Trinity County Directory This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. Trinity County, CA 1885 Directory ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ List of names by town - County History at bottom ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BIG BAR A post office and mining camp in the northwesternpart of the county, on the Trinity River, and distant from Weaverville about thirty miles, from which place it receives its supplies. Bush, Andrew J. - 40 acres Gibson, G. R. - superintendent of Trinity Hydraulic Mining Co. 167 acres Treat, Orrin - farmer/stockraiser 40 acres Underwood, T. M. - school teacher Wadleigh, M. N. Miss - school teacher Waldorff, Jacob - farmer Wallace, J. C. - miner 40 acres CANON CITY (See Weaverville) COX BAR (See Weaverville) DOUGLASS CITY A flourishing mining camp, lying about six miles south of Weaverville, at the point where the wagon road from Weaverville to Hay Fork crosses the Trinity River. It is the center of a considerable mining section. A little farming is also done in the neighborhood. There is a post office, general store, hotel and blacksmith shop located here. Anderson, Lars - miner Bargas, Marcalino - miner Bath, James - miner Butts, Joshua - miner Clements, William - farmer 190 acres Clement, Wm. H. - laborer Collins, Richard - miner Coumbs, John - farmer 80 acres Coumbs, Thomas - farmer Cruthis, Jesse D. - miner Daris, Parry O. - miner Davidson, Jessie Miss - school teacher Dixon, Charles - miner Eddy, William - miner Eliasen, Peter G. - miner Enos, Joseph - miner Estes, Wm. C. - miner Fonseca, John J. - miner Fraetas, John E. - miner Frazee, Joseph M. - trapper/hunter Gardiner, Nathaniel - miner Gibson, Robert K. - farmer Gibson & Robinson - farmers 320 acres Grant, James A. - miner Grant, Manuel - miner 10 acres Guptill, Bartlett S. - farmer Hennessey, Timothy - miner Hoskin, Benjamin - miner Hubbard, John A. - miner Hurst & Allison - miners 40 acres Hurst, John - miner Ingram, Augustus - miner Ingram, Walker - miner Johnson, Henry S. - miner Johnston, James A. - miner 65 acres Jordan, Humphrey G. - farmer Joseph, Michael - farmer 40 acres Leonard, Henry W. - hotel & saloon Lobdell, Orrin - miner Mabie, Hiram - farmer Machado, John F. - miner Machado, Manuel S. - miner Maloney, Thomas - miner Marsh, Frank - miner Marshall, A. H. - assessor, farmer 58 acres Mason & Thayer - gen mdse Mason, John C. - Mason & Thayer McIntyre, Archibald - farmer 60 acres McKenzie, David - miner McWilliams, John - miner Mendoza, Innocencia J. - farmer 10 acres Middleton, Samuel - farmer Monahan, Daniel - laborer Moss & Mabie - farmers 60 acres Nieman, John - farmer 50 acres Noyes, Laren A. - farmer 40 acres O'Connell, Charles - miner O'Connell, David J. - miner O'Keefe, Martin - miner 50 acres Prader, M. - 10 acres Preira, Manuel - miner Quarte, Francisco - miner Quarte, Manuel R. - miner Rogers, Antone - miner Siegfried, John B. Silcox, Richard - miner Silver, Frank - laborer Smith, A. W. - miner 40 acres Smith, David D. - laborer Smith, John H. - stockraiser 160 acres Smith, John W. - farmer Smith, Michael D. - miner 160 acres Swift, Edward D. - miner Thayer, S. I. - Mason & Thayer Tourot, Charles D. - miner Turman, John A. J. - farmer Vitzhum, George - farmer 219 acres Ward, Harry - miner Weaver, W. J. - blacksmith 160 acres Williams, Antone - laborer Williams, Manuel - stockraiser GEORGES (See Weaverville) HAY FORK This post office town, situated on Hay Fork - a branch of the south fork of the Trinity - is the center of the principal agricultural section of the county, although even here the quantity of good farming land is limited. The chief products are hay and wheat, which find a ready market in Weaverville. Some mining is also carried on in the neighborhood. The town has two general stores, a hotel, and the usual adjuncts of a mining and farming town. The population of the town and tributary country is about two hundred. Barker, David E. V. - farmer 400 acres Barnes, George W. - miner Bayles, Adam D. - postmaster, flour mill, stockraiser 160 acres Bush, George W. - farmer 10 acres Carter, John W. - hotel & saloon 300 acres Conlin, John - stockraiser DeLong, George S. - farmer 160 acres Detrick, Daniel C. - miner Drinkwater, W. C. - farmer 320 acres Duncan, Alfred B. - farmer 240 acres Farmer, William Ferinheough, William - farmer/stockraiser 40 acres Francis, Timothy M. - farmer Gardiner, James - laborer George, Beriah M. - farmer 320 acres Grigsby, Lafayette - farmer 160 acres Grigsby, Wm. J. - farmer 120 acres Hailstone, John T. - farmer 280 acres Hampton, James M. - stockraiser Hoyt, Jonathan S. - miner, farmer 180 acres James, Walter W. - blacksmith Kellogg, Langdon J. - hotel, saloon, 260 acres Kerlin, Samuel - farmer 160 acres Kester Bros. - miners Kester, John A. - Kester Bros. Kester, Josephus - Kester Bros. Kingsbury, Henry D. - farmer 160 acres Knowles, Henry - farmer 320 acres Maynard, Charles - farmer 160 acres McKay, Zack - stockraiser 280 acres