Wagon Wheels Publication

Wagon Wheels is a semi-annual publication of  the Colusi County Historical Society.

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Send your order to:     Colusi County Historical Society
                                    P.O. Box 643
                                    Willows, CA 95988

Telephone:                  530-865-9555

E-mail the Editor:         Dr. Gene Russell

Wagon Wheels Index #3 - 2005 to Spring 2010

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SPRING 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                           WAGON WHEELS
                                              Volume 60    Number 1
                                                      Spring 2010
                 TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

Editor’s Note  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
Board Meeting & Program Briefs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
This Issue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Gift to the People of Glenn County in 1958: SP Locomotive #2852
    by Tom E. Dill  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
U.K. Modeler Visits Orland’s SP #2852 Locomotive
    by Mike Calvert  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 11
Hochheimer & Company, Part 2
    by John Brock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Excerpts from DE  KRUIDENIER’S  DOCHTER: The Grocer’s Daughter
    by Nellie Dreschler, as told to Melinda Johnson  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 18
A Special Person: Hal A. Singleton
    by David Singleton  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  25
The Willows Arcadia Book
    by Evelyn Whisman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  30
Monroeville
     by David Freeman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Headlights from the C&L Railroad Locomotives
    by Clay Castleberry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
McKeen Motor Cars in the Sacramento Valley
    by Gene H. Russell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
My First Love
    by Nip Boyes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
Footwear for “The Gentle Giant”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
History Mystery #1 – Photograph
    by Marvin Larsen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
History Mystery #2 – Then & Now: Will S. Green Park, Colusa  . . . . . . . . . . .  49
The Bridges of Colusi County: Stony Creek Railroad Bridge, Orland  . . . . . . .  50
Postal History: Willow, California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   52
Glimpse from the Archives  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
Memorials  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
A Final Photo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56      
Calendar of Activities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover

Fall 2009

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FALL 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                          Fall 2009 Volume 59    Number 2

        
Editor’s Note  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2

Board Meeting & Program Briefs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

This Issue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5

The Incorporation of the “Town of Orland”

     by Gene H. Russell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..     6

Documenting the Heroes Buried at Flanders Field American Cemetery,      Waregem, Belgium

     by Patrick Lernout & Christopher Sims  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      13

Orland Doughboy Buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery

     by Patrick Lernout & Christopher Sims   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     15

1944 Crash Near Williams of a Northrup “Lightning” P-38

     by Jean Boyes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      17

Pilot Killed Near Orland in Crash of P-38  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        19

Hochheimer & Company

     by John Brock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       21

Richfield Oil Company Towers: The Beacons That Lighted Our Way

     by George Nolta  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       27

We Remember “Bopo” (John Nielsen Lausten), Part 3

     by Jacquelyn Housh  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       32

Colusa County Pioneers: Mr. Frame King & Family

     by Judy Gerrard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .       38

The Jubal Weston Family and Their Young Orphan Indian Girl Nellie

     by Richard Burrill  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .       45

Those Old Hay Barns

     by Bill Wallace  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .           49

The Bridges of Colusi County: The Red Bridge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          51

Postal History: Lyonsville, California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          52

Glimpse from the Archives  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      53

Memorials  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      54

A Final Photo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     56      

Calendar of Activities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     inside Back Cover

Mailing Wagon Wheels a Manual Effort

Billiejean Durst, Gene Russell, Lloyd Durst stuffing Wagon Wheels into mailing envelopes at the Valley Rose Printing shop in Yuba City prior to mailing in April 2007.


Wagon Wheels On-Sale at Every Meeting

Fall 2007 meeting at Red Bluff.


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