Monthly Archives: December 2015

Murder at Sutter’s Fort

Posted on December 30, 2015 by

In the last post I published a letter from the Themis of December 21, 1889, in which John Bidwell writes “You ask if I can throw any light on the killing of “The White Horse?”” So, who or what was … Continue reading →

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Sutter’s Fort as John Bidwell Saw It

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

The following letter appeared in the December 21, 1889 issue of Themis, a weekly compendium of political and cultural news published in Sacramento. The paper ran a series about early days at Sutter’s Fort, which drew this comment from General … Continue reading →

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Pres Longley’s Christmas Poem

Posted on December 24, 2015 by

Pres Longley, the “Bard of Butte,” wrote many, many poems for the newspapers. This one appeared in the Oroville Daily Register on December 24th, 1908. A Poem for Christmas About two thousand years ago The Earth was filled with saddest … Continue reading →

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Who was the town of Nicolaus named for?

Posted on December 8, 2015 by

If you are driving on Highway 99, you will see a sign pointing to the small town of Nicolaus. It is situated just to the east of the highway on the south side of the Feather River. In the days … Continue reading →

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