Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/7/2011
Source: OCCGS QUARTERLY v 22 no 4 Dec 1985
DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA/DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY ...
Continued from OCCGS Quarterly, v. 22, no. 3, Sep. 1985:
BEATTY, Walter - a squawman in 1904 living at Beatty Springs
BECKDOLT, Frederick R. - visits Greenwater as a reporter from Los Angeles "Times"
BELL, J.R. - member of the George expedition of 1862 to find "Gunsight Lode"
BENDIRE, Lt. - searchs for Breyfagle Mine, 1867
BENNETT, Asahel - member of search party for Charles Alvord, namesake of Bennett's
Well
BENNETT, Bellerin Teck - came to Death Valley, 1870
BENNETT, Charles - ca 1882 made a teaming contract with Borax Co.
BENNETT-ARCANE PARTY - one of the first groups to enter Death Valley, 1849
BENNETT FAMILY - settled at Watsonville
BIRNEY, Fred - located at Greenwater, 1906
BLANCH, C.C. - an organizer of Eagle Borax Co., ca 1873
BLASDEL, Gov. Harry Good, 1st Gov. of Nevada, organized a semi-scientific expe-
dition of Death Valley, 1906
BOYD, Maj. Julian - superintendent of operations for John Ryan
BRACHEN, Walter - laid out townsite of Las Vegas, ca 1904
BREYFOGLE, Jacob - 1862, escapes from Indians with pockets full of gold nuggets
BRIER, Rev. John Wells, Jr. - wrote memoirs of 1849, family settled at Lodi
BROCK, Frank - sold the Ashford Mine after 1915
BROCKINGTON, David K. - disappeared in Death Valley, came from a Midwestern man-
ufacturing family, an uncle was a founder of Cadillac Motor Co.,
his family started Eldredge Sewing Machine Co., some kin with Elgin
Watch Co., IL, spent 9 years in Argentina before 1907
BRODERICK, David - killed by David S. Terry, no date
BROOKS, a guide on Ives Expedition, ca 1859
BROWN, Bob - filed a silver claim, brother of William D.
BROWN, Sen. Charles - managed general store in Shoshone
BROWN, William D. - discovered silver at Darwin Camp, a practical mineralogist,
mine appraiser, brother of Bob
BROWN, W.H. - "Brownie", deputy sherrif of Death Valley Junction
BURDICK, Arthur J. - author of "The Mystic Mid-Region" (1904), a book about DV
BUSCH BROTHERS - founders of Rhylite ca 1904
BUTLER, Jim - discovered the Mizpah Lodge at Tonopah, NE in 1900
BUTTON, Charley - made only 2 trips on the 20 Mule-Team wagons from Amagosa to
Daggett
BYRNE, John J. - sells Walter Scott on his train trip, "Coyote Special," general
passenger agent for Santa Fe Lines, 1905
CAHILL, William Wash - foreman of railroad construction ca 1906
CAMP, Martha - arrived at Panamint Camp with bevy of handmaidens ca 1874
CAMPBELL, Walter - of the Grand Opera House, San Francisco
CASEY, James R. - notorious outlaw, hanged ca 1856, after murdering James King
of William, editor of the San Francisco "Bulletin"
CENTER/S, Jim - a cook at Amargosa Borax Works ca 1890
CHALPANT, P.A. - a "Forty-Niner", published memoirs in 1930
CLARK, J. Ross - brother of Sen. Clark, interested in developing Greenwater
CLARK, Patsy - interested in Greenwater, no relationship given
CLARK, Sen. William A. - of MT, millionaire, interested in Greenwater
CLEMONS, Gilbert - a San Francisco broker, organized the Eagle Borax Co. ca 1873
COCHRAN, Rocky - of DV CCC Camp in 1936, found rock with inscriptions of names
of Jayhawkers Party of 1849
CODY, William - of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
COHN, Jacob - at Panamint Camp, 1874
COKER PARTY - 20 men rendezvous in Salt Lake City with Jayhawkers
COLEMAN, William T. - b 1824 Cynthiana, KY, worked for an uncle in IL, 1839, a
railroad building contractor, 2 years in St. Louis Lum-
ber yard,, 1849 joined an immigrant train, in San Francisco
decided to cater to needs of the miners rather than look
for gold, established general merchandise business, went
toBoston via Panama, m Carrie M. Page, worked in NY, then
to SF in 1856, became leader of Vigilante group, bought
several borax deposits in DV, nominated for President in
1884 but at 62 his great organization collapsed, but man-
aged to pay all his creditors before his death, 1893
COLLEY, Don - bellhop at Furnace Creek Inn, ca 1926
COOK, AL - at Greenwater, 1904
COPLEY, John - laid claim in Sunrise Canyon, 1873
CORA, Charles - a gambler, charged by Vigilantes for murdering Gen. Richardson,
U.S. Marshall
CORCORAN, Bill - prospected and mined in DV for 20 odd years, had National Bank
Mine at Ryolite in 1926, attended Thanksgiving dinner at open-
ing of toll road for automobiles.