Newman, Edward - farmer Olsen, James P. - farmer 280 acres Postmaster - Adam D. Bayles Rourke, Dennis - farmer 320 acres Sanborn, John - farmer 80 acres Scott, James M. - farmer, miner Shock, Thomas M. - laborer Stafford, Henry F. Stafford, James A. - merchant 100 acres Stoppel, Antone - farmer 40 acres Trimble, John W. - farmer Vanderhoff, John H. - J. H.Vanderhoff & Co Vanderhoff, J. H. & Co. - merchants 120 acres (Young) Vaughn, Willis H. - farmer Vodges, Jacob R. - miner Walters, Henry A. - farmer 320 acres Wells, Richard B. - stockraiser 160 acres Williams, Moses - stockraiser 160 acres Wines, Nicholas C. - farmer 440 acres Young, Mary E. - Vanderhoff, J. H. & Co. Young, W. W. - assistant postmaster Zook, Samuel - miner HETTENCHOW Post Office, Blocksburg, Humboldt, Co. Burgess, Edward F. - miner Duncan, Mary F. - stockraiser 520 acres Smith, Benjamin K. - miner Wilburn, Edward - stockraiser 80 acres Wilburn, Hiram D. - stockraiser 240 acres Wilburn, James S. - stockraiser 400 acres Wilburn, James S. Jr. - stockraiser 160 acres HOBOKEN (See Weaverville) HYAMPOM (See Hay Fork) INDIAN CREEK (See Weaverville) JUNCTION CITY A post office town situated nine miles southwest of Weaverville. It is essentially a mining camp in all of its interests and offers in its immediate neighborhood some of the best prospects of the county. The principal mining claims are located on the bars and banks of the river. The town has general stores, good hotel, and the other mechanical industries incident to the necessities of a mining town. It is connected by a good wagon road with Weaverville, and its facilities for reaching commercial centers are as good as any of the mining towns located at similar distances. The population of the town proper is about two hundred. Anderson, James T. - mail & express carrier Barker, Don - laborer Bartlett, Charles H. - Evans & Bartlett Beavers, Samuel - ditch tender Benjamin, E. M. - mining superintendent Benjamin, Ruth Miss - school teacher Bergin & Fronte - miners 40 acres Bergin, John - Bergin & Fronte Bergin, John W. - laborer Bezel, Theodore - laborer Bolls, Joseph L. - gardener Bunker, James S. - teamster Burns, Henry - laborer Carr, A. C. - miner Chapman & Fisher - miners 128 acres Chapman, George - Chapman & Fisher Christian, Frederic - laborer Clark, James C. - laborer Connell, John - laborer Dacey, John - laborer Davis, David P. - blacksmith Dawson, Thomas F. - teamster Day, Charles W. - Day & Todd, Postmaster Day, James D. - miner Day, John D. C. - miner Day & Todd - proprietor Carter Hotel Donnovan, Daniel - laborer Douglas, George F. - teamster Durkes, Lawrence O. - laborer Evans & Bartlett - miners 73 acres Evans, David - Evans & Bartlett 99 acres Fisher, James H. - Chapman & Fisher Fisher, John - miner Flagg, Amasa A. - laborer Floriance, John A. - gardener Flowers, Mary Miss - school teacher Forcade & Nichols - 20 acres Fronte, Louis - Bergin & Fronte Garrity, Thomas - butcher George, Alexander C. - farmer Gilzean, Charles E. - miner Gilzean, James H. - miner 33 acres Given, C. W. - farmer 254 acres Given, James E. - butcher Glover, Robert - laborer Grant, William E. - carpenter Gribble, Richard - miner Haas, F. G. - miner Haber, Philip - miner Ham, Joseph - miner Harthan, -- - laborer Hays, A. H. - capitalist 1166 acres Hippler, Charles - blacksmith Hollahan, John W. - laborer Jacob, Barthel - miner Jacob, John - miner Jones, L. T. - farmer Laws, George M. - teamster Leibrandt, J. - Lorenz & Leibrandt Lorenz, Joseph F. - farmer Lorenz & Leibrandt - miners 155 acres Lorenz, Nicholas - Lorenz & Leibrandt Loveridge, Merwin W. - miner Loveridge, Orange M. - miner Lumley, John - miner Lyons, Patrick - miner Mansfields, Abram - laborer Major, Aaron M. - lumberman McCarthy, G. D. - blacksmith 12 acres Meagher, Patrick - miner Motherwell, John V. - miner Munster, John D. - farmer Murphy & Matthewson - miners 26 acres Noble, Charles - carpenter O'Conner, Francis - miner Perkins, Thomas - miner Post, James J. - miner Post, John S. - miner Post, Thomas C. - packer Prater, W. H. - miner Price, A. G. - gardener 19 acres Raab, L. F. - saloon keeper Reed, E. L. - merchant Reed, John M. - laborer Reed, Willie E. - teamster Ryan & O'Conner - miners Schaffer, August - miner Schaffer & Co. - miners Schlomer, Herman - blacksmith 40 acres Schneider, Henry - gardener Schoppe, Charles - miner Segalia, Alexander - laborer Segalia, Antone - miner Sheridan Bros. - miners 134 acres Sheridan, Philip - Sheridan Bros. Sheridan, John - Sheridan Bros. Simonds, Azro D. - laborer Slattery, Patrick - laborer Slattery, Patrick T. - stockraiser Slattery, Thomas - laborer Smith, John F. - laborer Smith, Joseph - blacksmith Stadtlander, Cornelius - laborer Sturdivant, Joseph A. - miner Thomas, David C. - laborer Thomas, Nathan H. - laborer Thompson, Sorenson T. - miner Todd, -- - Day & Todd Verstegen, P. - saloon keeper Whitelaw, Francis H. - carpenter Whitmor & Reed - merchant, millman LEWISTON A post office and mining town of