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Mountain MemoriesSTIRLING CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Presidents Note:

Happy New Year! A lot ofgood things have beenhappening with the historicalsociety; we received a callfrom the Family Trust thatowned the Post Officeproperty. The Family Trustoffered the property to theStirling City HistoricalSociety (SCHS) as a Grant.The Board of Directors voted

to except the Grant. Thepeople of Stirling City and theSCHS are now proud ownersof a Post Office with an activeUSPS f ive-year leaseproviding an income.

Also, we now have a workingheater in the Museum. FranksRefrigeration and Heating inParadise came in with a bidthat was very close to ourresources on hand, anddonated $1,000.00 in the form

Volume 6, Issue 1

Presidents Note 1-2

A letter from Mr. NelsonWentworth 1-2

Annie Bs Fundraiser 1

Events 3

White Christmas 3

Quilt Raffle 3

Members 3

Woods Words 2

Advertisers 4

Inside this issue:

January 1, 2013

Dear Mr. Schaefer and Historical Society Board members:

I have had the pleasure of spending several hours exploring

the Stirling City website, especially the sections showing

old photographs. I have also used the Google Earth Street

View to wander around town many times looking for anythingfamiliar. Never having actually been to Stirling City, I

have, instead, had in my possession for many years, a

collection of several original photographs of the town and

surrounding area, taken in 1905. My great uncle, Jesse Snow,

along with his brother, Jimmy, left their home in Durham,

Maine to visit their nephew, Ray Snow, who had taken on the

job of running the Cramer Meat Shop on Granite Street in

Stirling City. Arriving by train on December 16, 1904, they

took a room at Mrs. Spanglers and were to board at Mrs.

Robes for $5 per week. Uncle Jesse accepted Rays offer to

help him out at the meat shop and went to work the very next

day. Jimmy was to do odd jobs like making the sausage.

Their visit lasted 7 months, and during that time, Uncle

Jesse used his new camera to take pictures around the raw

new town, occasionally referring to it in his daily diary asStump City.

Well, the point of that last long and tedious paragraph is

to explain my hope that the Historical Society will be

interested in having those pictures. Having almost reached

the age of 81, I am in the process of getting my worldly

A letter from Mr. Nelson Wentworth:

Winter 2012-2013

thanksto...The Stirling City Historical Society

thanks you so much for your generousdonations as well as Annie Bs 9% matchto the donations received by us this year.We are truly honored to be a part of thiswonderful fundraising event! Because ofevents such as this, we can continue totake our job seriously as -

Caretakers of Our History.

Linda Cutchen-Clark

Robert and Patsy Colby

Gary and Marilyn Connor

Madelyn Henry

Barbara Helen Hughes

Don Litton

Marshall and Mary

Schaefer

George and Sheila Scott

Annie Bs Annual Fundraiser

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stuff settled and thought that your organization could

make better use of them than my children or grandchildren,

who obviously did not know Uncle Jesse Snow as I did as a

child. Even as I might hope to be the first person to live

forever and keep on looking at those pictures, that will

probably not happen. So, if you think they might be an

interesting addition to your collection, please make use of

them. Uncle Jesse wrote descriptive notes on the back of

each one, which is helpful. I added exact dates from his

diary on some of them wherever possible. I think his spirit

would be pleased to know that his pictures ended up being

seen and admired back in Stirling City after all these 108

years.

A few years ago, I corresponded briefly with Mr.

Brakebill. He remembered Ray Snows sister, Lucy,

and her husband, Tom Bragdon, who also came to live

in Stirling City and raised three children, Dick, Tom

and Betty, during the 1920s. Ray Snows parents and

several siblings followed him to the Chico area and

their descendants are still there. Ray made the Chico

Meat Co. a thriving business for many years. Uncle

Jesse made another trip to California in 1925-26, to

see his Snow relatives. He was visiting my family here

in Kennebunk when he died in 1942. Indeed, he would

now be somewhat amazed to see me wandering around the

streets of Stirling City on my computer!

Sincerely yours,

Nelson Wentworth

Biscuit Shooter: A waitress

Blanket: A measure of a cold night. As a one blanket night, two blanket night,

three blanket night and so on.

Cuter: To be able to do all that the job requires and do it well.

Crimpy: Cold weather.

On the Tramp: a. Busted, b. No good, c. FiredExcerpts from Woods Words a Comprehensive Dictionary of Loggers Terms By: Dean Walter F. McCulloch, School of Forestry,

Oregon State College(Published 1958, Oregon Historical Society and The Champoeg Press)

of a discount off the already reasonable bid. Franks completed the installation on Friday the 11th of January, just in time for thenighttime temperature to drop to 16 degrees. Thank you to all who donated to this heating fund. We can now protect our archives andartifacts, HOORAH!

