodge, No. 89, F. und A. M. O. F. Redtichl, now living at Smartsville, was a prominent member of this society.
MOUNTAIN GUARD LODGE, SO. 20G, 1. 0. G. T.
This lodge was organized August. 19, IStili, with the following charter members :- Franklin Holliday, Augustus C. Abrams, Josoph A. Plint, Henry Gratiot, Win. Carpenter, Benj. Glidden, M. H. Juck- son, James Woods, Edward Green, S. M. Curtis, S. A. Taylor, Mary A. Hlines, O. F. Redfield, Benjamin Sanford, Jumos IA Woods, F. M. Montagne, Joseph N. Taylor, I. Veeder, Thomas Bridge, J. K. Mc- Dowell, .I. M. Allenwood, Nancy Allenwood, Amos Middleton, Andrew Prowell, L. M. Carpenter, and II. D. Parley. The first ofli- cers were :- J. N. Taylor, J. A. Plint, F. M. Montague, James Woods, 0. F. Redfield, S. M. Curtis, S. A. Taylor, Amos Middleton, 1 .. M. Carpenter, Mary A. Hines, Edward Green, and William Carpenter. The lodge surrendered its charter November 22, 1878, having been in existence over twelve yenre. During that time it had initiated over three hundred persons, and expended abont one thousand dollars in benevolent objects. The money on hand at the close of the lodge, six hundred dollars, was donated to the Guod Templars' Home for Orphans. At that time the membership was twenty-one, though it had been as high as one hundred. The lodge mnet every Friday even- ing at Masonic Hall, Smartsville.
SUCKER FLAT DIVISION, SO. 2, A. O. H.
This society was organized March 16, 1871, with the following charter members :- M. O'Mera, President; D. McDonald, Vice-Presi- dent; C. Slattery, Financial Secretary; N. J. Pettit, Recording Secretary; P. Daily, Treasurer; John McQuaide, J. Duffey, and T. Condy. The society has a membership of eighty, at one time eighty- five. It is in good financial condition and owns property to the value of six hundred dollars. In the mutual benefits and sick allowances inci-
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dent to the objects of the society, seven thousand dollars have been expended since the organization. The present officers are :- John Mc- Quaide, President; P. Butler, Vice President; John Smith, Recording Secretary; John Heavy, Financial Secretary; Thomas Murray, Treasurer. The regular meeting is held the first Tuesday of each month at Ancker F'lat.
In 1863, this church was built by subscription among the citizens of the town, costing about fifteen hundred dollars. It has been used ny u union church, und the different denominations have held services there over sineo. The Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal denomi- unlions ure represented here, though none of their are strong enough to support a regular pastor. The Presbyterians had a resident pastor Wo or three yours, Rov. James Woods. The Methodlists aro supplied by the circuit ministers. Episcopal clergymon occasionally como from Maryavillo und olsowhore and hold services. A union Sunday School, with sixty scholars und a library of three hundred volumes, is maintained. John T. Vineyard is tho Suporintendent.
CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
The first services of the Catholic donomination in this vieinity woro hold by Rov. Father Peter, ut Roso Bar in 1852, at which timo tho church was organized. The first church edifice was orreted in 1861, and was called St. Roso's Church. It was burned in 1870, und this presout one 'was erected the following year. At this time tho mmo was changed to Church of tho Immaculate Conception. The successivo fathers in charge of the church wero Rev. Maurice fliekoy, Rov. Daniel O'Sullivan, and Rov, Matthew Coleman. The momborship of the church is uhont eight hundred, and includes twoplo uf Sneker Flat and Thinkuetoo. The Sunday School has about one hundred scholars, and is presided over by T. H. Carr. A large majority of the residents of this vicinity are of Irish nativity, and tho (hutholio religion is tho predominent one.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
LONG BAR TOWNSHIP.
Karly Dlaconsious-Prosent Boundaries-Long Bar-Swiss Bar-Browa's Valley-Quartz Mining -- lonkor Quaals -Prairlo Diggings-Sixleon Milo House-Comstock Place- Halona Honso-Pearla House-Zino House -Staofeli, Hall-Bowers' House-Other Hotels -Selwool House -- Religions Services-Agriculture-Cuttle.