considerable importance, in the eastern part of the county. It is located on the Trinity River, eleven miles above Douglas, and is the point where the stage line from Weaverville to Shasta crosses, the river being spanned here by a substantial bridge. The stages make daily trips each way. There are a few good farms in the neighborhood, and is also the possessor of some very rich quartz mines, and mills have been erected. The town has the usual business facilities and does a fair business. The population is fully four hundred. Abernathy, George A. - laborer Anderline, Ferdinand F. - miner Anderline, John J. - miner Ash, James M. - miner Ashburn, Hans A. - miner Atterbury, Arthur - miner Bagley, Charles O. - miner Bailey, James - miner Baker, Thomas - dealer gen mdse, Postmaster, agent Wells, Fargo & Co. Baker, Walter J. - clerk Bayls, John M. - miner Bellau, Frank - miner Bingaman, John - farmer Blackmore, Charles L. - miner Blackmore, James A. - miner Blackmore, James M. - farmer Blackmore, John W. - carpenter Blackmore, T. J. - miner, farmer 120 acres Blagrave, Bannister - carpenter Blagrave, Wm. A. - miner Boles, Benjamin F. - miner Brown, George W. - carpenter Brownell, James - assayer Brownell, Robert T. - miner Bukeye Water and Mining Co. - John Yule superintendent Casco, Manuel F. - farmer Chadbourne, Matthew - miner Chamberlain, Paul R. - farmer Chamberlain, Virgil M. - miner 40 acres Chinery, Charles - laborer Clayton, George H. - farmer 160 acres Collopy, John - miner 28 acres Collopy, Otis J. - miner Cox, Thomas C. - miner Cronin, Patrick - miner Crowe, John M. - miner Cinningham, Benjamin - miner Daly, James - miner Daniels, James F. - laborer Daniels, James J. - laborer Davis, Geo. W. - Frick & Davis Dennison, Lewis - blacksmith Dickey, James C. - miner 12 acres Dipple, Samuel - laborer Doliffe, John F. - miner Ehrmann, Henry - butcher Feour, James C. - miner Fitzgerald, Patrick - miner Flinn, Ledro M. - laborer Forcade, Charles - miner Fox, Harrison - farmer 160 acres Frey Bros. - mine, ditch owners 140 acres Frey, Frederick - Frey Bros. Frey, Lucas - Frey Bros. Frick, Christian - Frick & Davis Frick & Davis - farmers 320 acres Germiquet, Isaac - laborer Gibson Bros. - miners Gibson, John E. - miner Gifford, Joseph F. - miner Goetze, William - farmer 170 acres Goetze, Henry W. - farmer Goon, Daniel - carpenter Gormley, James - pipe maker Grauman, Charles - cook Gunson, William - engineer Hahn, George - miner Hampton, Elijah P. - farmer 87 acres Hampton, Everett P. - teamster Hampton, Jasper H. - teamster Hartigan, John - laborer Hartman, Charles J. - miner Henderleiten, Delbert H. - laborer Henries, John - miner Hickey, Cornelius - miner Huelbert, Samuel O. - miner Hyer, Christian - miner Ingham, Charles Jacoby, John S. - miner Kane, Charles G. - miner Kelly, James - miner Killins, Richard - miner Kise, Joseph B. - teamster Klein, George - miner Knowlton, Purlin - saloon keeper Lambeth, Aaron F. - miner Lappin, William - miner Larsen, Iver - shoemaker Leas, George W. - farmer, hotelkeeper 40 acres Leas, James G. - miner Leavitt, William J. - engineer Leon, Philip - miner Lorenzen, Thomas - laborer Louppi, John C. - miner Lowden, M. H. - farmer 40 acres Lowden, M. W. Mrs. - farmer 160 acres Lowden, Owen E. - farmer, hotel keeper 220 acres Lutman, David - laborer Machado, Manuel F. - miner McCarthy, Patrick - miner McDonald Bros. & Co. - miners McDonald, Bernard - miner McDonald, William R. - miner McGregor, Alexander - blacksmith McKinney, Michael - miner McLiman, W. P. - blacksmith Mooney, Dennis B. - miner Mooney, Peter P. - saddler Newman, L. H. F. - miner Newman, Michael R. - hotelkeeper 16 acres Paddleford, John - miner Paulsen, Jacob - hotel keeper, dealer gen mdse 800 acres Phillips, James W. - farmer Phillips, L. U. Miss - school teacher Phillips, Olney - blacksmith, proprietor toll bridge 90 acres Pickett, James W. - laborer Pizey, Manuel I. - miner Postmaster - Thos. Baker Ralph, John - miner Rath, Christian F. - miner Ritter, Charles L. - clerk with Thomas Baker Ritter, Charles M. - carpenter Sabbern, Matthew - miner Sargeant, George E. - carpenter Scott, William J. - miner Searles, Jackson - laborer Shedd, Ed. N. - miner Simpson, Henry H. - laborer Slater, Henry C. - Thompson & Slater Sutton, Newton - miner Taylor, John - farmer 182 acres Thompson, John - Thompson & Slater Thompson, Reil J. - physican Thompson & Slater - miners Toombs, Alexander - miner Valentine, William - saw mill VanMatre, George - miner VanMatre, John C. - farmer VanMatre, Walter G. - farmer Watt, Charles H. - quartz mill Weitfeldt, Fred. - miner Williams, John - laborer Winchell, Samuel - laborer Yule, John - miner, Assemblyman Fourth District MARTINSVILLE (See Burnt Ranch) LONG RIDGE (See Hayfork) MINERSVILLE A Mining camp and post office, situated on the East Fork of Stewart's Fork of the Trinity River. Gold taken in this vicinity is coarse and of fine quality. The population is about one hundred. Bates, Fordyce - dealer