CORKHILL, Fred I - in the borax business
CORKHILL, Fred W. II - namesake of Corkhill Hall at DV Station, in borax business
COSTELLO, Virginia - first and only postmaster of Leadville, recollects, "I opened
the office 25 Aug 1926 with mail in the racks for 200 per-
sons. Five months later only one person called for mail.
That was 15 Jan 1927. That was the day the postoffice closed
CRAIG, Judge - of Los Angeles, committed "Scotty" to jail for being a cheat, 1924
CREASON, Phil - a prospector in Greenwater District
CROSS, Ed - discovers gold ore in the Bullfrog Hills, 9 Aug 1904
CROWLEY, Father John J. - padre who was Inyokel ( a suggested combination of
Inyo, the county, and yokel to suggest the county's
rustic character)
CUERVO, Rafael - found gold in the camp of Coso, a 49er
CULVERWELL, Capt. - died in Death Valley
CURRAN, Jack - at Jacob's Camp, 1873, claimed Defiance Mine near Darwin
CURRY, H. Donald - National Monument gealogist, 1907
CYTE, John - had cinnabar mine at Chloride Cliffs, attended Thanksgiving, 1926
DALY, Marcus - Irish immigrant who first announced that Butte, MT, was "the
richest hill on earth," proved it to tune of $39,000,000, daughter
married James Gerard
DANA, Charles A. - famous editor of the New York "Sun," supported William T.
Coleman for U.S. Presidential nomination
DAUNET, Isadore, organized Eagle Borax Co., m a French Canadian, Clotilde
Garraul, but she refused to live in DV, later he committed suicide
DAVIS, Bess V. - came to Death Valley Junction as a teacher, 1915
DAYTON, Jimmy - a "swamper," (the first assistant to the mule skinner, the
skinner drove the mules) d 1899 alone in the heat of DV summer
DONNELLY, Shorty - prospected in DV for 40 years
DONOGHUE, Delia - established a restaurant at Panamint Camp, 1874
DONOVAN, Fred - member of search party, 1909
DOTY, Edward - leader of the Jayhawkers, 1849
DRAKE, Edwin L. - opened the first commercial oil well, 1859, near Titusville, PA
EAGAN, Mr. - lost on the Wheeler Expsedition
EICHBAUM, Helene (Napier) - from IN, wife of H.W., was bride in Venice, Ca
EICHBAUM, H.W. (Bob) - a mining engineer, graduate of U. WV, came to DV 1905-7,
built electric light plant at Ryolite, built Stove Pipe
Hotel
ELDREDGE, David - of Greenwater Ranch, died in Death Valley
ELLIS, Evelyn - married F.M. Smith (Borax Smith), mother of 4, namesake for
RR Station, Evelyn, on T & T north of Shoshone
ENGLEBRIGHT, Rep. - of CO, explained Scotty's situation to U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives, 1933, when DV National Monument was created
ESTEVES, Pauline - Daughter of Mary and Steve
ESTEVES, Mary (Boland) - wife of Steve
ESTEVES, Steve - died in Monrovia, CA of silicosis, miner's consumption
FAIRBANKS, Ralph J. - "Dad", came to DV 1898
FAIRBANKS, Stella - daughter of Ralph J.
FAIRBANKS, Verne - son of Ralph J.