By tho first subdivision of the county into townships made by the Court of Sessions, August 24, 1850, the town of Long Bar was made to omlance all the region between a line twelve miles east of the Fonther river to tho month of South Yuba, and from the Yule river w the county line. At the next division, made August 7, 1851, there was no town of Long Bar formed. Part of this territory was in-
cluded in the town of Dry Creek, which extended from the mouth of Dry creek to the mouth of Deer creek, and from Yuba river to the Butte county line ; all west of the mouth of Dry creek was in Marys- ville township. At the next subdivision, made October 7, 1852, the town of Long Bar was given the following boundaries :- Commene- ing at the mouth of Dry creek, theuce up the Yuba to the lower end of the Grizzly claim; thence northeasterly to tho Oregon Honse, in- eluding the same; thenec north to Honeut ereck; thence down said creek to a point due north of the month of Dry creek; thence soutlı to the place of beginning. This included all of the presont township cast of the month of Dry creek; all west of that point was put in Marysvillo township October 10, 1856, the Board of Supervisors made a new subdivision of tho county, and the township of Long Bar was given the boundaries which it has to-day. The present boundaries are :-- Commencing in the middle of Yuba river where it is intersected by the east line of Township No. 16 N., R. 4 E. ; thence up the middle of said river to the intersection with the east line of Township No. 16 N., R. 5 E .; thence north on said line twelve miles to tho northeast corner of section 24, Township No. 18 N., R. 5 E .; thence west to the Honcut ereck; thence down the middle of said stream to its intersection with the east line of Township No. 17 N., R. I E .; thence south of said line to the place of beginning.
LONG BAR.
This was the longest bar on the river, and derived its name from that fact. It was developed about the first of October, 1849, by a company consisting of H. B. Cartwright, James La Fonc, Henry Ir- wow, W. S. Pearson, David C. Pearson, Edward Pearson, Oliver Smith, Smith Baldwin, and Henry Bleeker. At Benicia the company met Major Cooper, the pioneer of Parks Bar in June, 1848, and he advised them to " go to the Yuba river, about sixteen miles above the " Covillaud ranch, or Adobe ranch, about three miles above a broad " stream that has water in it in the winter, but none in the summer." After a hard journey they arrived at the place they supposed to be the one they had been directed to, but which was instead, Long Bar, only fourteen miles above Marysville. Cartwright, Smith, and Bald- win arrived ahead of the others of the party, who were with the wagon. The latter two went back to assist in bringing up the wagon and Cartwright went across the river, and hired out to some men who were working on the upper end of Kennebec Bar. About the first of October the others arrived, and they all went to work on Long Bar. A family by the name of Nash came that fall, the first at the bar. There were three girls in the family and they were the recipients of the attentions of many young miners, who oftentimes came miles to see them.
Mrs. J. V. Berry, now residing in Smartsville, relates an amusing in cident in comicetion with the charming Misses Nash. Mrs. Berry was living at Saw Mill Bar with her husband in the fall of 1849. There was also a young lawyer from Tennesse, nauicd Wiley H. Peck, a hand- some man, six feet five inches tall. In the rough enmp life of the mines, fine clothes were scarce, and facilities for making an olegant toilet fow indeed. One Sunday morning, Mr. Peck nskod Mrs. Berry to lend him a white towel that was hanging on the lino. She readily assented, thinking he desired it to use in making his weilct. After a little while he presented himself beforo tho astonished lady for her approval of his tout ensemble, as he was about to pay a stato visit to the Nash girls. He was faultlessly arrayed in a suit of brondcloth that he had brought across the plains. The lady, commencing at lis carefully eombed locks, conld detect net a flaw in his " got up " until she came to his feet, when, lo! what a sight! Having nothing with which to encase his pedal extremities except heavy miner's boots, and being ashamed to make a call with those unsightly things on lin fect, he had decorated his bare feet with blacking to represent boots. The towel also, instead of being used in making his toilet, had been placed in his pocket, with the end protruding, to ropresent a white handkerchief. Thus arrayed he had sallied forth " to conquer or die."
Claims on the bar were taken np so rapidly that by the spring of 1850, there were one thousand people hore. Several hotels, stores, saloons, bakeries, etc., were started that fall and winter, and more were opened the next year. A ferry was establishedl between Long Bar and Kennebec Bar in 1851. In 1856, a bridge was built across Dry creek, on the road to Long Bar. A postoffice was established here in 1850. The bar was one of the largest and most thriving in the county. In 1850, there were a half-dozen stores, cight or ten saloons and gambling honses, six or eight hotels and boarding houses, and about three or four hundred people. This was in the sunnner, when the miners were scattered along the river. In winter the popu- lation of the town was much larger. Work here continued later than at many others of the mining camps, although the place was not so rich as its two great rivals, Parks and Rose Bars. In 1858, work was still progressing on a large scale, while most of the other bars were nearly deserted. At this time there were still five stores there. Water was supplied by the Long Bar, Morris, and Yuba ditches. The place is now entirely deserted, and is covered several feet deep with mining debris. The river flows over and around the site of the old mining eamp, forming part of it into an immense sand aud willow island.
SWISS BAR.
