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Wagon Wheels Publication |
A semi annual publication from the Colusi County Historical Society
WAGONS WHEELS
Fall 2007
Volume 57 – Number 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Meeting & Program Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
This Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Judge Richard E. Patton
by Richard L. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pedro Manas
by Kevin Askeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Valley Pioneer: Martha O’Brien Sehorn
by Bart O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
George O. Cobb: Newville Merchant and Hotel Proprietor
by Gene R. Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1878 Letter to the San Francisco Bulletin
by Will S. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Snagboats on the Sacramento River: The Seizer and the Bear
by Gene H. Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Barn: Popular Orland Dance Hall
by Frank Blevins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fouts Springs Youth Facility
by Dec Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vintage Vehicle: Stanley Steamer
by Tom Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Bridges of Colusi County: The Prize Trough Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Letter Recalling the Old Corner Store at Prize, California
by Bill Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Postal History: Prize, California
by Billiejean Durst and Gene Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Glimpse from the Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A Final Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Calendar of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover
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