FARLEY, M.H. - member of the Darwin French expedition, 1859
FERGUSON, Mrs. Roy - replaced Miss Davis as teacher at DV Junction
FIELD, Justice Stephen J. - of U.S. Supreme Court, visited DV
FINCH, W.R. - member of the Darwin French Party of 1859
FINLAY, Engineer - of the "Coyote Special" train
FISK, Jim - of Death Valley, 1873
FRASER, Hughie - postmaster at Zabriskie, 1907
FRENCH, Dr. Darwin - leader of an 1859 search for Gunsight Lode
FRYMAN, Mrs. Allene - neice of Walter Scott
GARRUL, Clothilde - married Isadore Daunet ca 1873
GAYLORD, Burdon - Eastern mining engineer and promoter of San Bernardino Co.
advances Walter Scott money
GEORGE, Dr. S.G. - organized 1850 search party for Gunsight Lode
GERARD, James - married daughter of wealthy Marcus Daly of Butte MT
GERARD, Julian - brother of James, grubstaked Walter Scott with $1500
GIANNINI, Amandeo - V.P. Of Bank of Italy, 1907
GIBBONS, Hank - laid claim in Sunrise Canyon
GIBSON, Supt. - of RR of Seligman, AZ, climbs aboard the "Coyote Express"
GILES, E.S. - of Goldfield, a surveyor
GILL, Jimmy - of DV Junction
GILLIS, Donald - financier, 1906, interested in Greenwater develment
GILMAN, M.F. - botanist in DV ca 1933
GILMORE, Sheriff - of Inyo Co. CA 1875
GLASSCOCK, C.B. - of San Francisco, came to Greenwater as a printer
GOODRICH, Joe - foreman at KEANE-WONDER Mine
GOODWIN, T. Ray - supervisor of DV National Monument ca 1933
GOODWIN, F.C. - buys "Scotty's" Mine 1912
GOULD, Jay - involved in Erie Railroad Scandal ca 1873
GOWER, Harry - namesake of Gower Gulch, Gower St., Hollywood, named for his
father, Harry had many responsibilities in DV, resident general
manager of the borax company
GOWER, Pauline - wife of Harry, from Pittsburgh, PA, managed the Amargosa Hotel
at DV Junction ca 1928
GRAHAM, Judge - of San Francisco, tried Scotty, 1906
GRAY, Judge William B. - owner of Skidoo Gold Camp, living in Beatty, NE, 1907
GREELY, John - obtained Scotty's release from jail, San Francisco, 1906
GRIGG, S.G. - member of George expedition, 1860
GREGG, V.A. - in Panamint Valley ca 1874
GROSS, Marion - a prospector, disappeared 1919
GUNNARSON, Dobe - erected a monument to Steve Esteves in DV Cemetery ca 1930 ?
HAHN, C.F.R. - lost on Wheeler expedition, 1871
HAMMOND, John Hays - financier, interested in Greenwater, 1906
HANKS, Henry G. - CA State Mineralogist, 1883
HARMON, Myron - storekeeper in Darwin, helped to organize Eagle Borax Co.
HARRIS, Frank "Shorty" - 1856-1934, discovered gold at Bullfrog Hill, 1904, liv-
ing at Ballarat, 1926, most famous of DV prospectors
HARRIS, T.S. - 1874, publisher of the Panamint "News"
HAYNES, Capt. Asa - leader of the Jayhawkers, 1849
HEINZE, F. Augustus - financier, interested in Greenwater, 1906
HENDERSON, W.T. - a member of the George Expedition, 1860
HILL, Sarah Althea, of San Francisco, married David S. Terry
HILL, W.H., organized DV Borax Co., 1906
HITCHENS, James - of Boston, member of the Darwin French Party, 1860
HOVIC, Steve - at Skidoo ca 1905
HUGHES, James P. - sued by the U.S. Borax Co. ca 1904
HUME, James - Wells Fargo detective ca 1875
HUNT, Capt. Jefferson, led the 49ers on the Old Spanish Trail
HUNTER, Mrs. J.A. - of Santa Clara, visits DV, a daughter of 49er, Almira Wade
ISHAM, William - of Rochester, NY, died in DV ca 1850
IVES, Lt. J.C. - led expedition to Washoe ca 1861
JACOBS, R.C. - organized the Panamint Mining District, 1873
JENIFER, Frank M. - president of Pacific Coast Borax Co. ca 1907