This was nine miles above Marysville, and the first mining point above the mouth of the Yuba river. Work was commenced here in
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1850, and has always paid good wages. Though quite a large min- ing camp, there was not so much of a town as grew up at Long Bar. Hotels, saloons, stores, and all the accompaniments of a mining camp existed here during the early days, but when the bar was worked out tlose all vanished, and the site of the old mining operations is cov- ereil with willows and sand.
BROWN'S VALLEY.
This little town is situated twelve miles northeast of Marysville, aul was once the scene of the most extensive quartz mining operations ix Yuba county. In 1863, there were hundreds of quartz ledges boxentesI loro and at Prairie Diggings, most of which were abandoned the next yeur. A few claims were worked for several years. The Jeffer- Hon mine went down seven hundred and eighty feet from 1863 to 1867, mul tank out live hundred and thirty nine thousand dollars, declared dividends to the amount of one hundred and thirty-one thousand six Indred dollars. They erected a twelve-stamp mill, operated by steam power. "The Pennsylvania mino, in 1867, had gone down six hundred fest, and run drifts two hundred feot, but paid no dividends. They Ind u sixteen-stamp stenm-power mill. The Donnebroge migo had gue ilown in 1867, fivo hundred feet, and drifted two hundred feet. They Ind un eight-stamp steam power mill. In addition to these, con- kiderablo work was done on the Daniel Webster, Pacific, Burnside, Parngon, Ophir, Rattlesnake, Sweet Vengeance, Bayerque, Anderson, and other minos. Sevoral Indred thousand dollars were expended in developing these mines, but they were abandoned on account of the great expenso and dillienlty oxperienced in working them; water in the lower levels leing very troublesome. The ruins of the old mills and build- ings are still standing here, indicating the spot where a great deal of money was poured into holes in the ground.
Surface digging was commenced hore in the early days, and the locality was quite a mining place beforo the quartz leads were devel- apeil. There is a little town here now of alont one hundred people. A postoffice is located here, and the mail is brought from Marysville tuve times a week by the Downieville stage.
HOOKER GUARDS.
This was the name of a military company organized here in June, 1863, During the exciting times of the war, when treason at home was as much to be dreaded as open rebellion at the front, military companies were formed ou every side for home protection; of this character were the Hooker Gnards. The officers were :- L. D. Webb, Captain; George H. Leland, First Lieutenant; R. P. Riddle, Second Lientenant; C. Sheldon, Third Lientenant; Thomas Cook, First Ser- grant.
PRAIRIE DIGGINGS.
A little ways above Brown's Valley was also a great surface min- ing locality, called Prairie Diggings, Mining commenerd in 185 t. and about a year later a ditch was brought in, and the mines peril well for a few years. But one white man is there now. Previous to the past winter a number of Chinamen were working there.
SIXTEEN MILE HOUSE.
J. Payne came to the township in 1852 and commenel ranching. He built a house sixteen miles from Marysville, on the Fuster Bar rond, and kept a hotel called the Sixteen Mile House. He add to Fennimore, and moved to Butte county.
COMSTOCK PLACE.
In 1852, a man named Comstock built a hotel in the upper part of the township, called the Comstock Place. Hr had a race mose, aml made a track where races and lively times were frequent.
GALENA HOUSE.
This hotel was opened in 1850 by Mr. Richards. In 1852, it was rented to Captain Phillips for two hundred dollars per month; the receipts were sometimes three thousand dollars per month. The Galena House has been open continuously for nearly thirty years, and is now kept by Mr. Sherlock. It is on the old Foster Bar Turn- pike.
PEORIA HOUSE.
When Captain Phillips left the Galena Honse in 1854 he built : a hotel less than one mile below that place, and called it Peoria House. There was considerable trade then, four stages stopping daily. Captain Phillips had a large safe for the neconnaodation of travelers, and often had as much as six hundred pounds of gobl dust in it.
ZINC HOUSE.
This was a zine hotel put up in 1851, on the Foster Bar Turnpike, and kept. by A. D. Andrews. It was torn down some time ago. Andrews kept the Eleven Mile House.
STANFIELD HOTEL.
William Stanfield opened this hotel just above the Gfalena Honse in 1856. At the present time it is kept by Mrs. Landerman.
HOWERS' HOUSE.
This hotel was opened in 1866 by Mr. Landerman. It is still kelt as a public house.
There were a number of hotels in the early lays and later, such as Freeman's, Empire House, Ten Mile House, Spring Valley House, Prairie House, Payne's Ranch, Yuba County House, Laverty's, and in fact, nearly every settlement along the routes of travel was a public house.
Abont ING, Richards and Phillips built a school house near the Peoria House, which was attended by about fifteen scholars. The house was moved further north, and is called the Peoria School House. Rolig- ious services were held in the school house frequently ly the Moth oxlists, and wevasjonally ly ministers of other denominations.