gen mdse, Postmaster, saloon keeper Bernard, Peter V. - miner Bowermann Bros. - farmers 160 acres Bowermann, Jacob S. - Bowermann Bros. Bowermann, John - Bowermann Bros. Bowers, Frederick - miner Cademartori, Frank - miner Campbell, Wm. A. - miner Chandler, Fleming - miner Coleman, William - laborer Cummings, James - farmer 164 acres Cummings, John S. - farmer Cummings, Thomas A. - farmer Dettker, Adam H. - miner Diner, Frank - miner Fitzgerald, Timothy - miner Hampton, Samuel W. - miner Heath, John W. - Heath & Kelley Heath & Kelley - farmers Johnson, Oscar M. - miner Joseph, Manuel - stockraiser Kelley, John H. - Heath & Kelley Kelley, Joseph - miner Koll, John - miner McCall, John - farmer/stockraiser Mead, Corydon M. - miner Miller, Thomas L. - miner Postmaster - Fordyce Bates Reed, Andrew S. - miner Reed, Benjamin - miner Riordan, James - miner Rowles, James - miner Schacht, Meves - miner Sidell, Philip - miner Skewis, Edward - miner Skewis, John - miner Smith, Jonathan - miner Stitts, Jackson - miner Tourtellotte, Jesse H. - hotel VanMetre, Mrs. - hotel Weeden, John D. - miner NORTH FORK (See Weaverville) NEW RIVER (See Weaverville) RUCHS (See Hayfork) SOUTH FORK (See Hayfork) TAYLOR'S FLAT (See Weaverville) TRINITY CENTRE This town, having post and telegraph offices, is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the Trinity River. It is the second place of importance in the county, and the only point having telegraphic communication with the outside. It is forty-four miles distant from Shasta, and is on the main road leading to Yreka and Oregon, over which the stages of the California and Oregon Stage Line pass daily. The prevailing interest, as elsewhere in the county, are mining, although several good sections of farming land are found in the neighborhood, mostly all cultivated and realizing handsome returns to their owners from the good prices received for their product. The town has the usual business establishments, including a general merchandise store, hardware store, blacksmith shop, saw mill and hotel. the distance to the county seat is thirty-two miles, and the population of the town proper is about one hundred. Abrams, James Allison, Asa - miner Allison, Charles E. Allison, Edward - miner Bard, James - farmer 160 acres Bassham, A. E. - laborer Bassham, Green B. Beard, James S. - carpenter Beard, John S. Bloss & McCleary - 160 acres Bloss, Franklin H. - miner Bordon, Samuel - constable Bragdon Bros. - 160 acres Bragdon, C. H. - 160 acres Bragdon, Edward H. Bragdon, Hiram A. Braggon, Edward - farmer Braggon, Herman - farmer Braggon, H. H. - farmer Brincard, Arthur - farmer Carr, George L. - clerk with James E. Carr Carr, James E. - Carr & Feeney, farmer, gen mdse 260 acres Carr & Feeney - proprietors Shasta & Yreka Turnpike Co. Carter, Asa M. Carter, Henry - miner Carter, John - laborer Centre Placer Mine - Bloss & McKay proprietors Conway, Frederick E. - laborer Conway, W. F. - laborer Conway, W. S. Coral Placer Mine - Hong Sing & Co. proprietors Coyle, Edward - laborer Coyle, James L. - telegraph operator Dack, John - laborer Deacon, George - miner Dean, Alfred L. - bartender Trinity Centre Hotel, superintendent Watson's Gulch Placer Mine Diddy, John Dodge, W. S. - 120 acres Donnovan, Dennis - miner Dougherty, Henry - miner Dougherty, Hugh H. Draper, Thomas D. Ella May Drifting Mine - P. Holland superintendent Ellery, Elias - farmer 320 acres Ellery, Levi J. Farrell, William Feeney, Richard H. - Carr & Feeney, hotel proprietor, tollgate keeper Shasta & Yreka Turnpike Freethy, R. E. - farmer 160 acres Freethy, William - 80 acres Girard, Louis N. Hansley, Charles C. Hartz, Anthony Hall, Wm. L. - superintendent Morrison Gulch Placer Mine 10 acres Hall, Wm. P. - farmer Halleck, William Harrison, Wm. H. - miner Haskins, Albert P. - superintendent Shoo Fly Mine 64 acres Hidden Treasure Mine - P. Holland & Co. proprietors Holland, P. - P. Holland & Co., superintendent Ella May Drifting Mine Holland, P. & Co. - proprietors Hidden Treasure Mine Hubbell, Samuel - Justice of the Peace, notary public Jackson, Henry J. Jewett, Preston A. Johansen, Jem - miner Jollie, John W. Jones, Monroe - laborer Landis, Bertha C. Mrs. - school teacher Larkin, Patrick - 65 acres Larsen & Coyle - 40 acres Larsen, John - blacksmith Lawrence, A. - laborer Magenat & Co. - 40 acres Magenat, George Mathews, James A. Mathews, L. - miner Maxwell, William - carpenter McCall, John - 95 acres McClary, Cavid R. - miner McDonald, R. W. McDonald, William - miner McKay, Finley - miner McNear, David - miner Merrow, Lorenzo - miner Miller, George - laborer Moore, Lewis W. Moore, William - miner Moore, Frank - miner Morrison Gulch Placer Mine - W. L. Hall superintendent Morton, Thomas - miner 80 acres Mountfort, Edmund Murray, George N. - laborer Murray, John E. - Postmaster, clerk with James E. Carr Wash Deep Gravel Mining Co. - 550 acres Nash, John T. C. Nason, Prentiss N. Neil, Lorenzo Noles, Preston T. - laborer Olsen, Louis - 197 acres