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RESEARCH JOURNAL OF EARLY ~ESTERN MAILS

Quarterly Publication of the WESTERN COVER SOCIETY No. 154

Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 April 1989 Unit No. 14-Amcrican Philatelic Society

CONTENTS

From Your Editor 1 Secretary's Report 2 The Amador Dispatch 1863-1867

by Alan H. Patera 5 The Private Expresses of Hawaii

by Randall E. Burt 9 Early Tuolumne County Mining Camps

by Alan H. Patera 15 California Postmarks (to 1935)

by John H. Williams 25 San Mateo County 26 ~isKiyou County 50

The Woods Diggings cover illustrated on the front cover is courtesy Basil Pearce, as are the other Woods Diggings illustrations.

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WESTERN EXPRESS

FROM YOUR EDITOR Alan H. Patera Box 2093 Lake Grove OR, 97035 (503) 635-1379

WESTPEX

It's the April issue of Western Express, and WESTPEX is upon us. WESTPEX is the premier San Francisco philatelic show, and it is as well a focal point for the Western Cover Society, as it is the time of the Society's annual Breakfast. Many Society members attend WESTPEX regularly, both for the opportunity to look at (and hopefully purchase) covers for their collection from one of the many postal history dealers, and to enjoy the comradeship of fellow collectors that they seldom see except at such events.

· If you are a new member, or don't normally attend philatelic shows, you might consider giving WESTPEX a try this year. It runs Apri121-23 at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. For the Western Cover Society, the culmination of the event is the Annual Breakfast at 9:30 on Sunday morning. For your $13.00 you get a scrumptious steak and egg breakfast while talking postal history with other collectors, and then are treated to a well-prepared talk, which I have always found to be informative and enjoyable.

I plan on being at WESTPEX for all three days. However, for the past two years I have planned on being there all three days, and haven't made it on Friday yet. Maybe this time I'll succeed, and I'll hope to see you there.

Next issue

Due to the length of the postmark catalog for Siskiyou and San Mateo counties, a major article on the postal history of Livermore by Grace Devnich has been postponed until the July issue. We will also have another installment on the expresses of Hawaii, by Randall Burt, beginning the section on Wells Fargo.

Newspaper Microfilms

Since the last issue I have worked my way through the first available roll of microfilm for the Amador Dispatch, which covers the period from October 1863 to October 1867. The has resulted in the article on that paper in this issue, as well as 27 pages of notes and excerpts that will be useful in future research and future articles.

As suspected, there are many more newspapers on microfilm than those listed in the

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October 1988 issue of Western Express. The University of California Library holds the master microfilms for a number of papers, including the newspapers from Bodie, Susanville, Placerville and Sonora. As of this writing they have not responded to my request for information on their holdings and the cost for duplicating a roll. It may be a surprise for some, but there are also extensive holdings at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. So if you have an interest in a particular location, we can probably find a source for purchasing a microfilm.

Clay Wallace has purchased for the Western Cover Society the roll of microfilm for the Benicia -Solano County Herald, which covers the period from November 1855 through October 1858. Given the length of time it took the first order of microfilms to reach me, it is unlikely I will have this one in time to present any information in the July issue, but you may anticipate a derived article in the October issue. For the July issue I have some letters published in the Amador Dispatch from the Owyhee mines, a topic which should please some of our Idaho collectors.

I'm quite enthusiastic about the newspaper microfilms, and hope to generate further support. Wouldn't you like to see an article tailored to your area of specific interest? All you have to do is contribute the funds to purchase a microfilm covering your specified location. Within the range of dates available we can be quite precise in coverage for any given topic, be it place, person or event.

At WESTPEX I will have the notes taken from the Sierra Advocate and the Amador Dispatch. If you would like to see these as a sample of what could be done for any area, I will be more than happy to show them to you, hoping, of course, that you will be convinced enough to contribute to the purchase of additional microfilms.

History of California Post Offices

There have been a few responses from last issue's plea for corrections to be applied to the revision of Salley's History of California Post Offices. We are most thankful for these, and hope there will be others before the book goes to press.

Updating the book from 1976 to 1989 has been a major challenge, largely because the information published by USPS in its Postal Bulletin is frequently incorrect or incomplete. Maps for the new edition are now in preparation, and it is expected that the mapping process will reveal a number of locational errors in the written descriptions in Salley.

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SECRETARY'S REPORT

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964 Fred Jones (Sustaining) P.O. Box 5372 Lansing, IL 60438 Collects: CA, NV, Wells Fargo, Overland mail

%5 Thomas J. Teichmann 27452 Via Segundo Mission Viejo, CA 92692 Collects: Territorials, Westerns, DPO, RR

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THE AMADOR DISPATCH 1863-1867 by Alan H. Patera

The Amador Dispatch began publication in Jackson in 1860. The first issue of the microfilm series is dated October 10, 1863 at which time it was under the proprietorship of Giles Crandall. This report on the first roll of microfilmed newspapers covers four years up to October 1867, with a few missing issues and one period of suspended operation.

During the Civil War the Dispatch, was a "Democratic" newspaper, which at this time this meant the paper was opposed to the policies of the Lincoln administration and adamantly pro-southern in the conflict, walking a line dangerously close to what could· be considered treasonous. The paper had, however, a fair amount of popular support. Other "democratic" newspapers of California and other states are mentioned frequent ly and quoted extensively. ·

Giles Crandall was joined by W.M. Penry as co-owner of the Dispatch in the issue of November 14, 1863. In April 1864 Penry took over full ownership of the paper, not only maintaining but emphasizing the pro-southern bias.

During the war the activities of Congress, military events, and justifications of the southern cause became an obsession with the paper, almost to the point of excluding any local news. Even items of local news were twisted by political commentary to show this obsession, as might be seen from the following item from this item of June 11, 1864:

"IMPROVEMENTS.--The space intervening between our office and the Washington hotel will shortly be covered by a large hall, 75 feet in length by 38 in width, now in the course of erection by Messrs. Carroll & Slaughter. The hall is being constructed for the ball on the 4th of July, and will be used thereafter as a town hall. There will also be in connection with it a couple of store rooms, which will be leased to any one desiring them. This will prove a great convenience to our town, and will be the future democratic headquarters, where Abe Lincoln and his thieving free negro abolition crew will be immolated during the campaign now breaking upon us. It is being built with no such view, but the democracy will lease it for that purpose."

Even a stage robbery reported on July 9 cannot be reported without a political twist:

"ROBBERY AND MURDER.-- One night last week a gang of seven robbers stopped the stage on the Virginia City road,

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fourteen miles from Placerville, and robbed it of a large amount in bullion and coin. The robbers were pursued by the deputy sheriff of El Dorado, with a party, overtook them and had a fight. The deputy sheriff was killed and one of his party wounded. One of the robbers was wounded and captured, the others escaping. The robbers represented themselves as recruiting' for the Confederate service. It is quite natural for those having no character to represent themselves as connected with those who have."

The Democratic Party candidate against Lincoln in the election of 1864 was George McClellan. The Dispatch was outspoken in its support for McClellan and against Lincoln. In the issue just prior to the election it published a prophetic short item under the heading "LIVING EX-PRESIDENTS.-

" All the living ex-presidents and vice presidents, and, we came very near saying, every man of decency and sense, is against Lincoln in this election. If he lives after the 4th of march, he will be the most unhappy mortal that ever breathed. Friends he will have none, but enemies everywhere."

McClellan carried Jackson, Amador City, and Fiddletown, but votes from Volcano, Sutter Creek, lone, and rural precincts were sufficient to carry Amador County for the Republicans. The Republican majority in San Francisco and was sufficient to give California's electoral votes to Lincoln, but it is interesting to note the many rural counties that voted for McClellan, such as Fresno, Merced, San Bernardino, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Siskiyou, Tulare, Colusa, Mariposa, Mendocino, and San Diego. McClellan even carried Los Angeles County by the whopping margin of 744 to 555.

After the defeat of their candidate the Dispatch maintained that while the election had been lost, they were not dismayed, because it was not the democratic principles that had been beaten, only the candidates. When several California Democratic newspapers folded in the months after the election the paper lamented the lack of support. Noting that the Dispatch was the only Democratic paper in the Amador-Calaveras-Sacramento-Alpine county area, the editor vowed to carry on the standard. Yet by February there was an item that the paper was for sale, to any one of any political persuasion. There seemed to be no takers.

The assassination of President Lincoln was duly reported in the April 22, 1865 issue. After one more issue the paper was apparently suspended until


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September. When the paper reappeared it was under the ownership of Penry and Page. The gap in publication is never fully explained on the pages of the newspaper, but the following item taken from the issue of January 20, 1866, suggests that the suspension was the result of official action, compounded by a destructive fire that hit central Jackson in July: "TEARING DOWN.-- The work of taking down the upper story of the brick building in which the Dispatch was published previous to its "confiscation" by the "government", has been going on since last Monday morning. The walls of the upper story were so badly injured by the July fire that it was considered unsafe to let them stand. It is to be converted into a one-story building."

After the end of the Civil War and the assassination of Lincoln the Dispatch became a more conventional newspaper of its day, with much better coverage of local news. It still contained much

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journalism about the aftermath of the war, supported "Democratic" doctrine, and was very much antiabolitionist and anti-Negro. It was opposed to much of the administration of Andrew Johnson, but found some areas in which it could support the new president, such as his opposition to giving the freed slaves the vote.

For local news the paper relied on correspondents from the various communities within its readership territory. There were semi-regular letters from Volcano, Fiddletown, lone City, and Mokelumne Hill, some of which were much better than others. Some of them were mere political soapboxes, voicing the same views as supported by the paper; but letters from Volcano and Fiddletown usually gave a run-down of recent mining activities, and frequently the social activities as well. Sometimes there didn't seem to be much to report on, as evidenced by this excerpt from a letter from Mokelumne Hill of February 24, 1866:

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" .... the place is so very dull that there is nothing transpiring worthy of notice. This town is perfectly dead. Even a dog fight -- the favorite pastime of the elite of our male population -will scarcely draw a crowd of twenty person; so you must know that the place is far from being brisk."

Of interest to postal historians are references made in the paper to the postal service. From time to time the paper would publish a list of letters uncalled for at the Jackson post office, the "Advertised" letters favored by some collectors.

In the charged atmosphere of the Civil War there was always some question as to whether mail delays may have had a political overtone. In an instance reported on April 30, 1864, the Dispatch defends the Jackson postmaster: "COMPLAINTS.-- Some of our subscribers who reside at a distance complain that they do not get their papers regularly, and ask whose fault it is. We can only say that the fault is not ours, and that we do not believe that our: Jackson post master is to blame, for, although a strong supporter of the present administration and consequently strongly opposed to us politically, he has never, so far as we know, permitted political differences to interfere with the duties of his office. We are of opinion that the fault rests with the post master where the papers are delivered."

More often, however, a reference to the postal service in the newspaper was likely to be derogatory. The following item appeared in the issue of March 31,1866:

"CARELESSNESS OF POSTMASTERS.-- A few days ago we received a letter from one of our subscribers at West Point in Calaveras county who informed us that he had mailed a letter to our address, some three weeks previous to that time, containing the amount of one year's subscription to the DISPATCH. As neither the letter nor the money has ever been received at this office, its delay or loss is, of course, caused by either negligence or willful mismanagement on the part of some of our patriotic postmasters. The distance between here and West Point is only about sixteen miles, and a letter has to pass through but one office before arriving here, and it appears a little strange to us that it should be misplaced in traveling so short a distance. We have on several occasions of late received letters from neighboring postoffices which had been several weeks on the way, and have heard similar complaints from others, but we have thus far refrained from finding fault, hoping that postmasters would, for the sake of their own reputation, if for no other reason, be a little more careful in the discharge of their duties, and not force the community to demand their removal."

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Whether or not this incident lead to the removal of the postmaster we may never know, but on June 23 the Dispatch reported the appointment of Charles M. Meek as postmaster, filling the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of George Freeman.

Descriptive reporting was not regularly practiced. Only occasionally will one find a description of a settlement, such as the information contained in a letter from lone Valley:

"A brick building is nearly completed on Main street, filling the gap between the buildings of Ringer and Hoffman. We have here in operation a match factory, a broom factory and a soap factory, each of which seems to be doing a good business, and I understand that there is soon to be started a candle factory. The grant is a great backset to the prosperity of this Valley, yet if the grant holders would sell the lands at reasonable prices and give good titles, all would be well enough in a year or two. I understand that the board of supervisors contemplate buying the Dry Creek bridge on the road leading from lone City to Sacramento. The principal part of the timbers of the bridge are scattered along down the creek, buried in the sand, and such a purchase looks to be like a free donation from the county to the owner."

Some information on the appearances of communities can be pieced together, as there are reports of new buildings being erected in the major local towns, and fires are mentioned, occasionally in some detail for local blazes. On October 14, 1865 the Dispatch reported two major fires, one at nearby lone City and the other at more distant Auburn. The coverage given to each is of interest:

"FIRE AT lONE CITY.-- At half past twelve o'clock, a.m., last Monday morning, a fire occurred in lone City, which destroyed the whole block lying between Main and Jackson streets, north and south, and Church and Buena Vista streets, east and west-except one brick building belonging to Mr. Heffron. The fire originated in the paint shop of Mr. J.B. Stevens, and is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The buildings destroyed are: J. Farnsworth's blacksmith shop, J.B. Stevens' paint shop, Bony Beitter's bakery, M. Heffron's stable, Union Bakery, Ringer's saloon, Miller's saloon, Ludgate & Surface's livery stable, and a barber shop."

"A fire occurred at Auburn at one o'clock Wednesday morning, which destroyed seventeen frame dwellings. The loss is estimated at from ten to twelve thousand dollars."

The rebuilding efforts at lone City are documented in subsequent issues, but Auburn is not mentioned again.

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December 8, 1866

In 1866 there was a general curtailment of mail service throughout the western states, the cause of much anguish that no doubt was taken quite personally by many communities. The impact on Jackson and the editorial reactions was as follows:

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"THE WEEKLY MAIL.- After enjoying all the advantages to be derived from a daily mail for the last fifteen years, the people of our county are suddenly reduced to a tri-weekly mail from Jackson to Sacramento city. Whether the parsimonious conduct of the Post Office Department in this particular case is in pursuance of a plan adopted by the secretary for reducing the expenses of the mail service or not, we are not prepared to decide. We know, though, that this reduction of our mail facilities is very inconvenient and provocative of much grumbling and discontent among the people interested, and have no doubt that the manifestation of a spirit of accommodation on the part of the stage company until the grievance can be properly represented to the government will be properly appreciated by our citizens. The mail contract on this line calls for a tri-weekly service only, but yet the stage runs six days in the week and is well patronized by our citizens whose business requires them to visit the cities below. In fact it is a good paying line, the rates of fare being but a small per cent. under 'forty-nine' prices, and the stages being well filled with passengers each way. Whether the amount paid to the stage company for the mail service on this line is a sufficient remuneration or not we do not pretend to decide, but we know that there can be no real difference in the service to the stage company so far as the weight of mails and trouble of stopping at way stations are concerned, whether the mail is carried daily or tri-weekly, and in consideration of the liberal patronage extended to the stage company by our citizens hitherto, we think that a spirit of liberality should be shown by them. If the stage company and the people would properly state the condition of affairs to Mr. Higby, the representative in congress from this district, we have no doubt that justice would be done to all-parties."

