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title	:	Woodleaf Legacy : The Story of a California Gold Rush Town
author	:	Mossinger, Rosemarie.
publisher	:	Carl Mautz Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	0962194026
print isbn13	:	9780962194023
ebook isbn13	:	9780585177274
language	:	English
subject	California--History. , Woodleaf (Yuba County, Calif.)--History.
publication date	:	1995
lcc	:	F869.W66M67 1995eb
ddc	:	979.435
subject	:	California--History. , Woodleaf (Yuba County, Calif.)--History.

Page i To my family and friends, treasures beyond all else Compassionate hearts, keepers of the past, storytellers and charmers who fill the present moment with love and laughter and ride life as a great adventure.

Page iii Woodleaf Legacy The Story of a California Gold Rush Town

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Page v Woodleaf Legacy The Story of a California Gold Rush Town By Rosemarie Mossinger with an Introduction by De Witt Whistler Jayne, Professor Emeritus, Humanities CARL MAUTZ PUBLISHING 1995

Page vi COPYRIGHT 1995BY CARL MAUTZ PUBLISHING. TEXT COPYRIGHT 1995BY ROSEMARIE MOSSINGER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DESIGNED BY RICHARD D. MOORE AND ROSEMARIE MOSSINGER. EDITED BY JEANNE CHAPMAN. COMPOSED IN ADOBE GARAMOND AND MERIDIAN. PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE U.S.A. FRONT COVER: WOODLEAF HOTEL, COURTESY FLORENCE PRATER; BLACK BART, COURTESY WELLS FARGO BANK. FRONTISPIECE: WOODLEAF STORE, COURTESY AGNES FALCK. First Edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 HARDCOVER ISBN 0-9621940-2-6 SOFTCOVER ISBN 0-9621940-4-2 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG NO. 94-077982 CARL MAUTZ PUBLISHING 228COMMERCIAL STREET, SUITE 522 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA 95959 TELEPHONE: (916) 478-1610 E MAIL: FOLKIMAGE@AOL.COM

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments viii Introduction ix Preface xi Author's Note xiii 1. The Maidu 176 1 2. The Fur Traders 1767-1847 11 3. Miners and Merchants 1848-1849 21 4. Fool's Gold 1850 35 5. Turmoil 1850-1853 41 6. The Grand Hotel 1853-1858 49 7. The Toll Roads 1860-1878 61 8. High Times 1878-1881 71 9. Green Gold 1878-1889 79 10. Black Bart 1875-1888 85 11. The End of Dreams 1883-1899 95 12. A New Century 1900-1919 103 13. The Resort 1920-1940 115 14. The Big Mill 1941-1965 123 15. The camp 1966-1995 135 Epilogue 147 Maps 148 Notes 155 Bibliography 167 Credits 171 Index 173

Page viii Acknowledgments Many people and institutions were of great help in locating files, documents and photographs, and provided information and clues for further research. I appreciate the kind assistance of the staff of the Bancroft Library, California State Archives, California State Law Library, California State Library, California State University Chico Meriam Library Special Collections, De Young Museum, Huntington Library, Indiana University Lilly Library, Mooretown Rancheria Library, National Archives, Plumas County Museum, Plumas National Forest, Smithsonian Institution, Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Educational Resource Center, Wells Fargo Archives, Young Life Woodleaf, Yuba and Butte County Archives, Yuba County Library, Yuba Feather Historical Association; and Mary Ellen Bailey, Linda Brennan, Robert Cermack, Helen Falck Dunning, Jack Dunning, Agnes Riker Falck, Ben Falck, Charles Falck, Lawrence Falck, Lorraine Mullins Frazier, Henry French, Jann Garvis, Jay Grimstead, John Hendrickson, Kathe Goria-Hendrickson, Dorothy J. Hill, Bill Holmes, Marge Holmes, Bob Jacoby, Chuck James, William A. Jones, David Knox, Jim Lague, Lona Lahore, Robert Mackensen, Edwin Magruder, Philip McDonald, Sandra Dunning Noel, Wes Owen, Bill Prater, Mary Ellen Reynolds, Pam Bush, Lloyd Silva, Zelma Wood Skoog, Dennis Woll and Steve Woods.

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