Owens, George F. - laborer Owens, J. F. - farmer Owings, Chambers - farmer Owings, John M. - farmer Owings, McKenzie - 200 acres Parry, Henry - laborer 437 acres Parry, M. F. - laborer Peterson, Erick - 320 acres Pinnell, William - miner Postmaster - John E. Murray Powell, Reese - miner Ragland, John W. Randell, Frank - carpenter Richards, Stephen - 40 acres Rostetter, George - telegraph operator Rostetter & Stoddard - 160 acres Rumfelt, Augustus - miner Schnetzer, Philip Shasta and Yreka Turnpike Co. - Carr & Fenney proprietors Shomaker, Howard Shoo Fly Mine - A. P. Haskins superintendent Shuford, J. W. - farmer Shurtleff, Cabel Smith, Charles W. Smith, Edward R. - 77 acres Sohm, John G. - farmer 240 acres Stoddard, John R. - farmer Tapie, Eugene - clerk Thompson, William - miner Tinkham, Peter - miner Trinity Centre Hotel - William Vollmers proprietor Underground Treasure Mining Co. - 160 acres VanAmmin, Lowery Vollmers, William - proprietor Trinity Centre Hotel Waite, Nelson - painter Watson's Gulch Placer Mine - A. L. Dean superintendent Wheeler, Nathan - saw mill Williams, Charles - teamster Zarli, Frederick - farmer 306 acres WEAVERVILLE This town, the county seat, is situated in Weaver Basin, on the east side of the creek of the same name, and five miles north of its junction with the Trinity. The basin is a circular enclosure of about five miles in diameter, and in early days was mined over its entire surface, large yields having been secured from this territory. The town itself, as is entirely consistent with the character of the county of which it is the capital, is built entirely on ground which has been - and some of which still is - good mining ground, many of the buildings standing upon lots which were worked to the bedrock before they were erected. The construction is mostly of brick, and the residences are mostly adorned with flowers and surrounded by orchards, which are cultivated here successfully. Its external communication for freight, express and passengers is by daily stage over the mountains through a favorable pass via Lewiston to Shasta. The distance to Shasta being about forty miles, passengers leaving Weaverville in the morning are enabled to reach San Francisco by the evening of the second day. The entire business of the county centers at Weaverville, saving that of Trinity Centre, and the amount of business transacted is far above the ordinary amount handled by communities of this size, , its business houses including in their list five general stores (one being Chinese), two dry goods and clothing, two groceries, variety, drug and jewelry stores, tailor shops, etc. The Bank of the Estate of M. F. Griffin ships most of the gold dust of the county, and is an important institution to the business interests of the county. The comfort of the travelling public is amply provided for in the two hotels of the place, and the town keeps pace with all other towns of its size in the State by supporting an energetic and thriving paper in the Weekly Trinity Journal, published by Mr. C. W. Craig. Mr. James Morris, landlord of the New York Hotel, Weaverville, is one of the three members on this Coast of the American Devon Cattle Club. He is one of the leading breeders of thoroughbred Devon cattle in the northern part of the State. The public buildings are embraced in the Court House, a Catholic Church and a fine School building erected at a cost of $7,000. The population is one thousand. Abrahm, Isaac - Abrahm & Karsky Abrahm & Karsky - dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, etc. Adams, John Q. - packer Allen, William - miner Anderson, Richard K. Arguello, Joseph - waiter Union Hotel Armentrout, John W. - Benton & Armentrout Asmussen, Andrew - chopper Atherton, D. R. - painter Atkins, George H. - miner Baker, Edward Baker, Richard S. - miner 39 acres Baker, Thomas J. Balch, James R. - clothing, boots, shoes, hats, furnishing goods Balch & Rule - miners 107 acres Bank Exchange Saloon - Samuel J. Hensley proprietor Bank of Estate of M. F. Griffin - Richard W. Stiller cashier Barkla, Isaac - miner Barkla, James - miner Barleycorn, John H. - variety store Barnickel, Anna Mrs. - proprietor Weaverville Drug Store, stationery, fancy goods, etc. Barnickel, John - druggist Barrett, James Bartle, Frank H. Bartolette, Manasses - butcher 45 acres Bassham, Frank - stage driver Beavers, Samuel - miner Bennett, Jeremiah Benton, James - Benton & Armentrout Benton & Armentrout - blacksmiths, wagonmakers Birmingham, Michael - laborer 20 acres Black, Peter P. - miner Blackwell, George W. - laborer Blackwell, John - night watchman Blake, Selden L. - physican & surgeon Blaney, Hugh - miner Block, Hans A. Boles, John - miner Botz, John - miner Bordes, John - miner Bowie, James - Sheriff, Tax Collector Bowler, Albert - night watchman Bowles, James R. Boyle, Henry - miner Boyle, Michael - miner Brady, Lavinia Miss - school teacher Brady, M. A. - jeweler Beannan, James - miner Bremer, J. H. - deputy Sheriff