In addition to the examples shown, the paper has numerous articles on diverse subjects, including road improvements, burglaries and stage robberies, mining accidents, promising quartz discoveries, and announcements that the circus is coming to town. The advertisements display the local merchants and innkeepers, the tradesmen and the professional community, although in some cases the patronage may be limited to those of like political persuasion.

Information wanted

On May 11, 1867, Penry announced that he had sold his interest in the Dispa.tch to his partner, J.D. Pag~. Page was badly injured the following July when h1s buggy overturned while returning to Jackson from Sutter Creek, but he recovered and continued to run the paper as a "Democratic" Newspaper. Later it merged with its Republican rival, the Amador Ledger, and is the ancestor of the newspaper published in Jackson today.

Your editor needs information on the Columbia and Montana Stage Company, which operated from Wallula, W.T. to Helena, M.T. in the late 1860s. Any contributions will be gratefully acknowledged.

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THE PRIVATE EXPRESSES OF HA WAll by Randall E. Burt

Everett & Co.

Abijah P. Everett came to Honolulu in 1846. Everett fonned several partnerships and served as a commission merchant, auctioneer, mail forwarder and agent for three California express lines - Adams, Freeman and Pacific. The list of Everett's dates of appointments in the accompanying table are estimates based on newspaper dates in which his express agency advertisements appeared. Everett's business records and express agency handstamps were not found. . Only one stampless cover with his oval handstamp used before Everett was an express agent is known.

When Adams and Company failed on February 23, 1855 due to poor banking connections, Everett became a part of the group of employees from the failed Adams & Co. who started the Pacific Express Company. This company lasted until 1857; Everett then represented Freeman and Company for the next three years. He moved to San Francisco in May 1861. Wells, Fargo & Co. bought out many of their express line's small connecting competitors in California. One of these was Freeman & Co., purchased on October 4, 1851. For more on this subject, refer to Baker's U.S. Classics, published by the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society.

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Announced in the May 1, 1849 Polynesian, Everett's earliest Honolulu partnership was with Theodore Shillaber and James J. Jarves, who occupied the old Pelly premises. The announcement follows:

PMtncrship Notice The subscribers have this day entered into a co-partnership for the transaction of a General Mercantile & commission Business, at Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands and San Francisco, California under the name and style of EVERETT & CO.

It may have been under this arrangement during which Pompey suggested that they bought the ship ALBERT, renamed it Gen. Kearney, registered it under the American flag and put it on the California route. It was later renamed the LOUISA, registered under the Hawaiian flag and engaged in coastal operation in Washington Territory, probably to transport lumber.

Their partnership was dissolved by mutual consent on December 2, 1850. Everett closed out their Honolulu accounts while Jarves closed their San Francisco branch. Everett continued as a Honolulu auctioneer.

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Honolulu to Canton, August 14,1852. Sender A.A. Neilson sent this folded letter to Hong Kong "per Reindeer", an American clipper ship from Richmond. Pelander sale, Tows Collection.

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It was during Everett's solo period from December 1850 to January 1853 that he forwarded mail from his Nuuanu Street counting room. He may have provided that service routinely from 1847. His October 9, 1851 "List of Letters Remaining Uncalled For" was updated in The Polynesian two days later. Only one folded letter sent from Honolulu in this period survives to record Everett's postal efforts, although he continued to advertise as an express agent to August 1860.

Honolulu was a favorite mid-Pacific port for the China clippers in the 1850s. Originating on the East coast of the United States, these ships sailed around Cape Horn, some touching at Valparaiso, Panama and San Francisco en route to the Orient and back. Many of these ships replenished at Honolulu. One of these was the 800 ton American ship Reindeer, which left Richmond about October 26, 1851. After touching at Panama, she arrived at Honolulu on July 30, 1852. Collector of Customs marine journals in Honolulu recorded her two week visit to replenish for the long voyage ahead.

While making preparations for getting underway on August 14, Everett passed at least one letter to Captain John Lord before he cleared for Hong Kong that day. Everett's red oval at the upper right is opposite the manuscript notation "P. Reindeer".

A.A. Neilson's letter discussed future shipments of Chinese laborers to fill the urgent needs of the Hawaiian planters. It was addressed to

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Augustine Heard & Co., Canton, care of Williams, Anthon & Co., Hong Kong; the latter firm may have been related to the Honolulu finn of Makee & Anthon. Marine insurance underwriter Henry A. Neilson shared an office in the counting room of Rice & Co. on Nuuanu Street in May 1853. Heard was associated with a large Boston firm which was engaged in the lucrative China trade.

Licensed as an auctioneer, Everett had become quite popular in Honolulu by January 14, 1853, when he and W.B. Rice formed their Rice & Co. partnership. It lasted only one year. Dissolved by mutual consent on January 14, 1854, John F. Colburn replaced Everett in the Rice & Co. auctioneering and commission business. Everett then became a direct competitor in another location nearby.

Adams & Co.'s Express

Adams & Co. was among the many San Francisco firms competing for shipping the millions in gold bullion and currency eastward from California in the 1850s, escorting the shipments by private express messengers on steamers. Some of those shipments originated in Honolulu.

H.M. Whitney made several shipments of currency to the Adams Express office in 1852 in exchange for a draft. His January 16 letter enclosed with the shipment explained:

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Everett's Co-Partnership Notice ran in The Polynesian on May 21, 1853, above the marine insurance underwriter notice of Henry A. Neilson.

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Gents,

Honolulu Jan'y 16, 1852

I have shipped by the schooner Geo. Washington, Capt. Cary, which sails this day for San Francisco, one bag containing $600.00. The bill of lading whereof I enclose herewith. With that amount I wish a draft payable to Moses P. Brown, Esq., 186 Pearl St., New York, which I wish transmitted by your first express after the receipt of the coin. The difference of exchange you will please deduct from the $600.00. The freight is paid here. You will please return a receipt for the amount.

Whitney's June 12 shipment repeated the above instructions, the amount being one thousand dollars sent per brigantine Wyandotte.

Adams Express expanded to Melbourne, Australia in 1853. Honolulu readers of the government newspaper The Polynesian on March 26 of that year were informed of their westward expansion with this impressive announcement:

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EXPRESS TO AUSTRALIA--The great finn of Adams & Co. is still radiating and extending the circle of its influence to every portion of the globe. Wherever there is a civilized settlement at all accessible by steam or electricity, or susceptible of being benefitted and enlightened, we find the energetic attachees of this establishment at work. The latest movement is the establishment of an express to Melbourne and Sydney, N.S.W., where an agent and the first express will be despatched on the New Orleans, on the 8th of March next

Rice & Co. continued this notice to June 9, 1855, overlapping their period of service as Pacific Express Company agents.

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Rice and Company was probably affiliated with I.C. Woods and D.W. Haskell, They had become sole proprietors of the Adams & Company California Express in 1854, when the four original owners of the Eastern states franchises terminated their California interests. Mail sent over their

California lines has an oval handstamp, but none of their markings have been seen on mail sent from Honolulu during this period.

Rice & Co. partners Colburn and Rice first offered the Adams Express Company services in August 1854.

-----------------------~------------------·~~lFl~ ~ EXP,IlEss · t81PANY,

. . • B.. G• NOYES, Pre.l41eaa. VQR THE TRANSPORT ATl<?N of Freight. I" Small Pareeb and Letters to and from the At.- 1

lmtic S&.atea ; . alab throughout Californil!, Oregon l ~d tbe. P~c .Cout genefallv. CoUec~r.t of. IJ,ll kmda 'Wlll . be pro,:npt.ly ~'tt\!tt<t~d t:O a\ U\J 6'! th~ pointa D,len~on4.~. ~ ·. lUGE & CO., Agent& •• , . H~ulu,, A.prif 16th, 18~.--:"'lO-t! . : . ---"'--- - -+------.-- - -

Rice & Co. advertised their Eastern connections in The PolynesianfromApri/16, 1855.

Pacific· Express Company

Although affiliated with the well known San Francisco agency of the same name which used an oval handstamp on letters, no mail which their Honolulu branch sent during their year of service has been identified to document it. Those covers, if any still exist, remain to be located. Their agents did provide copies of the latest newspapers to several Honolulu newspaper editors who acknowledged their receipt in those columns.

When Colburn's auctioneering practices became too contentious for Rice, their partnership broke up (1855) and Everett returned to the Rice & Company firm. From July 17, 1856 A.P. Everett served as agent of the Pacific Express Company, changing their agency name in the newspaper notices to Rice & Co. the next week.

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For the gpeedy arullll\fc trt\nspor ~

tHtion Of ~lerdmndise, ~p£>Cie, Letkrs aml Vl\luah}c packl\~f-i to all part~ of the Uuitcti titav·.•g. A. 1'. JH' taU..:'!''£,

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Everett ran this notice in The Polynesian from July 17,1856 to June 11, 1857, almost eleven months before he changed to Freeman's.

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Freeman's Express Co.

· },reeman'S Express ·Co. ~~ .

~ . Por Lhe speedy and aate L~nopor- \11&-! tation of M~n::h,.ndiae, Spede, Let~n ~Dd Yatu.able package. to all parta ottbe United 8tat~. · . A. P. BV.KR.l!:TT, · ~tt. ~cea'

First seen in the Pacific Commercia/Advertiser on June 18, 1857, this notice ran through November.

Operating in California from 1851, Freeman & Company's Express opened branches in many large towns in the state five years before Everett opened the Honolulu branch in 1857. During his four years aS their Honolulu agent, Everett announced their competitive services in three different notices.

No covers bearing their markings have been seen on mail sent from Honolulu. · The San Francisco finn used various oval handstamps to identify mail sent over the Freeman Express· lines.

As new offices were opened, their notices began to boast of rapid expansion, as noted in Everett's large advertisement shown here.

A.P. Everett, who had been in Honolulu since March 1846, was among the long list of passengers booked to San Francisco on the mail packet Yankee on May 20, 1861. Seven other pioneer Honolulu families also made the trip.

In the Pacific Commercial Advertiser of March 14, 1861, the following notice appeared, copied from the San Francisco Bulletin:

Freeman's Express Notice - On the 1st of March, Freeman & Co.'s Express business, between San Francisco, Acapulco, Panama and New York, will be discontinued. --Bulletin.

Everett closed his Honolulu business in 1861 to concentrate on a commission merchant business in San Francisco. There he later joined the firm of McRuer and Merrill, then owners of the Regular Dispatch Line of packets to Honolulu. Everett later served briefly as a San Francisco mail forwarding agent for the Honolulu post office.

Almost 35 years later, the November 18, 1895 Pacific Commercial Advertiser briefly mentioned his passing away in the obituary:

A.P. Everett, at one time a prominent merchant here, and father of Edward, Louis and Charles Everett of this city, died in San Francisco October 28th.

J'rcetnaa & <lo'fl TREASURE, FREIGII'r, PAO~GE& IZtTER

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lu•u,auc~ Cv~J)I\lllca In N•l'J( Y ••rk and Ltmd•m. · l'~k~es, l'>lr·~eLI Ill Ill L-!tt~u funrlll"\la.l Semi-monthly, .via•

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\'alp>~r:£1»n, an.j lUI tM llMil('lpalt"'rta of t.M 'If eat e<>net of Stluth .\m•·rk.\, wlti.:ll I• l'n•niJ•ll,\" Cvrwnl'\<>'1 b1t~ J::.nJClbll Sld.mera lcavin1= l'nnllm• on tht! Hth anti :.!9th of eaeh month. •

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J,.)tH1on, 1':' Comhlll, (Arn. EuNp. ~xp. Co.) Lh'••rjlool, 7 llumf~>r<l ,.t., '• •• .. " P~&n~, 8 !'lAce <.1•' ~·• 1~. " " " Ji Yalp~tmh·>, Coehl'llne atl'f't't t"al•l•-rn, . Wh~lwrlght k Ct• Ou:4yu(,uil, Cox, Gutlt'rr,-,; & Cu., A~t.a C10ll11<• ""'' Llm•, - ll. llltrlfintou, .Al(Ctll P:\sta, (t'au,) . . A, ltu.t6o k Cu, A~nta l'~U>~>.m,.., - C<J\'It t: Co., .AJ;efH•

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Everett ran this notice from December 3, 1857

to the end of March 1858.

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Everett dropped the long list of agents in his AprilS, 1858 notice which appeared for the last time on August 30,1860. Here he listed his San Francisco office, to where he moved the following summer.

A.P. Everett's Honolulu Express Agencies

Company Location Aeent Period of Seryice

Everett & Co. Pelly Premises A.P. Everett May 1, 1849 - Dec. 2, 1850

Adams &Co. Nuuanu St.

Pacific Express Nuuanu St.

Pacific Express Nuuanu St.

Sources

Cutler, Carl C., Greyhounds of the Sea, Cornwall Press, Inc, New York, 1930.

Collector General of Customs, Honolulu, Marine Journal, 1852, Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Levy, Allan A., "Adams & Co.'s Express -The Melbourne, Australia Branch," Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 61, No.3; May 1962, The Collectors Club, Inc., New York.

Milgram, James W., "Australia - Adams & Company Express Covers," in the Postal History Journal. February 1977.

Pompey, Sherman L., "Transporting the Hawaiian Mails," in the Weekly Philatelic Gossip, January 24, 1953, Holton KS.

Rice & Co. Aug. 1, 1854- Feb.?, 1855

Rice & Co./ Jul.17, 1856 - Jun.ll, 1857 A.P. Everett

A.P. Everett Jun.18, 1857 - Mar. 7, 1861

Whitney, Henry M., Letter Book 1851-1853, Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Wolffers Public Auction No. 108, October 27-30, 1982.

Newspapers Pacific Commercial Advertiser, October 23, 1875

and various other issues cited for the years 1856 -1861.

The Polynesian, various issues 1849-1861.

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EARLY TUOLUMNE COUNTY MINING CAMPS Woods Diggings, Camp Seco, Oak Springs and Montezuma

by Alan H. Patera

The California gold rush saw hopeful prospectors enter the Sierra Nevada foothills along ever river and stream. Most camps were ephemeral; where gold was discovered in promising quantities a more permanent camp might form. In the southern mines of Tuolumne County a number of camps attained enough significance to acquire a post office, but were not of sufficient importance to last for more than a few years. By the time a county history was written there was little remembrance of these early camps, and consequently very little is known about some of them. In this article I will try to bring together a few facts and a few momentos of some of these_ camps.