My sincere thank you goes to the Board of Directors, the Officers and Staff that have worked hard to make these things happen!

The SCHS is now working toward getting a 1946 Caterpillar D7 that Pete Cuming and his crew found abandoned in the forest.

The Cat D7 has been re-vitalized and will be moved down to the Museum grounds. It will be connected to the Arch and become astatic display.

Stay warm and safe, Marshall

Continued A letter from Mr. Nelson Wentworth

I think his spirit would bepleased to know that his pic-

tures ended up being seenand admired back in Stirling

City after

WOODS

WORDS#2

Inside Cramers Meat Shop

(R-Jesse Snow L-Ray Snow)


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Date Time Upcoming Events 2013 Place

4/10 1:00pm Board of Directors Meeting TBD

4/14 2:00pm General Meeting Community Hall

The Stirling City Historical SocietyNewsletter is Published by the:

STIRLING CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETYP.O. Box 6, Stirling City, CA 95978

President....Marshall SchaeferVice-President.............Carol LewisSecretary..Mary SchaeferTreasurer........Madelyn HenryHistorian......Bob Colby

ArchivistGlenda ChombeauEvent Coordinator...Mary SchaeferWebmaster.........Pauline King

Chairman of the Board...Dirk WohlauDirector...........Marilyn ConnorDirector....Dianne WilkinsonDirector.....Ellen ChedaDirector.....Jerri Heivilin

Editor/Writer.Mary SchaeferProductionPauline King

Hosted by the Stirling City Historical Society, our town Christmas Social on December 9,2012 held at the Museum Complex was a great success! Stirling City families, HistoricalSociety members, and friends traveled through the snow to spend an afternoon celebratingwith homemade food, Christmas music, and gifts for the children.The Christmas tree was donated by the Volunteer Fire Company No. 12 and decorated withCarol Lewis' family heirloom lights and decorations from the 1950's. Carol also displayed herantique doll collection, buggy and other Christmas decorations on the fireplace mantel.(L to R - Glenda Chombeau, Mary Schaefer, Ellen Cheda, and Carol Lewis)

Visitors enjoyed the south room of the library decorated with a lighted-fiber optic tree fromthe 1950's along with a lighted Department 56 Christmas Village display that included

Christmas in the City, Dicken's Village, Country Village with a Skating Palace, and a replicaof England's Kensington Palace. -Mary Schaefer

White Christmas in Stirling City

Many thanks go out to the following for their wonderful donationsto the Stirling City Historical Society that continue to broaden ourknowledge of life "Back In The Day" in Stirling City!

Members Renewed:Madelyn HenryRobert Dana &Ruth JohnsonMike & Lori BatzBonnie HembroughAl GaitherRon & Sherri CastroJohn & Diann SmithDonna SeversonSharon Smith

Peggy Adamson - Photos & Metal Diamond Match boxButte Meadows/Jonesville Comm. Assoc. - Photos of camp lifelen Deitz - Photos of Diamond Match Mill

Carol Lewis - Asst. items for a home shop & farm life, glasspitcher, mixing bowls & asst. papersJames Geiger - Family history & photographsJack Duncan - Bridge plaque & photographsBob Colby - Bearing tree plaques, RR spikes, metal pick & hookForest Service decal & asst. Smokey Bear itemsPaul Vandegrift - Asst. fishing poles & reelsRobert Moore - Asst. logging items & potato masher from SC Hotel.Nelson Wentworth - Photos of early S.C. and journal entries about S.C.

Life Members:Warren & Vivian KitchenGeorge & Sheila ScottHarry Merlo/Clotilde Merlo Park

Business Members:

Tri-Flame Propane

MEMBERS

In MemoriamTed Haddeman,SCHS member.

Congratulations to David Gallia,Stirling City home owner. He was

shocked and so happy. He said,Ive never won anything in my life!

The man quilt was crafted by theStirling City Quilters. It was made out

of denim and flannel.

Quilt Raffle Winner


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STIRLING CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

P.O. BOX 6

STIRLING CITY, CA 95978

I would like to Volunteer

I would like to donate

I have pictures to share

I have history to share

Individual: $15.00

Family: $25.00

Business: $100.00

Lifetime (55+): $250.00

Membership/Renewal/Donation Form

Date:

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Address:

Phone:

Email:

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All memberships receive a quarterly newsletter, and 10% discount on all purchases in the Museum Gift Shop.Business members also receive a free business card size ad in each of the newsletters for the year.

Please mail check to:Stirling City Historical SocietyP.O. Box 6Stirling City, CA 95978

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