Stock grazing has always been a leading industry, and is largely carried on to-day. Mr. Laverty came to the township in 1853, bring. ing eight hundred and fifteen cattle from Missouri. Grain, hay and vegetables are the principsel farm products. Girain does not do 80 well as down in the valley. Considerable fruit, strawberries and grapes are raised. The little valleys among the hills were formerly utilized by cattle thieves as hiding places for stolen stock, They were in the habit of stenling cattle in the counties north of lore, and driving them across the Honeut into the hills of this township, where they were well secreted in the little valleys, and thus allowed to rest and recruit. before being taken south. A great many sheep nro grazed on the hills in the upper part of tho township.
CHAPTER XXIX.
PARKS BAR TOWNSHIP.
Changes in Territory-Present Boundarles Parks Bar In 1818- Growth of the Dar The Town In 1452 - Bridges - Sieard Iksr Sheard F'Int- Barton's Bar -Malay Commp Balon Bar- Oregon House- Clark Valley Ranch-Frenchtown Mother's Saw Mill Carden Ranch - Stanfield House -- Dry Creek MIMI - Virgiala Rauch - Bell Volley - Enterprise MIIII Martin Rnach -- Golden Ball- WHlow Glen House-California Honne- Schools.
By the first subdivision of the county into fifteen townships made Angust 21, 1850, by the Court of Sessions, the territory now known as Parks Bar Township, was located in Long Bar Township. Again, after the segregation of Nevala county, the Court of Sessions, August. 7, 1851, divided the county, and this time one of the eleven townships called Parks Bar was formed, but it embraced none of its present tor. ritory. It may between the Yidi aml Bear rivers, and from tho Nevada county line, to a line running south from the mouth of Dry creek to Bear river. The lated now called Parks Bar Township, was divided between Dry Creek aml Foster Bar Townships. After Sierra county was taken from Yuba, the Court of Sessions formed ton town- ships, October 7, 1852. Parks Bar theu inchaled about half of its present territory, being most of that portion lying east of Dry creek. The next change was made by the Board of Supervisors, Oetobr 10, 1856, by which Parks Bar was given nearly its present proportions. September 17, 1861, the present boundaries were declared by the Board of Supervisors, with the exception of a small tract around the California House, which was added Angust 19, 1862, being taken from Foster Bar. The present boundaries are :- Commencing on the Ynba river where it intersects the east line of Township unmber six- tren north, range number five east; thenve np said river to its inter-
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section with the cost ling of Township number seventeen north, range five east; thenes wathe to the northeast corner of said township; thence with eight degrees, Just two miles; thene west to the northwest corner of section thirty, township rightern with, range six cast; theber south ou township how to the place of beginning. August 19, 1862, the Board of Supervisors annexed the California House to Parks Bar Township, miel changed the boundary line as follows :- Commenting where the California House creek crosses the east line of Parks Har Towusbip, sonth of the California House; thence mp, said erek fifty puls; their due west or the all line.
The history of this townlap is predmebly best written by giving the histories of the various beealities in the chronological order of their Hat went. No development of this region was attempted prior to 1818, and the foot of the gold seeker was the first to find a permanent routing place ou its soil.
PARKS BAR.
"This point on the northeast side of Yuba river, fifteen miles above Marysville, was one of the first spots where gold was found on that stromin, and was probably the richest of all the many bars so thickly Aprend along its banks. A company of early gold hunters arrived on the river, Jime 6, 1848, und after a few days prospecting, settled at Parks Bar und commenced work. The company came from Benicia, und consisted of Major 8. Cooper and his son Sarshel, now living at (Adnsa, Nicolans Hunsacker, Dr. Marsh, and Dr. Long and brother. Major Cooper says that ho und his son, with Hnusacker, worked together, und mudo fifty dollars per hour, and because they could not do better, left in disgust. David Parks, from whom the bar derived its name, emne here September 8. 1848. He with his family, consisting of wife and several children, was on his way overhind to Oregon, when he was met by a train of Mormons, who informed him of the discovery of gold. He at onee altered his course and came to this place. Mrs. Parks was the first white woman in the township. Parks mined and kopt a trading-post and store, his customers being the Indians and the many minors that now began to cluster about this spot. Goods brought enormously high prices, especially among the Indians, who know little of the worth of gold dust, and set great value npon beads and sugar, which they used to buy from Mrs. Parks. They would give n tin eup even full of gold Just for the saule quantity of beads, and buy sugar, weight for weight. The Parks family remained only about six months, and then returned to the States by the way of the IstJumus. They landed in New Orleans early in the summer of 1849, being among the first, if not the first, to return from the gold region. The excitement was great at that time, and hundreds were leaving on every steamer. When Parks went to the bank and exchanged eighty- five thousand dollars in dust for coin, the excitement knew no bounds,
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