Brooks, Samuel G. - Justice of the Peace Brooks, Smith B. - miner Browder, James O. - laborer Brown, Charles L. - laborer Brown, Fleming H. Brown, Lemuel Brown, Philip S. - laborer Brown, Richard - miner Burger, John A. - miner Burgess, Edward F. Bush, Henry F. - tinner with Henry Junkan Bush, Henry P. - tinner Butler, Allen - laborer Campbell, Patrick Campbell, Thomas G. Carothers, Manuel Carson, D. S. Carson, James - miner Carter, James McC. - miner 50 acres Casedy, Harry J. - teacher music Cass, Charles L. - miner Caton, Joseph Chadbourne, Matthew - miner Challenge Saloon - Edward Enright proprietor Clement, Oliver C. Clifford, Francisca - widow Clifford, R. Mrs. - widow Cochell, Absalom - variety store, cigars, tobacco Cochran, James - clerk New York Hotel Coeur, Alexander Colbert, Daniel - teamster Colbert, John - teamster Condon, John - porter with Max Lang Condon, William - proprietor Empire Hotel Conville, Michael - miner Cornell, Alonzo - carpenter Costello, Thomas - miner Couratca, Alexander Craig, C. W. - editor, publisher Weekly Trinity Journal, gen insurance agent, Postmaster Creamer, Charles N. - miner Currie, Robert Dacy, Jeremiah - miner Dannenbrick, August - clerk with D. Hansen Davis, Orange F. - stage driver Day, James L. - miner Day, John H. - miner Dickhoff, John H. Dix, Henry - laborer Dockery, Edward - laborer Dockery, James E. - laborer Dockery, John W. - laborer Dockery, Michael W. - laborer Dockery, Patrick G. - laborer Drake, George O. - miner Dyer, Orrington S. Ellerbrook, Joachim - miner Empire Hotel - William Condon proprietor Enright, Edward - proprietor Challenge Saloon Essick, Belty - miner 52 acres Everhart, William D. - hostler Farmers' and Miners' Store - Detlef Hansen proprietor Fenton, Michael - miner Fetzer, August - shoemaker Flagg, Eben S. - miner Flagg, J. R. - superintendent Hayes Mine Flowers, Ellis - ditch, millman Foley, David - miner Foley, Thomas - miner Ford, Bartholomew - miner Fox, Orson - roadoverseer Fox, Solomon - miner Francis, James J. Frank, Lorenz Franks, George Frickenger, George - miner Froetiger, Jacob Garwood, Solomon S. Geiger, -- Mrs. - midwife Georing, Emil H. - laborer Georing, L. Mrs. - widow Gilzean, Alexander - laborer Gilzean, James Gilzean, James Jr. - miner Glasson, James - miner Glennison, Eugene - miner Goodyear, Charles E. - clerk Union Hotel Goso, Abiel B. Gray, David B. Gray, O. M. - miner Greenwall, Eugene - miner Griffin, Sarah E. - widow Griffin, M. F. - estate of, bank, 94 acres Griffith, Michael - miner Guillaume, Philip Gulick, James H. - miner Guthrie, William - Supervisor, saw mill 2 acres Hackett, George J. - laborer Hackleman, John Hagleman, John - brewer Hall, Timothy H. Hamburger, Louis Hammill, Charles W. Hanna, Charles - saloon keeper Hansen, Detlef - proprietor Farmers' and Miners' Store Hansen, E. Frank - laborer 90 acres Hardin, David - miner Harmon, Rickabaugh J. - miner Harrington, George E. - miner Harrison, John Harvey, Alfred - miner Harvey, Harry - miner Harvey, James - miner Hawk, John - miner Hedges, Job Heley, George V. - miner Hensley, Samuel J. - proprietor Bank Exchange Saloon Hilliard, Jacob Hobart, D. A. - farmer 200 acres Hobart, Oliver S. - laborer Hodgdon, Alva P. - miner Holman, Elsie Miss - school teacher Holsinger, Jacob - miner Hoppe, Henry Horstmyer, Henry - miner Hubbard, John W. - miner Huber, Joseph Hudspeth, William L. - merchant tailor Huestis, Theodore F. - painter Huff, Charles E. - miner Hupp, William I. - miner 50 acres Huson, Cornelius W. - millman 320 acres Huston, John - carpenter Huestin, George W. - miner Huss, Jacob - laborer Hyde, Maurice - miner Jacinto, John Jackson, Wilbert L. - laborer Jacob, Henry - miner Jillson, Azro P. - miner Jillson, William O. Jones, Leonidas F. - bartender Jones, Theodore E. - Superior Judge 18 acres Jose, Ed. W. - laborer Jumper, George B. - millman 160 acres Junkans, Charles - clerk with Henry Junkans Junkans, Henry - dealer gen mdse, banker, tinner, plumber Junkans, Louis - laborer Junkans, William F. - clerk with Henry Junkans Karsky, Samuel - Abrahm & Karsky Kazinsky, Julius - dry goods, etc. Keach, John T. - miner Keefer, Harier - miner Keenan, Michael Kerby, Francis M. Kingsbury, Orson - farmer Kitchen, Benjamin F. - laborer Klink, Jacob - laborer Lada, Frank J. - miner Lance, Henry Landis, James S. - miner Laninger, George W. - laborer Laninger, John J. - teamster Lang, Max - gen mdse, hardware Lautenschlager, Valentine - teamster Lawton, Mary Miss - waitress New York Hotel Lefren, Per. A. - watchmaker, jeweler Levy, Isaac K. - clerk with Abrahm & Karsky Lewis, W. S. Lobdell, Charles - Coroner, Administrator Long, Jeremiah - woodchopper Lorenz, Henry - miner 68 acres Lorenz, Henry Jr. - laborer Loutier, E. T. L. - miner Love, Alexander N. - proprietor Tammany Saloon Loveridge, O. M. - superintendent Oregon Mine & Milling Co. 84 acres Lowden, Henry L. - surveyor 15 acres Lowden, Nellie Miss - school teacher Lowden, William S. - surveyor 1624 acres Mabie, Frank - teamster Magner, Arthur J. - miner Mahoney, Warren A. - miner Malone, Patrick - laborer Marshall, A. H. - County Assessor Martin, Henry - miner Martin, Henry W. - deputy Postmaster Martin, James - miner Martin, John - commission merchant Martin, John - proprietor livery stable 220 acres Martin, Robert Martin, William H. - miner Mathason, Bernard Mathews, William - laborer McCarty, Gillis D. McConvill, James - miner McKay, William - miner McManus, Patrick H. - miner McMurry, Geo. - bartender Bank Exchange Saloon McMurry, John - miner 50 acres McNairy, Michael - miner McNamara, Thomas J. - laborer Meckel, Albert - clerk with Julius Kazinsky Meckel, Chris. - miner Meckel, Henry - teamster Meckel, John - proprietor Pacific Brewery Meyers, John - miner Millane, James - miner Miller, Henry H. Mills, William Mitchell, William Montague, Joseph C. - physican & surgeon Montgomery, Blanchard A. - miner Moor, James M. - miner Moore, George W. - ditch owner Morris, James - proprietor New York Hotel, agent Cal. & Ore. Stage Line, stockraiser 40 acres Morris, Thomas - miner Moses, Amos S. - millman Mulligan, Mike - laborer Murphy, Charles - farmer 340 acres Murphy, Edward - farmer Murphy, John J. - farmer, miner 10 acres Musser, John Neusse, Carl - laborer New York Hotel - James Morris proprietor Nichols, Harry L. Mrs. - school teacher Nieman, Conrad W. - gardener Nieman, Emily Miss - school teacher Noble, Stephen Noonan, George E. - druggist Norcross, May Miss - teacher music Norman, Warren Norman, William S. O'Neil, A. Mrs. - widow O'Neil, Alice Miss - school teacher O'Neil, K. Miss - school teacher O'Neil, May Miss - school teacher Oregon Mine & Milling Co. - O. M. Loveridge superintendent Osborne, Henry O'Shea, Mrs. - widow Osgood, H. C. - miner Pacific Brewery - John Meckel proprietor Palletreau, Alex. - miner Patterson, Moses Pattison, William A. Paulsen, Peter M. - proprietor Union Hotel Personette, Moses W. - deputy Sheriff Philbrook, John W. - District Attorney Pierce, John F. Portillo, Frank - miner Postmaster - C. W. Craig Power, John H. - miner Price, Archibald G. - miner Price, Thomas B. - miner Quinby, Charles Ralfs, John Ramsey, James - farmer 10 acres Reed, Dexter A. Rhines, Almond - miner Richards, William - miner Roach, Mrs. - ladies' nurse Robinson, David S. - farmer Robinson, James - laborer Rule, B. B. - miner Rule, Silas - W. & S. Rule Rule, William - W. & S. Rule Rule, W. & S. - miners Russ, James A. - miner Sawyer, Humphrey W. - toll collector Sayer, Tehil H. Schall, J. Louis - dealer in boots, shoes Schlomer, Charles - miner Schlomer, Herman - farmer Schuler, David - brewer Senger, Jacob - teamster Sharber, John Sheehy, John Sherwood, Stephen Shock, Thomas M. Showalter, Umstead B. - wood chopper Singer, Jacob - teamster Singer, Richard S. Slack, Oscar L. - miner Smith, Benjamin K. Smith, Champ. W. - County Clerk, Auditor & Recorder Smith, Hezekiah Smith, Jerry Smith, John H. - farmer 80 acres Smith, Joseph - waiter Union Hotel Smith, Michael - miner Smith, Wm. F. - bookkeeper with Max Lang Smith, Rollin Sowden, James - miner Sowden, John - miner Spratt, Charles W. - dentist Stengel, Charles - laborer Stiles, George - laborer Stiller, Alex. A. - insurance agent Stiller, Charles E. - deputy postmaster Stiller, Gussie L. Miss - compositor Weekly Trinity Journal Stiller, Richard W. - cashier Bank of Estate M. F. Griffin, agent Wells, Fargo & Co., gen insurance agent, County Treasurer Stone, John Stover, Henry Sullivan, George J. Susand, N. C. - barber Sutton, Newton Tammany Saloon - Alex. N. Love proprietor Taylor, David - laborer Testy, Joseph - miner Thomas, Charles - builder Thomas, Robert Jr. Thomas, Robert L. Timmerman, Frederick L. - cabinetmaker Timmerman, John - carpentder Timmerman, Louis - cabinetmaker, undertaker Tinnin, Wiley J. - Attorney at law 55 acres Tinsley, Alexander J. - merchant Todd, John - butcher Todd, Louis - butcher Todd, William - butcher Todd, William Mrs. - groceries, dry goods Trask, Benjamin F. - blacksmith Treloar, Thomas - miner Treloar, Thomas Jr. - miner Trimbli, Pierce - packer Turnback, William - miner Turner, Stephen K. - bartender Tammany Saloon Underwood, James H. - school teacher Union Hotel - P. M. Paulsen proprietor Valancia, Paul - miner Walder, Niels - miner Waldroff, Ernest - packer Wallace, E. W. - carpenter Wallace, James A. - miner Ward, George W. - miner Ward, James - miner Warren, Archalus - miner Waters, William - miner 15 acres Watkins, Benjamin F. Watrous, Joseph B. - farmer Weaverville Drug Store - Mrs. Anna Barnickel proprietor Weed, David B. Weekly Trinity Journal - C. W. Craig editor, publisher Weineimer, Henry - miner Weldon, Christopher J. - miner White, Charles - miner White, Charles W. - laborer White, John - laborer Whitebread, Adolph - tinner Whitmore, John - lumber dealer 30 acres Williams, Charles E. - Attorney at law Williams, E. - gen mdse Williams, George - laborer Wilms, Henry Wilson, Charles A. - miner Wood, Joel C. - saloon keeper 14 acres