Thursday, March 15, 1956
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT — BROOKINGS, OREGON
DEL NORTE HISTO RY
- by M. S. BRAINARD
/chored in the lee of the Point.
But the town of Klamath did- j redskins told them was a huge
Even before that, there was
not last long. Little gold was amount of gold. The Indians a widely circulated story which
found. The river entrance was then murdered them and in re- appeared on both coasts and even
treacherous so the traders could taliation. the remaining whites j today, may stimulate some be-
not land goods. All the buildings wipe out a whole village.
liever. The tale is of a white
were taken down and moved co Proceeding further up the man who found a huge pocket
other locations and Bledsoe Klamath, after a month of rug of gold, somewhere in the coast
writes that in the early 80*s ged struggle, the rest of the par ranges, and toiled no one can
there was nothing left to show ty arrived at a beautiful bench imagine how hard to amass it
there ever was a town there.
where they not only found an all and return to the East. But
In the session of 1856'57, the abundance of gold but also a the savages learned his secret,
California Legislature set the plentiful amount of game, and mauled him and left him for
county of Del Norte off from so pleased were they with this dead, finally burning his cabin
Klamath County, and established prospect they named the place in their desperate search for his
the seat of government at Cres “Happy Camp.” as the settle treasure. Although our miner
cent City. It ordered a county ment contiues to be known to regained some of his strength,
election to be held in May of ’57. this day.
his mind was gone, wandering
But, back in '51, another party
Following these early settle about, and finally reaching his
of prospectors was made up from ments at Trinidad, Klamath, and kin in the east. From there came
Trinidad, W’ho also undertook Happy Camp, a small number of the story that upon his deathbed
the exploration of the stream men camped in the shelter of the old chaps mind cleared, and
they regarded as Trinity. On Point St. George, but Bledsoe be recited, in minute detail, just
their way up the stream, three says this was not until 1852, al- where his lonely cabin had stood
young men were enticed by the though as early as the Spring j and where that treasure was
Indians to a place where the i of 1850, several ships had an- buried, somewhere in what is
now Del Norte County!
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grade tearher for the past sev- clinic at the Brookings Grade
eral years does not plan to teach School on Friday, March 23rd,
next year due to other interests, between 9:3 and 11:30 a.m. Dr.
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Paul Ronniger will give physical
Another school »arnival is be WELL CHILD CLINIC HERE examinations, assisted by Don>>
ing prepared by p e students of
There will be a well child thea Miller, public health
the local high school, slatxxl for
the gym at 7:30 p.m on March
23rd. *
This year’s event is under the
leadership of Charlotte Jensen,
ably assisted by her committee,
composed of Bobtyy Berger, Janet
Glass, Sandra Way, Barbara
Guthrie. Paul Williams, Shirley
Hewitt, and Lowell Lute, rep
resenting all the high school
grades.
The various classes and «chool
societies will have booths and
prince and princess tickets are
being sold by the students, the
tickets lieing good at the var
ious concessions. In the past,
4-PIECE ORCHESTRA
these events have been very well
attended and the profits have
been returned to the community.
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SCHOOL M A N S
FOR CARNIVAL
alone, to San Francisco. Chrome
was located in ‘68, on Low Div
ide Hill, and between then and
'73 some 1.300 tnos of ore were
shipped annually by the Tyson
Smelting Co., of Baltimore,
Maryland, the ore assaying some
40 percent chrome.
Coal was discovered at Point
St. George in the early 70 s and
a shaft was sunk some 70 or 80
feet but capital couldn’t be en
couraged to further the scheme.
Bledsoe remarks on the great
differences in climate between
Crescent City and Happy Camp.
In the latter place, deep snows
and very cold weather are com
mon in winter and the summers
are frequently as hot as any
place in California, while the
rest of Del Norte has a very
equable climate the year around.
Mr. Bledsoe is apparently the
best authority we have on the CHANEY PLANS
early days in Del Norte. His
general thesis flo.vs smoothly TO LEAVE
and is plausible. We are indeed,
deeply indebted to him for this UPPER CHETCO
' NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA
Herschel Chaney, principal of
legacy from around a hundred
Crescent City, in the early 80’s !
years ago and we hope to have the Upper Chetco School for the
was said to resemble a collection
past two years has resigned, ef'
av ailable more of his works.
of low huts, when viewed from
—The End fective at the end of the school
the deck of an approching ship
term. The board reluctantly ac
, but this impression was contra-
cepted his( resignation. Mr. Chan
i dieted when upon landing, one
ey had been offered a two-year
PATRONIZE
found a population of 1,200. 12
contract at a considerable in
ALL
brick building, a stone ware
crease
in salary. He plans to go
PILOT
house, 2 churches and 12 sal
east to a teaching position.
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oon«. The Odd Fellows, Masons,
Mrs. Esther Waldien, lower
Good Templars and A.O.U.W.
were already established. Trans
portation by stage was available
to Smith River, Jacksonville, and
thence up ond down the Willam
ette and Sacramento vadleys.
The Hume Sawmill at the mouth
of the Smith River was cutting
some 30,(XX) feet of lumber a day.
In '77, the Occident and Orient
Commercial Company built a 200
by 60 foot plant there and were
processing some) $40,000 w-orth of
salmon, annually.
In reviewing Del Norte’s min-
ing since its beginning, in *51,
Bledsoe waxes quite enthusiastic
VIOAftA.
and probably rightly so—as to
0
the out-turn of gold from around
Happy Camp, where Eastern
capital was interested. Other
gold mining sites were along the
A C H IL A N .
Klamath, in the Big Flat, Hay
<3
nes Flat and French Hill gravel
bods and that the hard rock of
Bald Hill had then been worked
for some 20 years. Good gold had
also been taken from the beach
sands.
Too, in the early 80’s there
were five good copper mines,
dating from the early 60’s, in the
Low Divide District, namely:
Hanscam, Occidental, Union,
Alta, and Monmouth From '60
to ’63 some 2,000 tons of ore,
valued at about $60 a ton, went
from the Alta and Union mines,
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