JEWEL, A.J. - a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff, 1906
JOHNSON, Albert M. - of Chicago, president of National Life Insurance Co. of
America, a financier with millions, sponsor of Walter Scott
JONES, Dicky - Superintendent of Carbonate Mine
JONES, Dr. - attended injured Warner Scott at "Battle of Wingate Pass" ca 1906
JONES, Herman - searched for Dave Eldridge, 1926
JONES, John P. - 40 yrs old, 1873, U.S. Senator, NE, reopened the Comstock Crown
Mine which benefitted San Francisco
JORGENSEN, H.W. - of Los Angeles, husband of Eva
JORGENSEN, Eva - div "Hans", E.W. Jorgensen ca 1924, "Little Eva" of Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Show
JULIAN, C.C. - real estate promoter of Leadville, 1926
KEANE, Jack - founder of KEANE-WONDER Mine ca 1904
KENNEDY, W.L. - organized the Panamint Mining District, 1873
KEYS, Bill - mining partner of Walter Scott, 1905
KING, Charles - opened a meat market at Panamint Camp, 1874
KING, James - of William, 1856 editor of the San Francisco "Bulletin"
KING, Rol - in 1905 manager of the Hollenbeck Hotel, Los Angeles
KING, W.M. - County Clerk in Cythiana, KY (Harrison Co) ca 1935
KOEHLER, John - a naturalist, member of the Wheeler expedition, 1871
KOUTZ, Quartermaster - on Ives expedition ca 1861
KROEBER, A.L. - authority on Indians ca 1935
KUNZE, Arthur - launced Greenwater ca 1904
KUNTZ, Curt E. - younger brother of Art
KUNTZ, Ewald - older brother of Art
KUNZE, Linna - sister of Art, Ewald and Max
KUNZE, Max - older brother of Art
LADD, G.W. - owned property near Ryolite, 1904
LARKEN, Andrew - a Jayhawker 49er
LASKI, Frank - at Shoshone ca 1907
LAWTON, Dr. C.W. - Took care of Warner Scott, 1906
LEE, Alexander - brother of Cub and Phi, drove the stage out of Darwin
LEE, Cub - at Furnace Creek Ranch, lots of children (half Indian)
LEE, Phi (Philander) - discovered Borax deposits
LE MOIGNE, Johnny - mine owner, found dead, 1933
LILLARD, J.H. - member of the Darwin French expedition, 1860
LILLEY, W.B. - member of the French expedition, 1860
LYLE, Lt. D.A. - on Wheeler expedition, 1871
MAC DONALD, Malcom - famous mining engineer, bought property in Greenwater
MALLOW, Frank - at Shoshone, 1906
MANLY, William Lewis - leader of the Bennett-Arcane Party, 1849, wrote memoirs
of his struggles in DV
MARTIN, James - leader of group from GA and MI, 1849
MAYNARD, Al - had the idea for the 20 mule-team
MC CAUSLAND, B.M. - buys Ashford's Mine ca 1915
MC CLELLAN, ? - member of Ives expedition, 1861
MC CORMICK, Dr. - discovered silver ca 1850
MC DONALD, J.M. - organized the Eagle Borax Co. ca 1873
MC GEE, Bart - completed the toll bridge ca 1873
MCDONALD, John - bandit turned mine owner, from NYC via Battle Mt NE ca 1875
MCGOWAN, ? - died in Death Valley ca 1849
MC INTYRE, William - member of the French expedition, 1860
MC KANE, John - mining promoter interested in Ryolite
MC Laren, Alex - built the Ashford Mill, 1915
MC LAUGHLIN, Jim - teamster in DV ca 1882
MC LEOD, ? - murdered 1862 by Indians in the Panamints
MC SPEARIN. Ed - of Wildrose Canyon, attended Thanksgiving at Stove Pipe Hotel
1926
MILLER, Jim - shotgun messenger, slain in a hold-up in Eureka Co
MILLIUS, Josephine - married Walter Scott ca 1900
MILLS, Johnny - 1899, prospector near Furnace Creek Ranch
MONIHON, D.C. - organized the DV Borax Co, 1904, mine owner
MONTGOMERY, Bob - mine owner, helped name town of Skidoo ca 1905
MOORE, Sheriff - of Inyo Co