Prospectors to the southern mines worked along Woods Creek and made a number of significant discoveries. Small camps lined the creeks. Sometime in 1849 or1850 th.e area was visited by a special postal agent. In addition to the post office at Sonora, two post offices were established along Woods Creek, one at Woods Diggings and the other at Oak Spring (or Oak Springs). The official establishment of both post offices were entered into the records of the Post Office Department as July 28, 1851.

Woods Diggings and Camp Seco

Woods Diggings is credited as being the original strike in this area, and indeed it was one of the earliest camps to form during the Gold Rush. It was also one of the earliest to disappear, leaving but scant record of its existence. It was largely a tent town; by the time mining had settled down from the frantic rush to new locations and merchants were erecting frame buildings, Woods Diggings had been bypassed, its population settling in Sonora, Jamestown, or just moving on.

Woods Creek is a pleasant little stream in the springtime. Gold was discovered on its banks by the party of James Woods in 1848, and the richness of the strike soon attracted other miners that were trying their luck in the southern goldfields. Some of them worked their way further into the hills and discovered gold at Sonora. The eastern miners didn't realize that the dryness of a California summer would cause the streams to dry up, making it unsuitable for placer operations. Nonetheless, there was a concentration of population in the area

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Mining activity at Woods Creek, depicted in a print drawn by William M'Ilvaine in 1850. Reprinted in Joseph Henry Jackson's Gold Rush Album. New York, 1949.

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MAP OF A PORTION OF SOUTHERN TUOLUMNE COUNTY 1

Adapted from USGS 1: 24 , 000

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This letter was posted at Woods Diggings on February 12, 1850. This is far earlier than the official establishment date in Post Office Department records.

that needed postal service, and Wood's Diggings was one of the first post offices to be established in the Southern mines.

The date the post office was established is not known. It was probably established in the winter of 1849-1850 by authority of a special postal agent; the letter published below is dated February 10, 1850 and is posted with a Woods Diggings manuscript cancel. Postmaster Robert Turner was not confirmed in his position until official word traveled back to Washington D.C. and his name was entered in the books on July 28, 1851. It is likely that the post office at Sonora preceded the one at

Wood's Diggings, although they may have been established at the same time by the postal agent.

Gold was apparently quite plentiful to the first comers at Woods Diggings, with $200 to $300 a day being taken with no equipement other than a pick or knife. On February 15, 1850 the Stockton newspaper reported:

"A 23-pound lump of gold is causing a sensation here. It was found near Wood's Dry Diggins between the Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers. As if that were not enough, reports are heard of the existence of a 93 -pound lump."

This grassy field is the site of Woods Diggings as it appeared in Aprill988. In the early 1850s the field was covered with canvas structures. Woods Creek is to the right, the view is to the south.

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Letter from Woods Diggings, from a miner who had success:

Wooru Diggings Feb.JO, 1850 Dear Mother,

It is not because I have lately received news from home thaJ I sit down to write you a few lines but that I would like to or hear from you by some source or other for I have not had a letter or heard from home since I have been in California; perhaps this is much my own fault. If it is I am in hopes that I shall be able to make up for the past by writing this atrl soon hear from you though I do not suppose you have all forgotten me and don't write. But perhaps I am unlucky in. not getting what you do... .

It was in my last that I wrote you from this place as I then mformed you I had been zn the mznes one month, three months after I contin{ued) here attended with good luck and the last of July I found myself in possession of not a mean "pile" of the "oro".

At thm time those who I then called my partners "vamosed" the mines ard left me in to myself ard the diggings here wre getting poor and many were for the rivers. I concluded to accept the invitation of Richard Coffin and join his Company on the Stanislaus river for darning it. So I pack myself off, atd after six or eight weeks of hard labor I was taken sick am in a few days found myself in rather a critical situation with a general debility of the whole nervous system but thanks to the skill of Dr. Austin my nerves are now as strong as ever. Whilst i was at the Mormon. Camp wuJer the Doctor owing to rains in the mountains our company on the river were obliged to give up the ·dam without being able to prospect the river at all. This was bad, but such things cant be helped even in California, worst of all was my being sick - it costs something to be sick here though the charges of Dr. Austin were very liberal.

On the 12 of October I had so much recovered that I was able to think of work again atd moved back to this place again where the prospect is better in the -wet than dry season. This time I was with Mr. Coffin who had been down to accompany his brother and get provisions for the winter. We soon set ourselves about building a house after the fashions, which is to pile up logs to a convenient height ard cover the top with water proof cloth, then build fire place and chimney in one end to suit yourself with stone and clay with which we stop the cracks between the logs. We -were aD. ready for the rainy season as early as it usually sets in, but everybody has been grandly disappointed, or I had better saw sorrowfully, for I can assure you there are some awful sorry looking faces round these diggings, especially the traders, During the 'last months there has been but three rains atd the consequence is that we are unable to work the ravines on which -we put aD. our dependance ard most of the miners are barely making a living, but the cry now is -we must stop another winter,(wile) we must Old give the rivers some this summer.

I suppose you have received that little sum which I put up for you in November. I thought it best to send it to Mr. Fellows first as I had an opportunity to send by a vineyard m::zn who was kind enough to carry it free gratis, the sum was 6 112 ounces. It will afford me pleasure to remit you something (afore) you shall stand in need, hoping you will spend a fX1J1 in giving the two youngest that attention to their education , which their station in life shall require the others are now old enough to take care of themselves. I suppose Jimmy has got to be quite large boy and Lucinda considerable of a girl.

I want you to write about matters and things as soon as you receive this atrl don't forget that I have not heard from you this twenty months. Get Olive to write for I have almost forgot that I had some frienru. My respects to all who have not entirely forgotten me.

And now praying for the blessings of that Being who guides all our actions, and hoping He will be pleased to have us all meet again, I bid you all farewell.

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From your ever dutiful son Pardon B. Smith


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By the time this Letter was posted OJ Woods Diggings the post office was officially on the books of the Post Office Department. The manuscript cancel is in the same handwriting as the earlier examples,

substantiating the operation of a post office at Woods Diggings prior to the official establishment date. Later in 1852 the post office was closed in favor of the new post office at neighboring Jamestown.

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WESTERN EXPRESS

A scant mile to the east, and not located on any creek, was another camp which took the name Camp (Campo) Seco - Spanish for "dry camp". There were other dry camps around, notably the industrious diggings in Calaveras County, but Camp Seco was the first to obtain a post office when one was established on November 20, 1852, with John H. Richardson as postmaster.

On its best days Camp Seco washed out as much gold as was boasted in nearby Woods Diggings. One incredibly rich pocket yielded 200 ounces in one hour!

In September 1851, Camp Seco was vis ted by Frank Marryat, who left this account in his journal:

"/ was sleeping one night at Camp Seco, a mining village in the southern mines, the houses of which were, for the most part, composed of canvass, the 'balance,' as they say here, being of muslin. The camp was very full, as on the day previous, Sunday, a long-expected fight had come off between a grizzly bear and a cinnamon bear. I

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was 'putting up' with an acquaintance who kept a store in a small canvass house, and he having with true mining generosity, opened a bale of new red blankets for my temporary accommodation, I was soon asleep."

He goes on to relate how in the middle of the night he became aware that he was sharing quarters with the cinammon bear.

The easy placer deposits were being worked out within a few years, and by 1853 more serious mining was starting a short ways to the north, where George F. James and founded a camp known as Jamestown, Jimtown, or American Camp in the first months of the Gold Rush. The site eventually became known as Jamestown. It became clear that it was unnecessary to have two post offices serving the declining camps of Wood's Diggings and Camp Seco while the main activity in mining and town building was at Jamestown, so on August 16,-1853 both of the existing post offices were closed and the Jamestown post office was opened.

A few residences remain at the site of Camp Seco on the sowhern outskirts of Jamestown in 1986. No cancels have been reported from Camp Seco.

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Oak Spring

To the west of Sonora lay Table Mountain, a steep-sided tableland which had the effect of deflecting transportation routes to the north or south. Oak Spring was located near the southern end of Montezuma Flats, and about two miles north of Chinese Camp. At this point Woods Creek had entered a deep ravine that got ever deeper as it flowed southward to its junction with the Tuolumne River at Jacksonville. The easiest route to Sonora from the Central Valley or from Mariposa approached the camp from the southwest through Montezuma Flats, to the west of the the ravine of Woods Creek.

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By 1852 two stage lines operated along this route, one connecting Sonora with Stockton and the other run by Dr. Clarke connecting Columbia via Sonora with Don Pedro's Bar and La Grange.

In 1852 more extensive and deeper gold deposits were located about a mile northwest of Oak Spring on Montezuma flats. Taking advantage of the new strikes directly on a strategic transporation route, James T. Hoyt established the Montezuma House, a prominent stage stop. On March 31, 1854 the post office at Oak Spring was relocated to the Montezuma House and renamed Montezuma, with James Hoyt as P.ostmaster.

Oak Springs manuscript marking. The year is not evident, but it has to be 1853 or earlier.

Montezuma

The main problem with mmmg on the Montezuma Flats was the lack of water. It was well above Woods Creek, which was dry during the summer months anyway. The Montezuma miners were ready subscribers to the Tuolumne Hydraulic Association, whose main ditch was constructed to bring a steady supply of water to the Flats. The ditch began some 25 miles into the mountains at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Its success desrves part of • the credit of the continued existence of the Montezuma post office.

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The Montezuma post office outlasted those of the other camps of the area, though it never became much more than a stopping point. It provided basic mercantile services, and as late as 1862 there was a resident doctor. It was five miles distant from Jamestown, but only three miles from Chinese Camp; but it was at a point where transportation routes had already diverged, so it was not in competition with Chinese Camp for postal business. The post office here lasted until March 8, 1887, except for a one-month period in 1884 when it did not operate.


Montezuma, Tuolwnne co. Cala. May 1,1856

Mr. George J. Lewis, Dear uncle I received yow kind atd interesting letter by the last mail which l1-I1S dated Jan. 17th.

I carefully perused yw letter and indeed I was very glad to hear that you am yow family were well but still I was very sorry to hear of my kind and affectionate mother's illness--- Dear uncle you stated that you hoped there was no ice in the way to prevent corresponding for my JX11t there is none and I hope there is none on either side whatever -- arr:I I cannot give iJ a good excuse to you for not writing sooner only I correspond with so many tku iJ takes a good deal of my leisure time to write -But still it will be a pleasure to me to correspond with you if it is agreeable to you, atd I hope tlru you will forgive me for the past and i will try arr:I do better for the futwe. Dear uncle I see thai you want inforamtion about Cala. and now I will give you as much as I can-- Well you must not think that Cala is a large citty that is paved with Gold nor either is it the dregs of creation. But it is as the Irishman said, California is caJa and nobody else and now I will pictwe it to you just as it is and nothing else, so here we go with the seasons.

Well Cala. in the spring is the most Beautiful and pleasant country that I ever beheld for everything then is in the highth of its Glory from Feb. to the middle of June it is very pleasant atlfi

pretty - it is neither to hot or to cold then. But just first rate lazy weather - But swnmer here is very hot dry ard dusty along about the middle of August it gets very hot. I have know the thermometer to rise to 126 degrees in the shade here. But at night it is always cool and pleasant and a person can sleep with all the comfort imaginable for there is none of them troublesome little insects here (vulgarly) called muskitoes to_ bother them. We never have any rain here in the swnmer season btu winter that is the time tluiJ we get the rain and when it rains it almost comes down by buckers· full - · and between showers is the time for the farmers to do there plowing and sowing their crops. We generally have plenty of mud here in the winter but I suppose that we have not quite as cold weather here in the winter a'i you have in Ohio, I believe that the coldest night that we had here this winter did not frieze ice over a quarrer of an inch thick, and still I live within 20 miles of the sire nevada mountains where the snow and ice now is from 30 to fifty feet deep--- the soil of cal-a is generally of a black loom and from two to three feet deep - and vegetable of all discriptions the largest and best grows here that I have seen in any place that I have been yet - atd here is the contry for fruit of all kinds and I believe that peaches & grapes thrive the best here. I would like for you to see some of the peaches that grow here, and now if I tell you what I have seen here I expect you will hardly believe me although it is the truth. Well I have seen peaches that grew here near as large as your largest apples in Ohio .--- as for timber it is scarce especially in the low lands or valleys and what there is is generally short and scrubby and as the saying is iJ takes about three trees to make wane rail cut. I consists of white oak - pine- schipparel & mansannita -- on the mountains timber is large and tall it is pine - redwood and cedar --

Now for the health of cala. I do not think that it can be beat in uncle sams dominions and thereforre we have not much use for physicians here only in a case of venereal disease once and awhile -- about three fourths of the deaths that happens here is caused by the Bowie Knife or revolver or else by accidents thaJ happens in the mines. I have never kid a days sickness of any kind since I have been in cala. - when /landed here I wayed 152 lbs atd now my standing is 178 lbs. -Now for the prices of produce here I expect it is higher here than it is in ohio -- in the first place everything here in the produce line is sold by the lbs., wheat is 2 111 & 3 cts. lb flow 88 dollars hund. barley 3 cts. as for oats cala is covered with it atd therefore it does not bring a big price corn there is not much growed here but meal is shipped here from the states it is from 4 to 7 dollars per hund. beans 12 112 cts. potatoes 8 cts. twnips 6 cts. cabbage 12 cts. dried apples 30 cts. per lb. peaches I believe is 50 cts. per lb. Green peaches and apples sells here from 25 cts. to 4 dollars a piece-- beef28 cts. pork fresh 22 cts. bacon 30 cts. and hay is from 60 to 80 dollars per ton.

~e. three~page letter ends at this point; because 1t IS unsigned it seems likely there was another page no longer with the others. It is presented here courtesy of Loring Ebersole.

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An early cover from Montezuma, but not the one in which the accompanying letter was sent.

The Sierra Railway later built through Montezuma Flats, just to the ·east of Montezuma. It was too late to revive the town, however, and today the name is all but forgotten. One dwelling

remains at the site, and a little roadway trailing off to the west is designated "Montezuma Lane" by a small sign.

Montezuma in Apri/1988, as seen from the Sierra Railway.

References Gudde, Erwin G. California Gold Camps, Univ. of California Press, 1975. Marryat, Frank. Mountains and Molehills (originally published 1855); New York, 1962. Rensch, H.E. & E.G., and Mildred Brooke Hoover. Historic Spots in California, Stanford University

Press, 1933.

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WESTERN EXPRESS

(CiWgjfM:oNEY ORDERsli@AAttJ

WANTED Express. Company

(Especially Wells Fargo)

Treasure Boxes,

Lanterns, Signs, Locks, Keys

Paper, Etc.

Jim Bartz 25101 Cineria Way El Toro. CA 92630

{714) 768-5503

WANTED

Hawaiian covers or cards for my

personal collection

Ken Greenburg 415 Chapala #205

Santa Barbara CA 93101

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WANTED

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COVERS

OF ·THE WORLD

April 1989

ROBERT A. SIEGEL, INC. 120 East 56th Street New York, NY 10022

U.S. COVERS

.. My stock of covers is strong in al l periods . from stampless to modern. Alabama to Wyoming.

