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From: "Billie C. & Anita J. Reynolds" <>
Subject: [CAShasta] Plumas County, California 1885 Directory. (P6)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:00:21 -0800


Plumas County, California 1885 Directory.

LINCOLN (See Greenville)
LONG VALLEY (See Quincy)
LONGVILLE
A post office, thirty-one miles northwest of Quincy, and is the business
point for Humbug Valley.

Anderson, D. E. - 280 acres
Bogliolo, Rowe
Brooks, B. S. - 160 acres
Gifford, Robert
Hartery, Thomas - farmer
Hibbitts, Henderson - miner
Jackson, Moses - miner
Lansing, Robert
Lazzier, Jean - miner
Swan, John - miner
Wagner, Lewis
Wallack, Elias - farmer 320 acres
Ware, Edwin - farmer
Waters, A. H. - 160 acres
Windrem, Samuel - miner

MEADOW VALLEY
A small town, with post office, situated about ten miles west of Quincy, on
the main road from Quincy to Oroville. Spanish Peak, near by, which
overlooks the valley, depends upon it for supplies.

Andrus, W. H. - hostler with Jacob Stephan
Atwood, Peter - blacksmith
Bell, John B. - miner
Bogliolo, Rodolph M. - miner
Bone, Robert - miner
Boswell & Co. - miners
Brinters, John H. - miner
Brooks, A. - miner
Brooks, C. - miner
Brown, John - jeweler
Brown, Sarshel - miner
Carr, Samuel - miner
Challen, J. H. - miner
Cook, Samuel - miner
Cress, Frank - stockraiser 320 acres
Daniels, W. J. - 160 acres
Dean, D. H. - miner
Delapp, A. J. - miner
Edman, John A. - miner 365 acres
Ellis, George S. - miner
Folsom, D. C. - secretary Plumas Mining & Water Co.
Forman, William - stockraiser
Gariepy, L. L. - stockraiser 320 acres
Gass, John - miner 160 acres
Goodwin, Samuel McL. - miner
Graves, William - miner
Halsted, Alanson A. - saloon
Hanson, P. - miner
Hickman, Joseph C. - miner
Hughes, Thomas - hotelkeeper, farmer 300 acres
Jacks, E. B. - miner 71 acres
Jacks, Richard - sawmill, miner, farmer 340 acres
Jolly, Thomas - miner
Kellogg, H. W. - Thompson & Kellogg
Klumb, Jacob - miner
Lake, W. H. - engineer, blacksmith
Lavasseur, J. B. H. - miner
Leak, George - capitalist
Lee, James - miner
Massey, Eleanor Mrs.
Maurer, Caspard - miner
Maurer, S. Mrs. - farmer 120 acres
McElroy, John - butcher 80 acres
McPherson, William - millwright
Miller, Phillip - miner
Moore, C. M. - miner
Mumford, James - miner
Phelps, E. E. - farmer
Phelps, J. C. - miner
Plumas Mining & Water Co. - D. C. Folsom secretary 1748 acres
Robinson, Andrew - miner
Rutherford, J. T. - stockraiser 160 acres
Schneider, B. - farmer 320 acres
Schneider, B. Jr. - clerk 240 acres
Schneider, Charles - miner
Siebert, S. J. - miner
Snoyers, Charles - miner
Stephan, Jacob - stockraiser
Stevenson, J. F. - stockraiser 360 acres
Stevenson, W. H. - stockraiser 160 acres
Taylor, Stillman S. - miner
Thompson, R. - Thompson & Kellogg
Thompson & Kellogg - gen mdse 620 acres
Tryborn, C. A. - miner
Tucker, John - miner
Wagner, William - farmer 1494 acres
Weaver, E. L. - miner
White, A. P. - miner
Yager, Jacob - miner

MOHAVE CITY (See Eureka Mills)
MOHAWK
A post office town, situated twenty-seven miles from Quincy, on the Sierra
Valley and Reno roads, in the pretty Mohawk Valley, which is traversed by
the east fork of Feather River. The town possesses a saw mill, store,
comfortable hotel and livery stable. This is a favorite stopping place
between Sierra Valley, Reno and Quincy. Good hunting and trout fishing in
the vicinity. Gold Lake is six miles, Smith's Lake three miles and Long Lake
four miles distant. Mohawk is the nearest point for these lakes. The
valley is eight miles long and averages one mile in width.