MULLAN, John - an eccentric desert character at Ryolite, 1906
MULLER, Oscar - Panamint saloon keeper, died in Panamint Valley ca 1875
MYERS, Al - made trip to Scotty's Mine, 1906
NASH, Jacob - member of the French expedition, 1860
NAVARES, Dolph - in 1938 reported that he had helped bury Jim Dayton in DV, 1899
NAYLOR, Sheriff - honored at a banquet in Greenwater ca 1907
NEAGLE, Dave - notorious character, bodyguard for Mr. Justice Stephen J. Field
of the U.S. Supreme Court during his DV visit
NEEPER, Helene - wife of H.W. Eichbaum
NEIL, Bill - at Calico ca 1890
NEUNSCHWANDER, R.G. - bought borax deposits ca 1886
NEWMARK, Harris - local storekeeper, encouraged RR venture ca 1875
NEWTON, Franks - wrote the official account of Scotty's "Coyotte Special" for
the Santa Fe RR
NOBLE, Dorothy - lived at Shashone
NOBLE, Dr. Levi (possible husband or father of Dorothy) -famous geologist, made
Shashone his headquarters
NOLAN, Val - died 6 Aug 1931, " A victim of the elements"
NORMAN, Sidney - visits Scotty's Mine, 1906
O'BANNION, Mr. - murdered in 1862 by Indians
O'BRIEN, Judge Joe - of Beatty, NE, part owner of gold camp at Skidoo ca 1935
ODDIE, Tasker L. - made a fortune in Tonepah, Goldfield and Ryolite, invested
at Greenwater, 1860, later Gov. of NE and U.S. Senator
O'KEEFE, Johnny, an old-timer, at Beatty, 1907
ORTLEY, Almira Wade - a girl of 9 in 1849 when family crossed Death Valley
OSBORNE, Roy - foreman at the Borax works near Kramer, Mohave Desert
OWEN, Daniel E. - mining expert, at "Battle of Wingate Pass" 1906
PAGE, Carrie M.- of St. Louis, married William T. Coleman ca 1851
PALMER, Dr. Theodore - came to Death Valley, 1938
PARKER, James E. - Inyo Co. Assemblyman, introduced a bill to the State Legis-
lature that permitted the RR to charge 8¢ a mile and 10¢ a
ton mile for passengers and freight
PARTINGTON, Blanche - reviewed Scotty's Play in the San Francico "Call" 26 Mar
1906
PEARL, A.Y. - aided Scotty with his mine, 1905
PERRY, J.S.W. - built borax wagons ca 1885
PETERS, Judge - interested some Easterners in Greenwater, 1904
PITTMAN, Key - in 1904, member of Board of Directors of Bullfrog Mining Co., 36
years later he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comm.
PITTS, Bill - a swamper ca 1882 who was hanged
PLANT, George - a 20 mule-team driver ca 1882 from Amargosa to Daggett
PULTZ, Bob - a foreman of Greenland Ranch near Greenwater ca 1882
QUIGLEY, Albert - a miner, died in Panamint Valley ca 1875
RAINES, E.P. - of San Francisco, visitor ca 1875
RALPHS, Sheriff - was at Daggett, 1906
RALSTON, William - died ca 1875
RAMSEY, Harry - well-known Nevadan, found the Skidoo Ledge ca 1906
RASOR, C.M. - chief engineer in the building of the RR, lived in DV 40 years
RAY, Judge L.O. - of Beatty, owned a part of Skidoo Gold Camp
REDDY, Ned - was at Panamint Camp ca 1875
REIK, Carl - operated a filling station at Coaldale, NE for 50 years
REVERT, Mrs. Al - pioneer resident of Beatty, NE
RICHARDS, Luther - member of the Jayhawker Party, 1849
RICHARDSON, Gen. - U.S. Marshall murdered ca 1856
RICKARD, Tex - a promoter of prize fights, at Beatty
ROACH, John - an associate of Borax Smith
ROODS, W.B. - member of the Jayhawker Party, 1849
ROBINSON, WILLIAM - died in DV after crossing the mountains, 1849
ROGERS, John - member of 1849 scouting party
RONAN, Katherine - manager at the Furnace Creek Inn, 1906
RUSSELL, Hattie - an organizer of the DV Borax Co.