What would· you like to see? ·References, please.

Henry M. Spelman, Ill P.O. Box 645

s., An•lmo, Ca. 9-4960


CALIFORNIA POSTMARKS (through 1935) bv John Williams

88.7 Litchfield Ave. Sebastopol CA 95472

Telephone (707) 823-7102

This issue contains San Mateo and Siskiyou counties. For San Mateo County postmarks we give special thanks to Mark Metkin and Dr. W. Bilyeu. For Siskiyou County our thanks are extended to Bill Helbock and Abner Weed.

For the next issue we will present Humboldt, Klamath, and Modoc counties. Klamath County went out of business on March 28, 1874, so the section will be very small. There are two offices that should have reported cancels for which we do not have examples at this time. These two are Black Bear and Trinidad. If you can supply photocopies for either of

San Mateo County

these offices while they were in Klamath County, the effort would be most appreciated.

You may recall that Bill Helbock did Humboldt county several years ago as the trial county for this project. His effort presented cancels through 1899, however, and our current project goes through 1935. Thus next issue's presentation will update and extend Bill's fine initial effort.

We don't have a whole lot of contributions for Modoc County, so anything you might have in your collection could prove useful.

Siskiyou County

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SAN MATEO COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE KILLER NOTES

BADEN ( 7 MAR 1895 - 14 DEC 1897) P 0 MOVED FROM SO SAN FRANCISCO <RE-ESTABLISHED 16 DEC 1950 AS STA OF SO SAN FRANCISCO - 9 FEB 19741

SAM- 1 1C 26.5 15L 9 AUG 95 26 MAR 97 3

BARZILLA C 5 APR 1891 - 20 JAN 92l NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

BELLVALE (24 APR 1897 - 30 SEP 1922) SAM- 9 1C 27.5 12L 17 JUN 07 31 DEC 10 2 SAM- 13 1C 31.5 18L 15 JUN 12 31 MAY 18 2 4B- 9

BELMAE PARK C 7 JUL 1927 - 1 AUG 1933) NCT LOMITA PARK SAM- 17 1C 32.5 12L 1 OCT 27 20 DEC 32 2 4B-9

BELMONT (19 APR 1856 - 4 SEP 1856) TRANSFERED FROM SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY (15 APR 1857 -OPEN) TO SAN MATEO COUNTY WHEN CREATED.

SAM- 25 HIS 4 FEB 59 19 APR 69 4 SAM- 33 1C 24.0 6L 28 FEB 70* 3 SAM- 41 RMLS 20.5 6L 3 JUN 79* 30 JUN 80* 3 SAM- 45 1C 27.5 10L 9 MAY 81 14 OCT 85 2 SAM- 47 1C 27.5 14L 11 FEB 87 2 SAM- 49 1C 30.0 15L 7 JUL 87 15 AUG 87 2 SAM- 53 1C 27.5 15L 17 APR 95 2 SAM- 55 1C 29.5 13L 18 HAY 03 30 SEP 03 2 EL-53 SAM- 57 1C 29.5 14L 1 NOV 09 13 HAY 13 2 EL-53 SAM- 61 lC 29.5 18L 6 NOV 16 2 EL-53 SAM- 65 lC 29.5 13L 20 JUN 25 28 DEC 31 1 EL-53 SAM- 69 1C 21.5 4L 14 SEP 33 1 OCT 34 1 AMERICAN <FLAG)

BLENHEIM ( 2 DEC 1895 - 15 MAR 1901) WAS COLONY SAM- 73 1C 27.5 llL 17 DEC 97 29 DEC 99 4

BRISBANE C12 MAR 1931 -OPEN> SAM- 77 1C 29.5 10 APR 31 10 SEP 34 1 4B-7

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SAN MATEO COUNT·Y


BURLINGAME SAM- 81 SAM- 85 SAM- 89 SAM- 93 SAM- 97 SAM- 101 SAM- 108 SAM - 110

(25 1C 1C 1C lC 1C lC 1C 1C

AUG 1894 27.5 10L 27.5 12L 30.5 13L 31.0 18L 28.5 12L 25.5 10L 21.0 7L 25.5 6L

- OPEN> 15 HAY 97 5 FEB 00 6 OCT 05 4 JAN 09

23 DEC 10 26 AUG 19 24 DEC 20 31 OCT 27

BURLINGAME "A" (16 OCT 1925 - OPENl SAM - 112 1C 25.5 4L 24 MAR 31

30 HAY 04 9 JUL 08 1 MAR 09

16 MAR 15

8 JUN 35 22 NOV 30

3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

3 MAR 32 1

COLMA (17 OCT 1895 - 31 JAN 1943) WAS COLMA STATION SAM- 116 lC 26.5 16L 11 APR 96 1 SEP 99 3 SAM - 120 · 3C 31.5 jo DEC 99 23 FEB 00 · 3

30.0 22.0 17L

DOANE TY3(7l 48-2 EL- 53 EL-59 AMERICAN EL-59

SAM- 124 1C 28 . 5 15L 9 APR 00 18 APR 03 2 EL-53 SAM - 128 1C 29 .5 17L 21 JAN 09 5 FEB 09 2 EL-53 SAM- 132 1C 30.0 19L 24 NOV 15 11 APR 25 2 EL- 53 SAM - 136 1C 31 .5 20L 1 SEP 27 6 FEB 28 1 48 -9 SAM- 140 1C 30.5 18L 15 JUL 32 21 NOV 3~ 1 48- 11

COLMA STATION (13 JUL 1888 - 16 OCT 1895) WAS SCHOOLHOUSE STA. NCT COLMA SAM- 144 1C 30.5 10L 15 JUN 91 2 AUG 92 4 T&C SAM- 148 1C 26.5 8L 1 JAN 93 18 DEC 94 3

COLONY ( 2 JUL 1894 - 2 DEC 1895) NCT BLENHEIM NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

DALY CITY ( 3 APR 1913 - 30 SEP 1917) WAS VISTA GRANDE. TO BR OF SAN FRANCISCO C30 APR 1954 -OPEN) WAS BRANCH OF SAN FRANCISCIO

SAM- 156 1C 31.5 18L 14 SEP 14 19 DEC 16 2 4B- 9

EASTON (26 NOV 1909 - 29 APR 1916> SAM- 158 S/L 49.0X9.0 15 JAN 10 SAM- 160 lC 31.0 17L 30 MAR 10 SAM- 164 1C 31.5 21L 27 JAN 16

3 7 FEB 13 3

3

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4B- 1 48-9

NOTE 7


SA ~1 - · · H.J S/l. H·· 93 SAM - '1i

SAM- 10 t S/l.t-!- l J.O SAM - 112

S/l.M - 120 SM! ·· 128

SAt': - l 36

EASTO N GROCERY

BY · · · ··- - -- - -- -· - - · ·--

Sll!': · 164

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


EL GRANADA (21 JAN 1909 - 31 AUG 1945) (16 NOV 1948 -OPEN)

SAM- 168 1C 30.5 15L 3 JUL 09 21 MAY 13 3 48-1 SAM- 172 1C 31.5 18L 21 OCT 32 1 48-9 SAM- 176 1C 32.5 14L 28 AUG 34 9 SEP 34 1 48-9

FAIR OAKS ( 8 APR 1867 - 6 JUL 1871 l NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

FARALLONE C16 OCT 1909 - 5 OCT 1918) NCT MONTARA SAM- 184 1C 30.5 16L 25 APR 10 2 OCT 13 3 48-1 SAM- 188 1C 31.5 17L 3 SEP 14 10 NOV 16 2 48-9

GAZOS ( 1 HAY 1882 - 28 HAY 83) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

GRAY (12 MAY 1902 -RESCINDED 25 NOV 1902) POSTMARKS DO NOT EXIST

HALF MOON BAY/HALFMOON BAY C 6 JUN 1861 - 20 SEP 1862) NOTE 1 C29 NOV 1862 - OPENl

SAM- 200 2C 26.5 16 MAY 64 4 14.5 8L

SAM- 204 1C 26.5 4L 13 MAY 65* 3 SAM- 212 1C 24.5 4L 4 MAR 75* 31 MAY 76* 3 SAM- 216 2C 28.5 10 DEC 81 19 JUN 85 3

26.5 14L SAM- 220 2C 29.5 2 MAR 86 3

27.5 12L SAM- 224 1C 28.5 12L 13 MAY 90 18 JUL 92 3 SAM- 228 2C 27.5 3 MAR 94 1 DEC 94 3

26.5 lOL SAM- 232 1C 27.5 8L 28 NOV 96 2 SEP 05 2 SAM- 236 1C 28.5 4L 14 SEP 97 12 DEC 97 2 NOTE 2 SAM- 240 RFD 28.0X15.0 22 FEB 01 11 APR 07 3 TY1 RT 1 & 2 SAM- 248 1C 29.5 8L 29 AUG 08 30 JUN 17 2 EL- 53 SAM- 256 1C 28.5 8L 18 FEB 30 12 MAR 32 1 EL-53 SAM- 260 1C 23.5 6L 25 JAN 31 15 NOV 32 1 COLUMBIA SAM- 264 1C 28.5 9L 16 APR 32 28 JAN 35 1 EL-53

HARRISON (26 JUL 1889 - 31 MAR 1899) C 8 APR 1909 - 15 AUG 1916l (31 OCT 1917 - 31 JUL 1919)

SAM- 268 1C 27.5 llL 19 MAR 92 12 DEC 96 3 SAM- 272 lC 29.5 16L 26 FEB 12 2 4B-1 SAM- 276 1C 31.0 18L 7 MAR 16 2 4B-9

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HALFMOON BAY l

MAR 22 1901 CAL.

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


LA HONDA/LAHONDA (27 MAY 1873 - OPEN> SPELLING, ONE WORD 31 MAY 1894, BACK TO TWO WORDS 22 APRIL 1905.

SAM- 280 M/S 29 JUN 74 26 JUN 77 3 SAM- 284 lC 26.0 llL 19 FEB 81 15 FEB 83 3 SAM- 288 1C 26.5 llL 4 NOV 84 23 AUG 88 3 SAM- 292 lC 27.5 12L 5 MAY 91 2 SAM- 296 lC 27.5 13L 30 JUN 97 20 SEP 98 2 SAM- 300 1C 27.5 12L 5 AUG 00 2 SAM- 304 1C 28.5 12L 4 APR 02 4 AUG 07 2 SAM- 312 1C 30.5 18L 27 JUN 10 27 DEC 16 2 SAM- 316 lC 32.5 18L 20 DEC 20 12 SEP 23 2 SAM- 320 lC 32.5 16L 31 OCT 30 23 DEC 35 1

LOMA MAR ( 7 OCT 1931 - OPEN) SAM- 324 1C 32.5 17L 30 OCT 33 11 SEP 34 1

LOMITA PARK ( 1 . AUG 1933 - 30 JUN 1951) WAS BE.LHAE PARK; SAM- 328 1C 33.5 15L 11 SEP 33 25 SEP 35 1

MENLO PARK < 2 JUL 1870 - OPEN) SAM- 330 M/S 9 AUG 71* 4 SAM- 332 S/L 43.0X4.0 8 OCT 72 4 SAM- 336 1C 25.5 5L 16 MAY 78* 9 NOV 82 3 SAM - 340 1C 26.0 4L 8 NOV 85* 23 JUL 91 2 SAM- 344 1C 28.5 13L 9 AUG 93 6 JUL 95 2 SAM- 348 1C 28.5 13L 7 JUL 97 15 MAR 98 2 SAM- 352 1C 28.5 11L 12 MAR 02 12 SEP 01 2 SAM- 356 1C 28.5 10L 17 NOV 03 16 SEP 10 2 SAM- 364 lC 28.5 llL 29 AUG 12 26 SEP 12 2 SAM- 368 1C 29.5 14L 23 DEC 15 13 APR 18 2 SAM- 372 1C 25.5 9L 7 JUN 21 2 SAM- 376 1C 25.5 llL 29 NOV 30 16 SEP 32 1

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EL-53 48-1 48-9 48-9

48-9

TO BR OF SAN BRUNO · 4B-9

W/WO M/S DATE

EL-53 EL-53 EL-53 EL-59 EL-59

NOTE 6


SAH- 22~

JJ1en!o Park. Cal. $At1- 332

SiW- 32!1

SAM- 3'.)~

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


MILLBRAE < 8 MAR 1866 - 16 JUL 1874) (29 OCT 1875 - OPEN)

SAM- 380 M/S 4 JAN 76 4 SAM- 384 3C 27.5 11 AUG 82 25 OCT 84 3

27.0 16.5 15L

SAM- 388 lC 27.5 llL 28 FEB 92 2 APR 92 3 SAM- 392 1C 27.5 14L 10 SEP 96 11 DEC 04 2 SAM- 396 1C 28.5 10L 3 OCT 05 17 AUG 06 2 DOANE TY2(3) SAM- 398 1C 31.5 19L 28 SEP 07 2 SAM - 400 1C 30.5 18L 11 JUL 11 11 SEP 12 2 4B- 1 SAM- 404 1C 31.5 18L 16 JUL 16 2 4B- 9 SAM- 408 lC 32 . 5 15L 23 SEP 25 1 48- 9 SAM- 410 lC 30.0 15L 28 DEC 28 1 48- 9 SAM- 412 1C 30.5 22 JUL 31 28 JUN 35 1 4B- 7

MONTARA (26 MAY 1908 - 14 SEP 1918) ( 5 OCT 1918 - OPEN) WAS FARALLONE

SAM- 420 1C 31.0 20L 29 MAR 09 24 JUL 17 2 48- 1 SAM- 424 1C 31.5 20L 11 AUG 25 19 JAN 27 2 48- 9 SAM- 428 lC 30.5 24 DEC 31 10 SEP 34 1 4B-7

MOSS BEACH ( 30 MAR 1910 - OPEN> SAM- 430 lC 31.5 14L 7 JUL 10 22 AUG 10 2 48-2 SAM- 432 2C 30.0 11 JUL 13 3 SEP 13 2 5 BAR

20.5 13L SAM- 436 1C 31.5 16L 25 JUN 17 1 NOV 17 2 48- 9 SAM- 440 1C 31. 5 14L 26 JUN 21 2 4B- 9 SAM- 444 lC 31.5 13L 3 SEP 27 23 DEC 31 1 48-·1

PEDRO VALLEY (26 MAY 1915 - 15 JUN 1918) WAS TOBIN < 6 OCT 1937 - 31 MAR 1959) MAIL SERVICE TAKEN OVER BY PACIFICA

ON 1 APRIL 1959. SAM- 448 1C 31.5 13L 20 AUG 15 26 JUL 17 2 48-9

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SA M- 3R4 SAM ·· 388 SAM ··· 3%

SAM- un~ SA~1 - 40 8 SAM- 410

SAM- 4:: SAM- 42 4

SAM- 440

SAM·- 4 4t!