Babb, Solomon - constable
Black, David A. - miner
Bonta, Charles A. - farmer 480 acres
Carman, Alonzo - farmer 160 acres
Connelly, James - farmer
Connor, Robert E. - blacksmith, wagon maker
Dean, Marshall - carpenter
Delaney, James - farmer 320 acres
Denton, W. C. - farmer, dairyman
Emmitt, Kate Mrs. - farmer 480 acres res Reno, NV
Fehling, John - miner 120 acres
Frank, John - miner
Garbani, G. - miner
Gard, Herman - laborer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Goshen, Samuel - head sawyer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Greer, Frank - miner
Hanson, Charles - miner 320 acres
Hardgrave, Frederick - farmer
Hill, John W. - miner 160 acres
Jackson, John - mining superintendent
Knickram John C. - Knickram, Sutton & Co., civil engineer, bridge builder,
contractor
Knickram, Sutton & Co. - proprietors saw mill and shingle mill
Knott, William - Knickram, Sutton & Co., proprietor hotel & livery stable,
postmaster
Langhorst Bros. - farmers 480 acres
Langhorst, H. F. - farmer 80 acres
Langwish, Louis - laborer
Lannes, Lewis - saloon
Lister, Harvey D. - stage driver
Lister, Samuel D. - farmer, gardener
Little, Alfred - farmer
Mayne, John - Totton, Otis & Mayne
McCamley, Harrison - farmer 166 acres
McCrllum, Humphrey - farmer 160 acres
McCollum, John W. - farmer
McKenzie, John - farmer 169 acres
Merkle, Michael - miner 320 acres
Moreno, Randolph - laborer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Neseman, Fred. J. - farmer
Neseman, Henrich - confectioner
O'Neill, Austin - miner
Otis, Solomon - Totton, Otis & Mayne
Parlin, Tilson H. - farmer
Postmaster - Wm. Knott
Sanders, Charles - laborer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Sierra Iron Co. - 3560 acres
Smith, Charles E. - farmer 400 acres
Smith, Charles E. Jr. - farmer
Smith, Norman - logger with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Stratton, Daniel - miner 160 acres
Stroud, Charles - teamster with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Stroud, Charles E. - miner 160 acres
Sutton, John B. - Knickram, Sutton & Co., gen mdse, deputy postmaster
Tefft, L. V. - farmer 240 acres
Thomas, Frank - sawyer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Totton, John - Totton, Otis & Mayne
Totton, Otis & Mayne - saw mill
Trevethick, John D. - laborer with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Turner, F. M. - farmer
Turner, Harvey - miner
Vann, F. M. - logger with Knickram, Sutton & Co.
Walt, Isaac - farmer
Webster, James - logger
Webster, J. W. - farmer
Whearty, Peter - farmer
Woodward, Geo. - wheelwright

MOHAWK VALLEY (See Mohawk)
NELSON POINT
A mining town, situated about eight miles southeast of Quincy, on the road
to La Porte. It has about one hundred and seventy-five inhabitants which
find employment in mining and lumbering, there being two important saw mills
located here. It has a hotel, general store, blacksmith shop, and is an
established post office. Freight is shipped to this point via Marysville
and express to Quincy.

American Mine - John Kiefer superintendent
Anderson, G. P. - miner
Berg, Charles - miner
Berg, John G. - mail carrier
Blair, Samuel P. - miner
Boss, Edwin H. - miner
Brinkmeyer & Co. - miners
Brinkmeyer, Henry - Brinkmeyer & Co.
Buckeye Mine - August Holtz superintendent
Burgess, H. G. - miner
Cassady, Henry - miner
Cavanaugh, Edward - miner
Childress, H. H. - school teacher
Church, John - 110 acres
Coleman, J. C. - miner
Coleman, Willis B. - carpenter
Dennis, William - miner
Dilks, William L. - miner
Durrill, Orrin - miner
Eaves, Thomas
Eddelbrittel, J. C.
Egbell, Henry - miner
Egbert, Pauley
Ellerman, A. C. - miner
Evans, William R. - miner
Fields, Edwin A. - miner
Gansner, Benjamin E. - sawmill 160 acres
Gansner, Florian - sawmill 640 acres
Garbani, Gaspero - miner
Garbani, Giuseppi - miner
Gaubert, Charles H. - miner
Haffenger, Henry B. - miner
Hamer, John - Brinkmeyer & Co.
Hammerman, George H. G. - miner
Hampson, Henry C. - miner
Harknis, Patrick - miner
Harrington, George - superintendent Hopkins Creek Gold Mining Co.
Harris, Orrin C. - miner
Holm, John H. - miner
Holtz, August F. W. - miner
Hopkins Creek Gold Mining Co. - George Harrington superintendent
Hubbell, Eura S. - saloon
Jackson, Uric - miner
James, William J.
Johnson, Frank
Jolly, Thomas - miner
Jones, David - miner
Kain, Frank - miner
Kealy, John - miner
Kelley, Bernard - miner
Kelley, Marshall - miner
Kiefer, John - superintendent American Mine
Knowles, Williams H. - miner
Lawrence, Thomas F. - miner
Lawson, Peter - miner
Legan, Louis - miner
Lemieux, Paul - miner
Long, William - miner
McCauley, George - miner
McMahon, Michael - miner
McMartin, Finley A. - miner
Mechling, Jacob J. - tinsmith
Melvin, John - miner
Metcalf, Peter - miner
Metcalf, Samuel - miner
Metcalf, William - superintendent Plumas Blue Gravel M. & L. Co.
Miller, W. F.
Moller, Peter C. - miner
Mountaineer Mining Co. - N. Mullen superintendent
Mullen, Nathaniel - superintendent Mountaineer Mining Co.
Muller, Joseph - miner
Nelson, Andro - laborer
Nelson, John - miner
O'Brien, Edward - saloon keeper
Oliver, George - miner
Oliver, Richard - miner
Olsen, Magus - miner
Olsen, N. M. - miner
Page, Joseph - miner
Pauly, Nicholas O. - hotel
Pierce, John H. - miner
Plumas Blue Gravel Mining & Lumber Co. - William Metcalf superintendent
Red Slide Mining Co. - P. V. Turner superintendent 160 acres
Rees, William - miner
Roche, Frank - miner
Rosenburg, Julius - merchant
Schubert, Henry - 160 acres
Silva, Manuel - miner
Smith, George - miner
Snyder, Francis - miner
Spencer, Walter W. - miner
Tead, Edward L.
Thomas, D. R. - mining superintendent
Tip Top Mining Co.
Trembath, Thomas - miner
Turner, N. J. - miner
Turner, Plumas T. - superintendent Red Slide Mining Co. 340 acres
Turner, Thomas A. - miner
Urie, Jackson - miner
Waterworth, James W. - miner
Williams, Dennis - miner
Williams, Peter V. - miner
Winters, Gauke R. - miner
Wood, William - miner
Yist, August - miner

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