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Wagon Wheels Index #3 - 2005 to 2009
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Fall 2009
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
Spring 2009
Cover of Spring 2009 edition.
Spring 2009 Table of Contents
Volume 59 – Number 1
Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Meetings & Program Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
This Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Bayliss Carnegie Library: The Old New Library
by Linda Peelle-Haddeman & Jackie Billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Red Bluff’s “New” Cone & Kimball Tower
by Marvin E. Locke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
History of Red Bluff’s State Theatre
by Venita Philbrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Red Bluff Switch Engine to Placerville
by Chip Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
My Memories of Red Bluff Switch Engine #796
by Gordon Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hamilton City Switch Engine: Holly Sugar’s Diesel
by Tony Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
End of the Hamilton Branch Line to Hamilton City?
by frcanyonsub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lela May Brown Lausten, Part 2
by Jacquelyn Lausten Housh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1920s State Football Champions: Pierce & Colusa High Schools
by Kevin Askeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
History of the Stonyford Post Office
by Anita Leonie Warmack Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Carlson Ranch Ice House
by Allan H. Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making Hay in the Early Days
by Bill Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vintage Vehicle: 1922 Studebaker Light Six
by Tom Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bridges of Colusi County: Butte City Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Postal History: Paynes Creek, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Glimpse from the Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A Final Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Calendar of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover
Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Meetings & Program Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
This Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Bayliss Carnegie Library: The Old New Library
by Linda Peelle-Haddeman & Jackie Billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Red Bluff’s “New” Cone & Kimball Tower
by Marvin E. Locke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
History of Red Bluff’s State Theatre
by Venita Philbrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Red Bluff Switch Engine to Placerville
by Chip Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
My Memories of Red Bluff Switch Engine #796
by Gordon Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hamilton City Switch Engine: Holly Sugar’s Diesel
by Tony Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
End of the Hamilton Branch Line to Hamilton City?
by frcanyonsub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lela May Brown Lausten, Part 2
by Jacquelyn Lausten Housh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1920s State Football Champions: Pierce & Colusa High Schools
by Kevin Askeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
History of the Stonyford Post Office
by Anita Leonie Warmack Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Carlson Ranch Ice House
by Allan H. Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making Hay in the Early Days
by Bill Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vintage Vehicle: 1922 Studebaker Light Six
by Tom Birch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bridges of Colusi County: Butte City Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Postal History: Paynes Creek, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Glimpse from the Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
A Final Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Calendar of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover
Fall 2008:
Cover of Fall 2008 edition.
Spring 2008 Edition
Cover of Spring 2008 edition.
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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