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


PESCADERO (16 MAR 1868 - OPEN) TRANSFERED FROM SANTA CRUZ CO BY BOUNDARY CHANGE SAM- 456 1C 24.5 7L 28 OCT 69 6 APR 72 3 SAM- 460 lC 23.5 6L 28 OCT 74* 3 SAM- 464 1C 24.0 6L 6 AUG 76* 22 OCT 78* 2 SAM- 468 2C 27.5 4 JAN 83 6 HAY 87 3

25.5 9L SAM- 472 2C 29.5 2 OCT 89 30 OCT 93 2

27.5 8L SAM- 476 2C 29.5 14 MAR 93 2

18.5 6L SAM- 484 1C 27.5 12L 14 DEC 96 8 APR 97 2 SAM- 488 1C 27.5 9L 23 NOV 03 2 EL-53 SAM- 490 1C 29.5 llL 7 AUG 04 2 EL-53 SAM- 492 1C 31.5 18L 24 JAN 08 27 JAN 10 2 4B-1 SAM- 496 1C 31.5 16L 24 DEC 13 2 4B-9 SAM- 498 1C 29.5 14L 15 JUN 17 2 EL-53 SAM- 500 1C 29.5 9L 4 SEP 23 16 DEC 25 1 EL-53 SAM- 504 . 1C 21.5 8L 9 NOV 30 17 APR 32 . 1 UNIVERSAL SAM- 508 1C 34.5 16L 31 JUL 33 19 NOV 35 1 48- 11

PIGEON POINT (19 MAR 1874 - 23 SEP 1875l NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

POINT NEW YEAR ( 2 AUG 1872 - 25 MAY 1874) SAM- 516 M/S 11 SEP 72* 5

PORTOLA ( 1 NOV 1894 - 31 JUL 1901) SAM- 520 lC 27 . 5 15L 29 MAR 99 4

PURISSIMA (26 HAY 1868 - 27 AUG 1869) (28 AUG 1872 - 14 FEB 190ll

SAM- 524 2C 23.5 16 OCT 68 25 NOV 73 4 14 . 5 12L

SAM- 532 2C 26.5 19 JUN 85 25 JUN 88 3 15.0 9L

SAM-- 5 36 lC 32.5 16L 5 JUL 93 8 OCT 95 3 SAM - 540 1C 27.5 9L 20 OCT 00 2

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SAM - 460 SA~- ~68

SAM O.l

SAM- SOC

Sf..H·· 520

SA M- 540

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SAN MATEO COUNT.Y


REDWOOD CITY (16 SEP 1856 - OPEN) WAS STEINBERGERS SAM- 544 M/S 4 MAR 57* 9 JAN 63 4 SAM- 548 1C 26.0 5L 21 OCT 63 18 JAN 64* 3 W/WO H/S DATE SAM- 552 2C 30.0 22 DEC 64 8 HAR 67* 3

16.5 7L SAM- 560 lC 25.5 5L 5 HAY 72* 7 MAR 88* 3 SAM- 562 RMLS 21.5 6L 1 FEB 80* 3 SAM- 564 lC 26.5 7L 3 SEP 90 1 JAN 91 2 SAH- 568 lC 27.5 10L 1 AUG 91 16 AUG 93 2 SAM- 572 2C 28.5 15 NOV 94 2 NOTE 3

18.5 7L SAM- 576 1C 27.5 llL 15 NOV 94 4 SEP 97 2 SAM- 580 lC 28.5 8L 26 OCT 00 24 JUN 05 2 EL-53 SAM- 584 RFD 22.0X15.0 18 DEC 01 7 JUL 04 3 TY lC RT 1 & 2 SAM- 588 1C 30.0 10L 9 JAN 06 8 NOV 09 2 EL-53 SAM- 592 2C 31.5 15 FEB 09 . 2

21.0 6L SAM- 596 1C 25.5 6L 23 DEC 09 2 JAN 12 2 EL-59 SAM- 600 1C 26.0 10L 22 MAR 15 13 JUN 16 2 EL-59 SAM- 602 1C 22.5 7L 9 NOV 16 23 DEC 19 1 COLUMBIA SAM- 604 1C 22.5 3L 9 AUG 22 14 JUL 24 1 AMERICAN <FLAG> SAM- 612 1C 20.0 4L 7 OCT 31 25 JAN 35 1 INT'L SAM- 616 1C 29.5 7L 5 MAY 35 1 EL-53

ROCKAWAY (25 MAY 1908 - 2 OCT 1908) NCT ROCKAWAY BEACH SAM- 620 MIS 22 JUL 08 1 AUG 08 3 SAM- 624 lC 31.5 17L 22 AUG 08 3 4B-1

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R.F.D.

Redwood City,

MAR 27 1902

SA~-- ')8(1

SAM-- on SAM- 616

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SAt-!- 572

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CA\...-SAM - %2


SAN MATEO COUNTY


1922) WAS ROCKAWAY ROCKAWAY BEACH C 3 OCT 1908 - 30 SEP <26 JUN 1923 - 31 MAR 1959) HAIL SERVICE TAKEN OVER BY PACIFICA

ON 1 APRIL 1959. SAM- 626 1C 31.5 7L SAM- 628 lC 31.5 10L SAM- 632 1C 31.5 7L

12 AUG 10 5 HAR 17 9 SEP 30

21 AUG 10 2 4B-1 2 4B-9 1 4B-9

SALADA BEACH (10 OCT 1907 SAM- 636 lC 30.5 15L SAM- 638 1C 31.5 12L SAM- 640 1C 31.5 13L SAM- 644 1C 31.5 12L

- 15 AUG 1935) NCT SHARP PARK 10 JUN 09 22 MAR 10 2 31 JUL 11 2 14 OCT 16 2 17 HAY 25 14 AUG 35 1

SAN BRUNO < 6 SEP 1875 - 31 HAY 1890) ~ 1 OCT 1890 - 16 APR 1891) <12 DEC 1891 - 15 AUG 1893) (26 APR 1898 - OPEN>

SAM - 652 3C 32.5 7 SEP 87 4 31.0 18.5 3L

SAM- 656 1C 27.~ lQL 26 JUL 89 3 SAM- 660 lC 27.5 12L 16 MAR 92 3 SAM- 668 1C 27 . 5 7L 14 JUL 04 6 JAN 08 2 SAM- 672 1C 31. 5 19L 10 JUN 08 2 AUG 11 2 SAM- 676 lC 31. 5 18L 24 JUL 12 10 APR 14 2 SAM - 680 lC 29.5 16L 22 DEC 15 18 DEC 18 2 SAM- 688 lC 28.5 12L 23 HAY 28 11 APR 32 1

4B- 1 4B-9 4B-9 4B-9

DOANE 4B- 1 4B-9 EL-53 EL-53

TYU 1)

SAM- 692 lC 23. 0 4L 1 AUG 29 1 J UL 31 1 AMERICAN CFLAGl SAM- 694 1C 21.0 5L 10 JUN 35 1 INT'L

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SAM - 626 SAM- 628 SAM- 632 SAM- 636

SA~ - 6.38 SAH - 644

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


SAN CARLOS ( 6 SEP 1895 - OPEN) SAM- 696 1C 26.5 11L 6 MAR 98 8 SEP 99 3 SAM- 698 1C 28.5 10L 20 FEB 00 3 NOTE 8 SAM- 700 lC 29.5 9L 20 FEB 00 2 JAN 04 2 EL-53 SAM- 704 1C 30.5 14L 8 APR 06 24 FEB 08 2 DOANE TY3(3) SAM- 708 1C 31.5 18L 18 JUN 09 26 DEC 12 2 4B-6 SAM- 712 1C 31.5 19L 1 JUL 13 3 FEB 15 2 4B-1 SAM- 720 lC 31.5 19L 15 JUL 28 28 DEC 31 1 4B-9 SAM- 724 lC 22.5 5L 27 HAY 33 17 SEP 35 1 AMERICAN <FLAG)

SAN GREGORIO ( 3 OCT 1870 - OPEN) SAM- 732 lC 24.5 6L -- AUG 75* -- DEC 76* 3 NOTE 4 SAM- 740 lC 26.5 5L 12 HAY 90 20 FEB 95 2 SAM- 744 lC 28.5 8L 22 SEP 91 2 SAM- 748 2C 31.5 8 MAR 93 22 MAR 93 3

30.0 15L SAM- 752 ·1C 26.5 5L 20 MAR 94 23 MAR 99 ·2 SAM- 756 1C 28.5 7L 20 HAY 01 9 FEB 04 2 SAM- 764 1C 32.5 15L 3 APR 16 11 APR 16 2 48-9 SAM- 772 lC 32.5 12L 9 JUL 30 10 DEC 35 1 48-9 SAM- 776 lC 29.5 23 MAY 31 10 MAR 32 1 4B-7

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SAH - 695 SAM ·· 700

SA~ - 72 4 SAM· 720

:.: i-·.Y. ·.:.; {' :·;M~ · ·; 44

SAH· ?') ~ SAH- 772

SAM- 776

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


SAN MATEO (12 OCT 1857 - 19 OCT 1858) (16 OCT 1861 - OPEN)

SAM- 784 1C 31.5 1 AUG 65 4 SAM- 788 1C 24.0 71. 13 JAN 67 1 SEP 67 3 NOTE 5 SAM- 796 1C 26.0 9L 15 NOV 74 28 APR 78* 3 SAM- 800 2C 35.5 31 JUL 80 18 APR 83 3

33.5 16L SAM- 804 2C 32.5 23 MAY 83 28 FEB 86 3

31.0 9L SAM- 808 2C 25 .5 4 JAN 87 1 MAR 89 3

24.5 6L SAM- 812 1C 26.5 lOL 16 JUL 90 16 SEP 90 2 SAM- 816 1C 28.5 13L 15 JAN 94 8 AUG 96 2 SAM- 820 1C 27.5 12L 3 JUN 97 8 AUG 98 2 SAM- 824 1C 28.5 12L 25 OCT 01 8 JAN 02 2 SAM- 828 1C 29.5 12L 13 NOV 02 24 DEC 06 2 EL-53 SAM- 830 1C 25.5 9L 30 AUG 07 8 JUL .10 2 EL-59 SAM- 832 2C 29.5 11 DEC 08 . 2

18.5 6L SAM- 840 lC 22.0 6L 3 OCT 11 18 OCT 19 1 AMERICAN <FLAG) SAM- 844 1C 25.5 10L 4 DEC 16 1 EL-59 SAM- 848 1C 20.5 5L 20 JUN 21 22 SEP 23 1 UNIVERSAL SAM- 852 1C 20.0 8L 4 JUL 30 10 JUL 35 1 COLUMBIA SAM- 856 1C 24.5 12L 8 FEB 35 1 EL-59

SCHOOLHOUSE STATION/SCHOOL HOUSE STATION (10 FEB 1869 - 13 JUL 1888l NCT COLMA STA SAM- 860 H/S 24 JAN 70 4 SAM- 864 1C 24.5 4L 8 MAR 70* 27 JAN 76 3 SAM- 868 1C 31. 5 5L 15 APR 88 21 MAY 88 3

SEARSVILLE 115 JAN 1858 - 15 AUG 1893) SAM- 872 M/S 22 JUN 59 8 NOV 69 4 SAM - 876 lC 24.5 5L 1 SEP 62* 7 JUN 66* 4 SAM- 880 lC 24.0 7L 16 HAY 75 3 SAM- 888 1C 31.5 16L 11 MAR 90 30 JUN 90 3 SAM- 892 3C 30.5 31 DEC 91 3 APR 93 3

28.5

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St:. ~- 808

: ~ ll ~~ .. :-: . (. ~· ·' u ~ ·>o . ~~ . - ' ......

SAM - 8~;;

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SAM - 816

SAM- 312

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SAN MATEO COUNTY


SHARP PARK ( 15 AUG 1935 - 31 MAR 1959) WAS SALADA BEACH. MAI L SERVICE TAKEN OVER BY PACIFICA ON 1 APR 1959.

SAM- 896 1C 32.5 15L 15 AUG 35 1 4B-9

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ( 1 MAR 1892 - 7 MAR 1895) PO MOVED TO BADEN (14 DEC 1897 - OPEN) MOVED FROM BADEN

SAM- 900 lC 27.5 2L 9 JAN 93 14 JAN 93 3 SAM- 904 1C 27.5 4L 14 NOV 96 26 OCT 02 2 SAM-· 908 1C 30.0 5L 3 HAY 05 2 SAM- 912 1C 29.5 4L 3 APR 15 5 NOV 15 2 EL-53 SAM- 916 1C 29.5 3L 8 JUN 17 29 DEC 17 2 EL-53 SAM- 920 1C 25.5 5L 11 JUL 23 3 OCT 25 2 EL-59 SAM- 924 1C 22.5 2L 24 DEC 25 24 DEC 29 2 AMERICAN <FLAG) SAM- 926 1C 25.5 2L 6 NOV 30 1 EL-61 SAM- 928 1C 25.5 5L 18 NOV 30 7 MAY 35 1 EL-59 SAM- 930 JC 20.5 3L 4 DEC 30 13 DEC 33 .1 INT'L SAM- 934 2C 29.5 5 MAY 33 1

18.5 2L

STEINBERGER$ <19 APR 1856 - 16 SEP 1856) TRANSFERED FROM SAN FRANCISCO. COUNTY WHEN SAN MATEO CO WAS CREATED. NAME CHANGED TO REDWOOD CITY.