RUSSELL, W.S. - an organizer of the DV Borax Co. (relationship to Hattie, not
Mentioned)
RYAN, John - 1849-1918, born in Rugeley,Co. Litchfield, Ireland, came to America
1871, employed by Borax Smith 1873, naturalized 1890, spent 3 years
prospecting in South Africa, had a home in Piedmont, a dau. Catherine
SALSBERRY, Jack - president of Tonopah Lumber CO. ca 1905
SHABER, John - at Panamint Camp, 1874
SCHWAB, Charles M. - financed the development of Skidoo, 1907
SCOBIE, Jim - laid a claim in Sunrise Canyon ca 1873
SCOTT, Bill - brother of Walter
SCOTT, Josephine, wife of Walter Scott, SCOTTY
SCOTT,Walter - "Death Valley Scotty", born 1876, Cynthiana KY (see separate Story)
SCOTT, Warner - brother of Scotty, cowhand employed by John Sparks of NE
SEARLES, Dennis -member of the French expedition, 1859
SHADLER, W.M. - buried at Wingate Pass ca 1890
SHARP, F.E. - bought Scotty's Mine ca 1912
SHEERIN, Chris - sent by Hearst Service to investigate the news about Scotty's
mysterious activities, 1924
SIMPSON, George - conductor on the "Coyote Special" 1905
SHRUM, Dr. - called at the Amargosa Hotel ca 1935
SIMPSON, Joe - murdered Jim Arnold, 1907
SINCLAIR, A.W. - mining expert, with Scotty at "Battle of Wingate Pass" 1906
SMALL, John - from NY to Camp at Battle Mountain, NE before coming to DV ca 1875
SMITH, Francis Marion - b ca 1846 WI, d 1931, known as Borax Smith, came west,
worked in mining camps in MT, ID, NE and landed in DV
ca 1870, "the man who did most to open DV to the world"
SMITH, SHORTY - participant in the "Battle of Wingate Pass" 1906
SPARKS, John - employed Scotty as a cowhand, became Gov. of NE
SPEARS, John R. - at Wingate Pass in 1891
SPERRY, Grace - made a tour by RR of Death Valley ca 1907
SPILLER, Harry - discovered the borax hill named Mone Blanco ca 1890
STEVENS, Hugh - prospector in Calico
STEWART, Jack - attended Thanksgiving Party at Stovepipe Wells Hotel, 1926, a pal
of Bill Corcoran
STEWART, R. - organized the Panamint Mining District, 1873
STEWART, William Morris - an attorney for Wells Fargo, U.S. Senator from NE,
invested in Panamint Camp
STILES, Ed - b ca 1858, came from Salt Lake City via the Spanish Trail, settled
in San Bernardino, mined at Calico, spent years in DV
SULLIVAN, Lt. Gov. Maurice - made a speech at Unique Celebration at Leadville 1926
STRONG, Maj. J.F.A. -had published the Nome "Nugget" before coming to Greenwater
and printing the "Miner" ca 1907
TAYLOR, Charles A. - wrote a melodrama for Scotty, it was performed in SF, 1906
TERRY, David S. - had been a judge, a firebrand and a killer, came to Panamints
in 1875
THAYER, Moses - member of the George Expedition, 1860
THOMPSON, One-Eye - found the Skidoo Ledge ca 1900
TILTON, Frank - a carpenter in the shop of the Tonapah & Tidewater RR, 1900-1940
TITUS, Morris - young mining engineer fr PA, disappeared in summer of 1906
TOWNE, Capt. - led an expedition in 1849 Of men from MI and GA
TRIPPET, Judge Oscar - presided over the U.S. Borax Co. suit against Hughes, 1904
TROTTER, J.W. "Doc" - located the Breyfogle Mine, at Calico, at Furnace Creek 1899
TROUP, William - of Virginia City, NE, located borax claims ca 1870
TUBBS, Bob - opened a saloon at Ryan early on, owned businesses in DV Junction, 1915
TWITCHELL, Caesar - member of search party for Charles Alvord, 1860
VAN LOAN, C.E. - newspaperman aboard the "Coyote Special" July, 1905
VEATCH, Dr. John A. - discovered borax in Tehama Co. CA ca 1856, first in U.S.A.
WADE FAMILY - 1849ers, the parents and 4 children 6-14 years old, settled in Santa Clara
WINTERS, Aaron - m Rosie, came to Ash Meadows ca 1882
WOLSESBERGER, Uncle Billy - resided at Panamint Camp ca 1882, an old-time peddler
YANDELL, Ben H. - of Bishop, CA, sold his ranch to Albert M. Johnson, 1927
YOUNT, Billy - discovered borax deposit at Monte Blanco, 1886
YOUNT, Lee - the youngest of 3 brothers who came from E. OR to NE (Pahranagat),
he brought horses to Ash Meadow when age 9
YOUNT, Sam - the first utility man at the Harmony Borax Works
ZABRISKIE, Christian Brevoort - namesake of RR Station viewpoint, borax salesman
ZOBLEIN, Mrs. - sold yardage and sewing supplies in Panamint, 1874
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