Woodbury, David - teamster Woodbury, Isaac - miner 87 acres Young, Mary E. - widow, J. H. Vanderhoff & Co. - Hayfork ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ History of TRINITY CO. as of 1885 This, one of the extreme northern counties of the State, only one intervening between it and Oregon, is bounded on the north by Siskiyou, on the east by Shasta and Tehama, on the south by Mendocino and on the west by Humboldt Counties. In its general proportions it is wedge shaped, measuring about one hundred miles from north to south, and in its widest breadth in the northern part of the county not to exceed fifty-five, thence gradually narrowing to the south until it only measures about twenty-five miles from east to west at its southern boundary. It contains an area of 1,680,000 acres. In the geographical formation of the county regard was had wholly to the physical characteristics of the section, the water shed drained by the Trinity River being wholly included within its boundaries, the dividing ridges which separates the drainage of this stream from other systems being the lines, except in the southern part, where a lateral mountain chain crossing in a northwesterly direction throws the portion south of it into the water shed which drains directly into the ocean. The principal branches of the Trinity, which unite to form the main river, rise in the extreme northern and southern parts of the county, unite near the center, flowing thence first in a westerly course, gradually veers around until, leaving the county in nearly a northerly direction, its waters empty into the Klamath at a point about twenty miles beyond the line. The topographical character of the county is altogether mountainous; the Shasta Mountains on the eastern line, the Salmon Mountains on the north and another of the main chains of the coast range on the west, together with the lateral ranges and spurs which bisect it in all directions, precludes the possibility of finding within its area any considerable portion of arable land. In fact, with the exception of those sections embraced within Hay Fork Valley and the Trinity Valley, near Trinity Centre, farming land is only found in small patches. This scarcity, however, has the effect of making them more valuable, as the total product is required for home consumption, the demand being always equal to if not in excess of the supply. Stockraising as an industry is, however, commencing to claim some attention in the county, the assessment rolls of last year showing 1000 head of horses and mules, 3000 head of cattle and 36,000 head of sheep returned for taxation. The mining interest is the one absorbing and predominating pursuit in Trinity, to which all other are subsidiary. The county was settled and prospected as early as any of the northern counties of the State, but, even more than the other outlying sections, she was difficult to reach; the greater part lying entirely cut off from the ordinary routes of travel, so that while the more accessible portions of the State were completely worked out so far as surface and placer digging were concerned, there still remains in Trinity much territory which has been comparatively unworked. Even at the date of the present writing new discoveries have been made in the New River and Rattlesnake districts, in the extreme northwestern part of the county, which foreshadows a veritable hegira of miners to their limits during the coming season. These localities have long been noted for their remarkable placer yields, but until recently the gold had not been traced to its matrix. Two routes to the diggings have been organized, one via Eureka and thence by stage and saddle to the district, eighty miles, the other via Redding and Weaverville. In the northeastern part of the county, at Altoona, cinnabar has been found in large quantities, and some mines developed for quicksilver, but the over-production in this metal as against the demands of the commercial world has practically suspended its production here. The farming land wherever found, excepting in the two vallies before names (Hay Fork and Trinity) is almost entirely devoted to fruit and vegetables, the flavor of the former being said to be finer than that grown in the lower vallies of the State. In the matter of roads the county still relies to a considerable extent upon trails, and pack mules furnish a large part of the transportation; still in parts where practicable, roads have been made fully up to the progress of the county's developments, included in which are 109 miles of good turnpike. The value of real estate, as shown by the assessment of 1883, was $743,143, of which amount mining claims, improvements on same and mining ditches represent $404,368; personal property, $429,186; total, $1,172,329. The amount of gold shipped from the county as the product of its mines has, during the past five or six years, reached fully $1,000,000 per annum. The population is about 5500, of which about two-fifths are Chinese.