SAM- 936 M/S 19 MAY 56 5

TOBIN ( 2 JUL 1894 - 15 MAR 1901l (15 AUG 1908 - 26 MAY 1915l NCT PEDRO VALLEY

SAM- 944 1C 31.5 22L 16 FEB 09 4 MAY 15 2 48-1 SAM- 948 1C 32.5 18L 19 JUL 24 2 4B-9

TORQUAY (10 OCT 1908 - 31 AUG 1911 l SAM- 952 1C 31.5 19L 26 DEC 09 8 MAR 10 3 4B-1

VISITACION ( 3 OCT 1908 - 31 JAN 1914l SAM·- 956 1C 31.5 18L 7 J UL 10 1 OCT 12 3 4B-l

VISTA GRANDE (20 FEB 1908 - 3 APR 1913) NCT DALY CITY SAM- 960 S/L 41.5X5. 0 7 APR 08 3 SAM- 964 lC 31.5 17L 21 APR 08 7 FEB 13 2

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SAM-- 908 .SAM - 912

Sid~ -- 92 4

SAM- 930 SAM- 934

Vista Grande Cal. APR 7- 1908

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SAN MATEO COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE KILLER NOTES ·

WOODSIDE C19 APR 1856 - 31 MAR 1915l TRANSFERED FROM SAN FRAN CO WHEN SAN MATEO CREATED CRE-ESTAB 1 OCT 1949 AS RURAL STA OF REDWOOD CITY)

SAH- 968 M/S 4 SEP 56 22 OCT 62 4 SAM- 972 lC 25.5 6L 1 APR 61 8 FEB 64 3 SAH- 980 1C 26.0 7L 21 HAR 70* 1 HAR 76* 3 SAM- 984 lC 24.5 8L 4 NOV 79 3 SAH- 992 2C 26.5 1 HAY 90 21 JUN 94 3

SAM- 994 1C SAM- 996 lC SAH-1004 1C SAH-1008 1C

17.5 12L 27.5 llL 28.0 13L 30.5 18L 31.5 19L

20 JUL 96 10 DEC 97 5 APR 07 8 JUN 14

30 DEC 05 8 JUL 11

2 2 2 2

AN ASTERISK FOLLOWING A DATE INDICATES IT WAS ESTIMATED

W/WO H/S DATE

4B-6 4B-9

NOTE 1 NOTE 2 - SAM- 236 NOTE 3 - SAM- 572 NOTE 4 - SAM- 732 NOTE 5 - SAM- 788 NOTE 6 - SAM- 340 NOTE 7 - SAM- 158

TWO AND THREE WORD SPELLING IS .INTERMITTANT - USED AS A SENDING CANCEL - USED AS A SENDING CANCEL - CANCELLING DEVICE CONTAINS NEITHER DAY OR YEAR - SAN MATEO SPELLED SAN METEO - ONE WORD TOWN NAME - PROVISIONAL CANCEL USED UNTIL THEIR REGULAR DEVICE WAS

RECEIVED NOTE 8 - SAM- 698 - SAN CARLOS SPELLED SAR CARLOS

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WESTERN EXPRESS April 1989 .

St~M ·- 972 SA~1 ·- 980 :SAM- 9/J4 SAH - 992

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SISKIYOU COUNTY


3 FEB 1888 - 31 JAN 1940) P 0 MOVED FROM WILLOW CREEK 1 1C 26.5 13L 8 JAN 89 14 JUL 90 2 5 1C 26.5 15L 25 NOV 93 7 JUL 96 2 9 1C 27.5 18L 19 MAR 97 12 DEC 00 2

AGER ( SISSISSISSISSISSISSISSIS-

13 1C 28.5 13L 29 JUL 06 21 MAR 10 2 17 1C 31.5 22L 16 OCT 09 23 APR 15 2

DOANE TY2(3) 4B-1

21 1C 31.5 18L 22 MAR 18 22 DEC 23 2 48-9 25 1C 31.5 23L 4 JUN 30 17 FEB 31 1 4B-9 29 lC 32.5 21L 22 MAR 33 1 4B-9

AlDENVILLE (13 APR 1871 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 33 M/S 21 FEB 73 23 SEP 73* 3

ALGOMAH ( 9 AUG 1902 - 31 DEC 1909) SIS- 37 1C 28 . 5 12L 26 MAY 05 24 AUG 09 2

BALL (15 SEP 1880 - 29 DEC 1881) NCT BALL'S RANCH ( 6 JUL 1894 - 15 AUG 1906) WAS BALL'S RANCH

NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

BALL'S RANCH ( 6 APR 1888 - 15 HAY 1894) WAS BALL NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

BARTLE (26 OCT 1906 - 15 MAR 1911> P 0 MOVED FROM GLAZIER (18 MAR 1915 - 31 JUL 1924)

SIS- 49 1C 30.0 20L 23 FEB 11 2 4B-1 SIS- 53 1C 31.5 18L 25 JUL 17 2 48-9 SIS- 57 1C 28.5 18L 28 JUL 24 2 48-2

BEND < 2 FEB 1889 - 31 JUL 1890) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED. SALLEY REPORTS NO RECORD OF OPERATION. FRICKSTADT REPORTS "NO PAPERS". IT IS LIKELY THAT POSTMARKS DO NOT EXIST.

BERRYVALE <15 APR 1870 - 29 OCT 1888) P 0 MOVED AND NCT SISSON SIS- 65 M/S 4 MAR 74 10 SEP 75 3 SIS- 73 2C 31.5 5 SEP 83 3

29.5 15L SIS- 77 S/L 29 X 10 4L 5 OCT 85 4 SIS- 81 2C 29.5 22 FEB 86 29 JAN 88 2

27.5 lOL

T&C

SIS- 85 1C 27.5 10L 30 NOV 88 2 NOTE 1

BESWICK (18 APR 1882 - 15 MAY 1947) SIS- 89 M/S 29 SEP 84 2 SEP 85 3 SIS- 93 2C 32.5 18 FEB 86 3

31.0 17L SIS- 97 lC 27.5 15L 14 AUG 87 2 SIS- 101 lOV 32.5 22 MAY 88 9 JUL 90 4 T&C

22.5 7L SIS- 105 20T 30.0X30.0 19 JUN 92 18 JAN 96 3

27.5X27.5 16L SIS- 109 1C 27.5 12L 26 FEB 00 2

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STS-

SIS- 21

SiS - 0

BERRYVALE OC T 5 188!>

S ISKIYOU CO. CAL .

. --: • S . ., 'I

SIS- '.~7

Si:S- :;

i'• ~ . • -."\_.;:} - v.L

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!JIJ- 9 SIS- :.3 SIS- 1. .,

s:s- 29

SIS- '13

s:s- ~5

SIS·- i.O~)

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SISKIYOU COUNTY


BESWICK CONTINUED SIS- 113 1C 31.5 17L 27 JAN 06 19 SEP 06 2 4B-l SIS- 117 lC 31.0 20L 8 JUN 07 2 JUL 08 2 DOANE TY3(2l SIS- 121 1C 31.0 20L 12 OCT 09 10 JAN 14 2 4B-1 SIS- 125 1C 31.5 20L 24 DEC 15 11 FEB 21 2 4B- 9 SIS- 129 1C 31.5 18L 29 JUL 24 2 4B-9

BIG FLAT ( 3 APR 1935 - 15 OCT 1941) ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS BEING ESTABLISHED IN TRINITY CO. POD CORRECTED 10 SEP 1937

SIS- 137 1C 32.5 18L 11 JUN 35 18 JUL 35 2 4B-9

BLACK BEAR/BLACKBEAR (28 MAR 1874 - 30 AUG 1941) ASSIGNED TO SISKIYOU CO WHEN KLAMATH CO DISMEMBERED. ONE AND TWO WORD SPELLING IS INTERMITTANT.

SIS- 141 2C 24.5 6 JAN 75 4 14.0 5L

SIS- 145 lC 28.5 14L 4 OCT 77 21 JUN 79 3 SIS- 149 H/S 8 OCT 80 .3 SIS- 157 2C •32. 5 14 JUN 91 3

30.5 13L SIS- 161 lC 27.5 13L 10 OCT 99 15 MAR 00 2 SIS- 165 S/L 3l.OX3.0 30 APR 00 3 SIS- 169 1C 31.0 17L 17 FEB 08 14 DEC 35 1 48-6

BLUE NOSE (. 1 JUN1917- 31 AUG 19271 SIS- 173 lC 31.5 17L 13 NOV 17 5 FEB 27 2 4B-9

BOGUS (22 SEP 1876 - 31 DEC 1913) SIS- 181 1C 26.5 12L 3 AUG 83 2 SEP 91 2 SIS- 185 1C 27.5 14L 30 MAR 94 23 MAR 96 2 SIS- 189 1C 31. 5 15L 3 OCT 07 18 SEP 12 2 DOANE TY3 (2)

BRADNACK (27 JUN 1913 - 30 JAN 1915) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

BRAY (20 MAR 1909 - 1 DEC 19671 SIS- 197 1C 31. 5 22L 26 JUL 09 15 JAN 20 2 48-1 SIS- 201 1C 31.5 19L 8 AUG 19 2 48- 9 SIS- 205 1C 31. 5 21L 18 NOV 30 19 JAN 35 1 4B-9

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s:s- :13 SIS - l:t:i. SIS- 1 :~5

. . ... ... .. , ~

.:_; .j . ")·· ... t, ";

s:~- 161

SlS - ~~ -~ s::s- 1es SIS- id~:.

SIS- 197 SIS - 205

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SISKI YOU COU N TY

TOWN/ NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE KI LLER NOTES

BROWNELL <15 JAN 1892- 15 J UN 1912) SIS- 213 1C 27 . 5 9L 10 MAY 00 SIS- 217 lC 28.5 8L 12 SEP 06 SIS- 221 1C 31.0 19L 9 MAY 07

10 AUG 02 2 6 APR 07 2

2 DOANE TY1(3) 4B-2

CADILLAC (23 AUG 1889 - 26 APR 1891) P 0 MOVED AND NCT HORNBROOK SIS- 229 1C 27.5 12L 26 MAR 90 4

CALLAHAN ( SIS- 233 SIS- 237 SIS- 241 SIS- 245 SIS- 249 SIS- 257

1 JUN 1892 - OPEN) WAS CALLAHANS RANCH lC 27.5 13L 9 DEC 92 15 FEB 96 1C 27.5 12L 3 MAR 98 9 OCT 01 lC 29.5 14L 26 MAR 06 1C 31 . 5 20L 22 AUG 08 1C 31.5 18L 10 APR 13 1C 32.5 17L 20 NOV 30

25 APR 12 24 JUL 25 13 APR 35

CALLAHANS RANCH/CALLAHAN ' S RANCH/CALLAHAN RANCH

SIS- 261 MIS 13 MAY 59 25 AUG 13 SIS- 265 lC 25.5 SL 8 JUL 61 8 FEB 65 SIS- 269 1C 24.5 l OL 21 MAR 68* SIS-- 273 lC 24 . 5 SL 3 JUN 74* SIS- 277 1C 24.0 5L 5 J UL 76 SIS- 281 lC 25 . 5 2L 18 MAR 77 18 APR 79 SIS- 285 2C 32.5 5 NOV 81 1 J UN 82

31.0 12L SIS- 289 2C 32.5 16 APR 83 24 JUN 84

31.0 14L SIS- 293 2C 32.5 15 JAN 89

31.0 14L SIS- 297 2C 26 .0 . 19 NOV 89 25 APR 90

17 .5 7L

CALOR ( 5 JUN 1918 - 31 DEC 1930) SIS- 301 lC 31. 5 16L 20 JUN 21 19 JUL 25

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2 2 2 2 2 1

EL-53 48-1 48-9 48-9

(15 FEB 1858 - 31 MAY NCT CALLAHAN

.3 3 3 3 3 3 3

3

3

3

2 4B-9

1892)

· NOTE. 2

NOTE 3

T&C

'


srs- 213 ~;IS -· 21'/ Sis- 221 SIS-· 229

SIS· ~~ 3 3 c: t r.::- •") ·:. ·~ ··" .. :... ·. :~I S- 245 SIS- 249

3i S-· 269 SIS- ' "1 ... ~ .. : , j

SIS- L':J 7

SIS- 27? SIS- 2SS

SIS- 301

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE· KILLER

CANTARA (27 SEP 1902 - 15 FEB 1916l SIS- 305 1C 27.5 llL 8 OCT 03 3 JUL 06 2 SIS- 309 1C 30.5 20L 18 DEC 07 10 JUL 11 2 4B-2 SIS- 313 1C 31.5 19L 24 JUL 14 29 JUL 15 2 4B-9

CATARACT < 6 SEP 1899 - 14 OCT 1903) SIS- 317 1C 27.5 10L 17 FEB 00 4

CECILVILLE (25 JUN 1879 - 4 AUG 1972) SIS- 321 HIS 28 FEB 82 3 SIS- 329 1C 27.5 lOL 23 APR 95 2 SIS- 333 1C 27.5 10L 18 FEB 01 2 SIS- 341 1C 28.5 9L 20 NOV 12 2 EL-53 SIS- 349 1C 30.5 llL 26 JUN 22 2 EL-53 SIS- 357 lC 32.5 15L 18 DEC 33 6 DEC 35 1 4B-9

CEDARVILLE <22 DEC 1869 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 361 1C 23.5 6L 2 FEB 73* 3

CHERRY HILL < 4 APR 1902 - 31 OCT 1902) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

CLEAR CREE.K ( 22 MAY 1934 - 31 AUG 1963 l SIS- 369 lC 32.5 13L · 21 JUN 34 7 JUL 34 1 4B-9

COLES (30 MAR 1888 - 6 JUL 1903) P 0 MOVED AND NCT HILTS SIS- 373 lC 27.5 15L 20 NOV 92 28 APR 03 2

COPCO < 8 JUL 1914 - 15 MAY 1954) SIS- 377 1C 31.5 18L 18 JAN 15 SIS- 385 1C 32.5 16L 28 JUL 30

26 FEB 17 2 20 NOV 30 1

4B-9 4B-9

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NOTES

COPPER ( 5 JUN 1914- 15 NOV 1924) P 0 MOVED INTO JACKSON CO., OREGON SIS- 389 1C 31.5 20L 27 OCT 17 20 FEB 18 3 4B- 9

CORBETT C 7 OCT 1892 - 31 AUG 1896) WAS OTEY'S RANCH SIS- 393 lC 26.5 12L 4 FEB 93 4

COTTAGE GROVE (21 JAN 1875 - 15 NOV 1898) PREVIOUSLY OPERATED IN KLAMATH CO. THE LOCATION WAS TRANSFERRED TO SISKIYOU CO WHEN KLAMATH CO WAS DISMEMBERED, 28 MAR 1874

SIS- 401 RMLS 29.5 8L 27 JAN 93 3 AUG 95 4 SIS- 405 1C 27.5 10L 20 NOV 97 3

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s1 s- 3CS SIS- 309 SIS- 313 SIS- )~7

s:s- 329 Sl S·- 333

SIS- 361

s: > .•;: . -..

::; ... -~· .... .i ·*

s:s- 40l SIS- 40')

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE KILLER

CROY (26 JAN 1907 - 15 SEP 1913) SIS- 409 1C 31.0 21L 12 OCT 09 SIS- 413 lC 31.5 18L 30 DEC 12

CRYSTAL CREEK (31 JAN 1871 - 30 SEP 1873) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

2 2

DAGGET (31 MAR 1881 - 28 FEB 1883) P 0 MOVED AND NCT JORDAN NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

DORRIS (19 JUL 1907 - OPEN) P 0 MOVED FROM PICARD SIS- 425 lC 31.0 20L 15 APR 08 7 MAR 14 2 SIS- 429 lC 28.5 17L 3 FEB 18 2 SIS- 433 1C 28.5 17L 18 JUN 18 2 SIS- 441 1C 28.5 18L 19 FEB 30 6 DEC 30 1 SIS- 445 1C 29.5 18L 10 HAY 32 1

4B-6 4B-9

4B- 1 EL-53 EL-53 EL-53 EL-53

DORRIS BRIDGE ( 1 DEC 1871 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 449 M/S 17 JUL 73 4

DUNSMUIR (28 NOV 1887 - OPEN> P 0 MOVED FROM MANNON SIS- 45 3 2C 31.5 18 JAN 89 7 MAR 89 4

29 .5 15L SIS- 457 1C 26.5 llL 5 APR 91 11 OCT 91 2 SIS- 461 1C 28.5 14L 23 APR 94 25 JAN 00 2 SIS- 465 1C 28.5 llL 15 DEC 00 19 MAR 10 2 EL-53 SIS- 469 1C 28.5 12L 10 AUG 17 2 EL-53 SIS- 477 lC 25.5 lOL 30 JUN 25 6 OCT 28 2 EL-59 SIS- 481 lC 20.0 4L 11 AUG 31 8 JUL 33 1 INT'L SIS- 485 lC 27.5 12L 14 MAR 34 1 EL-59

EAGLEVILLE (10 JUL 1868 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 489 1C 23.5 6L 17 DEC 72* 3

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T&C

EDGEWOOD/EDGWOOD (15 APR 1870 - 2 JUL 1964) TO RURAL STA OF WEED. SPELLING CHANGED TO EDGEWOOD 28 AUG 1902

SIS- 493 H/S 21 MAR 74 28 DEC 79 4 SIS- 501 1C 24.5 9L 1 JUL 84 27 APR 85 3 SIS- 505 lC 27.5 llL 8 SEP 89 2 SIS- 509 1C 27.5 12L 15 JUN 91 7 HAY 97 2 SIS- 513 1C 27.5 13L 16 NOV 97 2

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SIS-- 409 SIS- 425 Si 5-- 4 29

SIS- 445 SI S·- ·!5 3

S!S-· ~-7 .. . ... ,. ~ . . ) ... ·-·- ; t '

:_; : s- 421 SlS- 477

STS- 50: s:s- so5

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EDGEWOOD CONTINUED SIS- 517 1C 27.5 14L 16 APR 00 15 JAN 01 2 EL- 53 SIS- 525 1C 29.5 14L 4 MAR 07 2 AUG 13 2 EL-53 SIS- 529 1C 31.5 15L 15 JUL 25 22 JUL 30 2 4B-9 SIS- 533 lC 30.0 18 JUN 31 27 APR 34 1 4B-7

EILEEN (31 JUL 1907 - 30 OCT 1909) SIS- 537 1C 31.5 21L 13 DEC 07 2 HAY 08 2 4B-1

ELKLAWN (31 HAY 1888 - · 31 DEC 1897) SIS- 545 1C 27.5 15L 19 FEB 89 1 AUG 93 4

ETNA C 1 OCT 1924 - OPEN) WAS ETNA HILLS SIS- 549 1C 25.5 12L 23 DEC 25 2 EL-59 SIS- 553 1C 28.5 17L 19 JUN 30 18 DEC 32 1 EL-53 SIS- 557 1C 26.0 16L 13 MAY 33 30 NOV 35 1 EL-60

ETNA HILLS C10 JAN 1861 - 30 SEP 1924 >

SIS- 561 1C 33.5 5L 7 JUL 61 4 NOV 61 4 SIS- 565 H/S 16 MAR 63 12 JAN 71 3 NOTE 4 SIS- 569 1C 23.0 6L 22 MAY 72 8 MAY 78 3 SIS- 573 l C 28.5 l OL 5 JUN 81 3 SIS- 577 2C 32.5 13 SEP 82 12 SEP 83 3

30.5 16L SIS- 581 1C 26.5 6L 17 APR 85 5 FEB 87 2 SIS- 585 2C 32.5 11 AUG 85 2

30.5 16L SIS- 589 1C 27.5 llL 2 OCT 91 4 FEB 93 2 SIS- 593 lC 28.5 13L 4 SEP 97 12 FEB 02 2 SIS- 597 1C 29.5 llL 1 MAR 04 3 OCT 04 2 EL- 53 SIS- 601 2C 29.5 6 OCT 05 2

18.5 9L SIS- 605 lC 30.5 15L 29 HAY 06 10 APR 14 2 DOANE TY3C13)

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St S ·- S2S

S I.-;- ~, q ··, SIS- 5J7

SIS- 577

s:s- J93 SIS·- S<J7

SJ S-· 5~9

s: s- ~~9

SI S·· 60 1

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SI S- 533

' ' "T . , ' r. r: ") ::: J.:, . .) .) ....


SISKIYOU COUNTY


ETNA MILLS CONTINUED SIS- 609 lC 29.5 16L 28 MAR 15 10 FEB 21 2 EL-53 SIS- 613 1C 25.5 6L 29 HAY 24 18 SEP 24 2 EL-59

FORESTVALE (15 SEP 1880 - 25 MAR 1881) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

FORKS OF SALMON (28 MAR 1874 - OPEN) ASSIGNED TO SISKIYOU WHEN KLAMATH CO DISMEMBERED.

SIS- 625 1C 28.5 6L 1 JUN 83 12 MAR 84 3 SIS- 629 lC 28.5 8L 27 JAN 92 3 SIS- 633 1C 27.5 9L 13 DEC 99 3 SIS- 637 lC 31.5 6L 4 NOV 06 25 SEP 11 2 4B-1 SIS- 641 1C 31.5 9L 23 APR 14 10 FEB 16 2 4B-9 SIS- 649 1C 32.5 7L 25 DEC 31 15 JUN 35 1 4B-9

FORT BIDWELL C14 APR 1868 - · 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 653 M/S 18 JUN 69 5 SIS- 657 2C 33.5 1 NOV 70 12 FEB 71 4

21. 5 14L

FORT GOFF C15 FEB 1858 - 24 MAR 1862) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED.

FORT JONES C19 NOV 1860 - OPEN> WAS OTTITIEWA SIS- 665 M/S 6 JUN 61 17 SEP 61 SIS- 669 1C 25.5 8L 13 DEC 63 12 SEP 74 SIS- 673 2C 32.5 28 AUG 82 26 JUN 88

31.5 16L SIS- 677 1C 26.5 8L 13 OCT 88 26 OCT 88 SIS- 681 2C 32.5 20 FEB 91 12 OCT 93

31.0 13L SIS- 685 1C 28.5 13L 21 FEB 94 23 JUL 96 SIS- 689 3C 28.5 30 JUL 97 17 SEP 98

26.5 17.5 14L

SIS- 693 1C 28.5 13L 17 DEC 99 SIS- 697 1C 30.0 12L 16 MAR 02 13 JUL 05 SIS- 701 RFD 24.5){5 8L 22 MAR 03 17 JUN 08 SIS- 70~ lC 29.5 11L 14 SEP 07 21 JUN 09 SIS- 709 RFD 24.5){5 8L 17 MAY 09 19 MAY 10

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4 2 2

2 2

2 2

2 2 2 2 2

EL-53 TY2FC RTU EL-53 TYFD C RTU NOTE 5

WESTERN EXPRESS

s:s- £>:)3

SIS- 657

$1$- 581

~;)S - 697

R.F. D.

MAR 6 1 P.M. 1904 !=OAT JONE5,

CAL.

SIS- 701

:::rs- 62S

SIS- 6~1

SlS- 673

SIS - 705

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SIS- 677

S!S - 693

MAY 12 P. M.1910 FORT JONE:.S

1 CAL.

~IS- 709


SISKIYOU COUNTY


FORT JONES CONTINUED SIS- 713 lC 29.5 13L 12 FEB 11 2 EL-53 SIS- 717 1C 29.5 llL 12 JAN 19 9 DEC 19 2 EL-59 SIS- 725 1C 28.5 9L 18 NOV 30 23 DEC 35 1 EL-53 SIS- 729 1C 27.5 llL 20 HAY 33 1 EL-51

GAZELLE <15 APR 1870 - 22 JAN 1872) (25 APR 1872 - OPEN)

SIS- 733 M/S 26 JUL 70 24 JAN 98 2 SIS- 737 3C 27.5 3 JAN 80 28 OCT 84 3

25.5 18.0 14L

SIS- 741 20T 32.0X29.0 22 JAN 92 23 DEC 93 3 T&C 30.0 27.0 15L

SIS- 745 1C 27.5 12L 12 NOV 93 23 JUL 94 2 SIS- 749 1C 28.0 15L 19 OCT 96 20 FEB 00 2 SIS- 753 2C 28.5 31 JAN 98 16 JUL 98 2 NOTE 6

18.5 llL SIS- 757 1C 29.5 13L 14 JAN 07 2 EL-51 SIS- 761 1C 30.5 20L 27 DEC 07 11 SEP 12 2 4B-1 SIS- 765 1C 31.5 20L 25 OCT 17 2 4B-9 SIS- 769 1C 28.5 12L 11 JUN 22 5 AUG 31 2 EL-53

GILTA <18 OCT 1892 - 15 APR 1915) SIS- 773 2C 28.0 16 JAN 98 1 HAY 98 4 T&C

17.5 9L SIS- 781 1C 31.5 21L 14 MAR 15 3 4B-9

GLAZIER <20 AUG 1888 - 26 OCT 1906) NCT BARTLE SIS- 785 1C 28.5 15L 26 AUG 93 3 SIS- 789 lC 26.5 12L 16 JUN 00 27 AUG 00 2

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s~s- 717 SIS- 725 SI 5- 729

s~s - 737

SIS - ;r ..

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WESTERN EXPRESS

SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK

GOTTVILLE ( 9 AUG 1887 -SIS- 793 1C 26.5 9L SIS- 797 1C 28.0 9L SIS- 801 1C 32.5 19L SIS- 805 lC 32.5 18L

EARLIEST

2 JUL 1934) 30 NOV 91 18 JUL 04

3 FEB 13 3 MAY 32

GRASS LAKE ( 1 AUG 1906 - 30 NOV 1906) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

GREENVIEW C 2 JUN 1900 - OPEN) SIS- 813 1C 28.5 11L 1 NOV 01 SIS- 817 1C 31.0 18L 26 JAN 08 SIS- 821 lC 31.5 13L 16 JUL 25

GRENADA C27 APR 1917 -OPEN) SIS- 825 lC 31.5 18L 25 AUG 18 SIS- 829 1C l9.5 14L 22 NOV 23

LATEST VALUE

NCT KLAMATH RIVER 2 OCT 02 2

24 JUN 09 2 29 APR 18 2 30 JUN 34 1

2 10 JUN 23 2 15 JAN 35 1

2 26 MAY 34 1

HAMBURG (22 MAR 1886 - 15 JUN 1954) WAS HAHBURGH BAR SIS- 833 lC 29.5 10L 7 APR 89 2 SIS- 837 lC 31.5 16L 2 DEC 92 2 SIS- 841 FANC 33.0X26.5 6 FEB 93 9 NOV 98 4

30.5X24.0 12L SIS- 845 1C 27.5 12L 28 FEB 03 2 SIS- 849 lC 27 .5 lOL 13 SEP 04 25 DEC 08 2 SIS- 853 1C 32.5 18L 22 JUL 09 24 SEP 14 2 SIS- 857 lC 31.5 19L 7 MAY 18 20 JUL 25 2 SIS- 859 1C 31.5 19L 19 DEC 30 1

HAMBURGH BAR ( 5 APR 1878 - 21 MAR l886l NCT HAMBURG SIS- 861 lC 28.0 8L 11 OCT 83 26 JAN 86 3

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KILLER NOTES

DOANE TY2C2) 4B-9 4B-9

48-2 4B-1

4B-9 EL-53

DOANE TY1(2) 48-1

48-1


SIS- 805

s:s- S4l

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SISKIYOU COUNTY


HAPPY CAMP (11 MAR 1887 -OPEN) WAS DEL NORTE CO. INTO SISKIYOU CO BY BOUNDARY CHANGE SIS- 869 1C 27.5 9L 9 APR 89 30 MAR 96 2 SIS- 873 1C 31.5 17L 24 SEP 91 2 SIS- 877 1C 28.5 10L 4 OCT 02 13 OCT 30 2 EL-53

HAWKINSVILLE ( 2 OCT 1888 (18 JUN 1895

SIS- 889 1C 27.5 6L SIS- 897 1C 28.0 7L SIS- 901 1C 31.5 13L

- 31 JUL 1890) - 30 JUN 1913)

1 FEB 96 1 DEC 07 10 DEC 09 2 MAR 12

HENLEY ( 3 JAN 1856 - 31 OCT 1912) SIS- 905 M/S 23 JUN 57 23 NOV 68 SIS- 909 1C 24.0 lOL 30 AUG 69 9 MAR 72 SIS- 917 2C 27.5 11 APR 82 11 JAN 85

26.0 8L SIS- 921 1C 28.5 15L 8 APR 89 24 MAY 90 SIS-· 925 lC 32.5 17L 27 OCT 91 SIS- 933 1C 27.5 13L 9 JUN 01 SIS- 937 1C 28.0 14L 6 NOV 07 17 APR 10

3 2 2

3 3 3

3 3 2 2

HILTS ( 6 .JUL 1903 - 30 JUN 1967l WAS COLES. NCT HILT SIS- 941 1C 27.5 16L 26 JAN 04 2 SIS- 945 lC 31. 5 22L 22 DEC 07 7 JUL 11 2 SIS- 949 1C 31.5 20L 23 MAR 15 5 APR 15 2 SIS- 953 1C 28.5 18L 20 SEP 20 23 DEC 20 2 SIS-· 957 lC 29.5 17L 10 NOV 24 1 SIS- 961 lC 31.5 21L 12 SEP 25 16 NOV 27 1 SIS- 965 lC 30.5 20 DEC 30 3 MAR 32 1 SIS- 969 lC 32.5 15L 29 NOV 32 1 SIS- 973 1C 29.5 19L 5 JUL 35 1

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EL-53 48-9

EL-53

48-6 48-9 EL-53 EL-53 48-9 4B-7 4B-9 EL-59

T&C


s:s- BG:J Si:S- e:.:· :-i .. ~· en SiS- 889 ST.S· S<l7

SIS- ?.2:

SIS- 901

s:s- 9J7

-J~ :.... ,._ .. ......... .· .. ;:,.._ .:::; - ·;t:- :_:

....... · . . :~ .;- ;:~; _ c:- ~ .... ...... )t.; ~

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WESTERN EXPRESS

SISKIYOU COUNTY


HONOLULU ( 2 DEC 1881 - 26 JUN 1885) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

HORNBROOK (27 APR 1891 -OPEN) WAS CADILLAC SIS- 977 1C 27.5 10L 31 JUL 91 3 SIS- 981 1C 28.5 16L 23 DEC 93 27 HAR 96 3 SIS- 985 1C 27.5 llL 1 FEB 98 17 HAY 99 2 SIS- 989 1C 28.5 llL 15 OCT 06 16 MAR 09 2 EL-53 SIS- 993 1C 31.5 16L 13 JUN 09 30 APR 10 2 4B-1 SIS- 997 1C 31.5 16L 26 JAN 12 11 APR 15 2 4B-9 SIS-1001 1C 31.5 14 NOV 16 30 OCT 18 2 4B-9 SIS-1009 1C 29.5 12L 23 MAR 31 1 EL-53 SIS-1013 1C 22.5 8L 14 JUL 33 1 COLUMBIA

HORSE CREEK/HORSECREEK C26 JAN 1907 - 14 OCT 1911) ONE WORD SPELLING ( 2 APR 1930 - OPEN) TWO WORD SPELLING

SIS- 1021. lC 30.5 17L · 23 DEC 08 6 JAN 09 . 3 4B-1 SIS- 1025 1C 31.5 12L 2 APR 30 26 JUL 32 1 4B- 9

HOT SPRINGS (28 DEC 1871 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

HUMBUG ·CREEK (29 JAN 1861 - 18 DEC 1862) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

HUTTON (26 MAY 1906 - 31 JAN 1914) SIS- 1037 1C 30.5 18L 25 JAN 08 16 JAN 09

IGERNA ( 7 JUN 1888 - 31 DEC 1912) SIS- 1041 lC 27.5 15L 15 JAN 89 23 APR 92 SIS- 1045 1C 27.5 16L 11 NOV 93 SIS- 1049 lC 27.5 15L 13 HAY 98 10 FEB 99 SIS- 1053 1C 27.5 13L 14 JUL 99 26 JUN 00 SIS- 1061 1C 29.5 16L 6 JUL 07 1 JUL 11

JOEBAR ( 4 JAN 1904 - RESCINDED 30 APR 1904) POSTMARKS DO NOT EXIST

JORDAN C28 FEB 1883 - 20 OCT 1888) WAS DAGGET NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

KLAMATH MILL C 1 APR 1875 - 18 DEC 1882) SIS- 1069 1C 25.5 3L 23 APR 78 2 SEP 82

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2 48-1

3. 2 2 2 2 EL-53

3

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NOTES


SIS - 977 $I~; .. ')8 1 SIS- Y89 SIS - 993

~;r 3··1009

::;~ .-; .. - : :J(~ ~J

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WESTERN EXPRESS

SISKIYOU COUNTY


KLAMATHON C 4 JUN 1897 - 30 MAR 1918) SIS-1073 1C 26 . 5 11L 2 SEP 97 SIS- 1077 1C 28.5 10L 8 FEB 03 SI S- 1081 1C 31.5 18L 22 DEC 10 SIS-1085 lC 31.5 16L 3 OCT 17

WAS POKEGAHA 16 APR 99 3 27 MAR 03 2 23 SEP 11 2

2

KLAMATH RIVER ( 2 JUL 1934 - OPEN ) WAS GOTTVILLE

EL-53 4B-9 48-9

SIS- 1089 1C 33.5 lOL 9 JUL 34 21 MAR 35 1 4B- 9

LAKE CITY (26 AUG 1868 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS-109 3 lC 24.0 7L 21 NOV 69 11 FEB 71 3

LAVA BED C31 HAY 1880 - 5 FEB 1883) C 3 OCT 1884 - 18 JUN 1886)


LITTLE SHASTA SIS-110 1 1C SIS-1105 lC SIS-1109 1C SIS- 1113 1C

C 7 MAR 1888 - 30 SEP 27.5 5L 7 HAY 90 27.5 9L 24 FEB 99 31.0 12L 15 MAR 07 31.5 14L 22 DEC 13

MACDOEL C 7 AUG 1907 ~ OPEN> SIS-1117 1C 31.0 19L 28 DEC 08 SIS-1121 1C 31. 5 19L 29 OCT 12 SIS-1129 1C 30.5 27 APR 31

1920) WAS MOUNT SHASTA 28 HAY 90 3 2 AUG 04 2

24 DEC 12 2 9 NOV 16 2

5 OCT 09 2 22 SEP 13 2 31 DEC 35 1

MANNON (10 NOV 1886 - 28 NOV 1887) NCT DUNSMUI R SIS-113 3 2C 30.5 13 JUN 87 8 AUG 87 4

28.5 llL

HARS YLLO (16 MAR 1907 - RESCINDED 9 DEC 1907) POSTMARKS DO NOT EXIST

MATTHEWS ( 4 APR 1899 - 30 NOV 1900) SIS-1137 1C 28.0 9L 24 FEB 00

HAYTEN (18 HAY 1887 - 30 JUN 1919l SIS- 1145 1C 26.5 19L 18 MAR 03 SIS- 1149 1C 30. 5 20L 15 APR 08

4

1 HAY 08 2 7 MAR 16 2

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SIS-1089

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SIS-J 08 1

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McADAMS (28 MAR 1881 - 11 MAY. 1882) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

McCLOUD C24 MAY. 1898 -OPEN> SIS- 1157 M/S 20 JUL 98 4 SIS-1161 1C 27.5 12L 6 MAY 02 3 SIS-1165 lC 27.5 13L 7 AUG 05 22 MAR 17 2 EL-53 SIS-1169 1C 28.5 14L 7 APR 24 6 JUL 28 2 EL- 53 SIS- 1173 1C 20 . 0 7L 26 SEP 29 18 NOV 35 1 UNIVERSAL

McCOOK (19 APR 1892 - 29 SEP 1894) <19 JUN 1899 -RESCINDED 6 SEP 1899)


MONTAGUE (15 JUN 1887 - OPEN> SIS-1181 lC 27.5 8L 24 SEP 87 3 SIS-1185 · lC 27.5 9L t5 JAN 91 4 NOV 93 . 2 SIS'-1189 1C 28 . 0 12L 15 MAR 93 22 FEB 94 2 SIS-1193 lC 27.5 15L 3 MAR 98 16 APR 01 2 SIS- 1197 1C 29.5 13L 24 AUG 05 24 JAN 08 2 EL- 53 SIS-1 201 1C 30. 5 18L 7 JUL 08 6 FEB 16 2 4B-1 SIS-1205 1C 28.5 llL 6 FEB 24 2 EL-53 SIS- 1Z09 lC 29.5 lOL 23 FEB 28 16 DEC 30 1 EL-53 SIS- 1213 1C 28.5 12L 3 JAN 31 6 AUG 35 1 EL- 53

MOTT ( 3 AUG 1887 - 31 AUG 1910) SIS-1217 2C 29.5 20 DEC 87 28 NOV 88 3

27.5 13L SIS-1221 lC 27.0 15L 21 JUN 90 2 SI S- 1225 lC 27.0 14L 4 MAY 92 2 SIS-1229 1C 28.5 17L 3 MAY. 94 22 MAY. 94 2 SIS-1233 1C 28.5 16L 23 OCT 00 13 APR 08 2 EL-53

MOUNT DOME (15 JUN 1910 - 15 SEP 1927) SIS-1237 1C 31.0 14L 10 JUL 12 10 FEB 16 2 4B- 9 SIS-1241 1C 31. 5 16L 21 JUL 25 2 4B-9

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SIS-1161

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SIS·- ~ 217

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST

MOUNT HEBRON (14 APR 1887- 28 FEB 1918) ( 7 JUN 1918 - 30 SEP 1919)

LATEST VALUE

(28 FEB 1921 - 13 JUL 1973) TO CPO OF MACOOLE

April 1989

KILLER NOTES

SIS-1249 1C 30.5 10L 15 DEC 07 31 AUG 14 2 DOANE TY3(1) SIS-1253 1C 31.0 15L 15 JAN 08 20 APR 08 2 4B-1 SIS-1257 1C 31.5 11L 15 APR 24 4 OCT 35 1 4B-9

MOUNT SHASTA (1 4 JUL 1870 - 6 MAR 1888) NCT LITTLE SHASTA < 1 HAY 1924 - OPEN) WAS SISSON

SIS-1261 H/S 24 JAN 71 SIS-1265 lC 24.5 3L 18 FEB 76* SIS- 1273 1C 29.5 6L 18 AUG 25 SIS-1277 1C 24.5 6L 14 FEB 27 SIS- 1281 lC 20.5 7L 15 JUL 30

NOLTON ( 6 FEB 1896 - 15 NOV 1912) SIS-1289 1C 28.5 16L 25 SEP 03

NOVELTY (13 SEP 1888 - 1-4 OCT 1893) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

OAK BAR (10 AUG 1874 - 6 SIS-1 301 1C 27.5 15L SIS-1305 1C 27.5 11L SIS-13G9 1C 26.5 13L SIS-1313 1C 27.5 12L SIS-1317 1C 31.5 18L SIS-13 21 1C 32.5 21L

AUG 1928> 26 FEB 84 12 OCT 88 6 FEB 92

11 SEP 06 6 APR 21

20 JUL 25

ORO FINO ( 2 FEB 1861 - 29 HAY 1873) ( 1 SEP 1873 - 31 DEC 1903)

SIS-1325 H/S 28 FEB 62 SIS- 1329 1C 25.5 11L 8 MAR 66 SIS-1333 H/S 3 FEB 75* SIS- 1337 2C 31.5 8 JAN 84

30.0 14L SIS- 1345 2C 29.5 7 MAR 95

28.5 8L

4 13 OCT 80* 3 19 JUN 26 2 25 JUL 35 1 15 DEC 35 1

13 FEB 04 3

12 FEB 94 28 DEC 15

2 2 2 2 2 1

28 MAR 62 4 26 SEP 72 3

3 24 JUN 84 3

8 NOV 97 4

EL-53 ELP59 UNIVERSAL

4B-9 4B-11

OTEY'S RANCH C 6 APR 1888 - 5 OCT 1892) P 0 MOVED AND NCT CORBETT SIS-1349 1C 26.5 8L 10 AUG 86 15 OCT 91 4

OTTITIEWA <29 DEC 1854 - 19 NOV 1860> NCT FORT JONES SIS-1353 H/S 12 NOV 56 24 HAY 60 4 SIS-1357 1C 34.5 9L 13 DEC 59* 5

PEBBLE C21 JUN 1889 - 31 DEC 1890 ) ( 4 OCT 1893 - 14 SEP 1895)

SIS- 1361 lC 27.0 14L 14 JUN 90

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SISKIYOU COUNTY


PETERSBURGH (28 MAR 1874 - 3 JUL 1876) ASSIGNED TO SISKIYOU WHEN KLAMATH CO DISMEMBERED.


PICARD (30 APR 1888 - 19 JUL 1907) P 0 MOVED AND NAME CHANGED TO DORRIS SIS-1369 1C 26 . 5 13L 10 AUG 89 3 SIS-1373 lC 27.5 14L 15 JAN 96 27 DEC 97 2 SIS-1377 1C 27.5 15L 21 MAR 03 21 JUN 04 2 SIS-1381 1C 27.5 9L 12 JUL 05 1 FEB 07 2 SIS-1385 1C 31.0 21L 14 AUG 07 2

POKEGAMA ( 8 FEB 1892 - 4 JUN 1897) NCT KLAMATHON SIS-1389 1C 27.5 llL 28 MAY 94 16 JUN 94 3

PONDOSA (18 SEP 1925 - 14 MAY 1932) ( 9 DEC 1938 - OPEN)

SIS-1393 1C 31.5 20L 18 DEC 25 7 OCT 27 2 SIS-1397 1C 31.5 17L 9 MAR 32 1

QUARTZ VALLEY ( 3 JUL 1861 - 27 JUN 1862} SIS-1401 MIS 31 MAR 61 17 SEP 61 4

RETREAT (26 JUN 1903 - 30 SEP 1931> SUMMER PO SIS-1405 lC 28.5 14L 30 JUN 04 3 SEP 08 2 SI S- 14'09 1C 31.5 18L 16 JUL 09 8 JUN 28 2

ROLLIN (17 NOV 1898 - 28 FEB 1927) SIS-1417 1C 30.5 20L 22 APR 07 25 MAR 09 2 SIS-1425 1C 31.5 21L 10 MAR 26 2

ROSELAWN ( 2 MAY 1902 - 30 DEC 1905) (12 APR 1906 - 15 JUN 1918)

SIS-1433 1C 31.0 16L 20 DEC 06 23 JUN 13 2

RUBY (12 DEC 1891 - 15 OCT 1913} SIS-1441 1C 27.5 16L 30 OCT 01 16 JAN 05 2 SIS-1445 1C 31.5 21L 6 APR 09 2

RUMBURG (14 DEC 1870 - 4 SEP 71} NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

DOANE TY2(3) 48-1

48-11 48-9

4B-1

4B-2 48-11

DOANE TY3<1>

48-1

NOTE 7

SAWYERS BAR (28 MAR 1874 - 31 JAN 1960} ASSIGNED TO SISKIYOU WHEN KLAMATH CO DISMEMBERED. TO RURAL STA OF ETNA

SIS-1453 1C 24.0 8L 18 OCT 74 25 SEP 76 * 3 SIS-1457 1C 25.0 SL 11 JUL 80 22 AUG 81 3 SIS-1461 lC 27.0 7L 5 DEC 82 24 OCT 85 3 SIS-1465 20V 38.5X21.0 24 AUG 87 17 JUN 89 3 T&C

37.5X20.0 10L SIS-1469 lC 27.0 7L 5 DEC 92 2 SEP 96 2

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!3IS-l 369 S! S· 137 3 SIS -1 .377 SI:3-13el

::>IS-1385 SIS-1393

SIS-14 17

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SISKIYOU COUNTY


SAWYERS BAR CONTINUED SIS-1473 1C 28.0 13L 8 JUN 99 31 OCT 99 2 SIS-1477 1C 29.5 8L 2 SEP 01 4 DEC 05 2 EL-53 SIS-1481 1C 29.5 8L 25 MAR 09 27 MAR 11 2 EL-53 SIS-1485 1C 31.5 15L 3 FEB 12 12 DEC 21 2 48-9 SIS--1489 1C 31.5 18L 5 NOV 29 18 MAR 31 1 48-9 SIS-1493 1C 32.5 12L 6 DEC 35 1 48-9

SCHNEIDER ( 7 MAR 1902 - 31 OCT 1902) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

SCOTT BAR (17 JUL 1906 - 10 FEB 1944) WAS SCOTT RIVER ( 1 SEP 1947 - OPEN>

SIS-1505 lC 30.5 18L 17 APR 08 21 DEC 10 2 DOANE TY3(3) SIS-1513 1C 31.5 16L 7 APR 24 29 MAY 35 2 48-9

SCOTT RIVER ( 3 ·MAR 1856. - -16 JUL 1906) NCT SCOTT BAR SIS-1517 1C 33.5 3L 30 JAN 58 22 MAY 77 4 SIS-1525 2C 29.5 20 HAY 84 3 T&C

28.0 9L SIS- 1529 2C 32.5 6 NOV 89 14 JUL 89 3 T&C

31. 0 16L SIS-1533 1C 31.5 16L 28 SEP 90 18 DEC 94 3 T&C SIS-1537 lC 28.0 9L 8 MAR 00 26 AUG 05 2

SEIAD VALLEY (19 MAR 1858 - OPEN> SIS-1549 1C 27.5 9L 27 MAY 94 31 MAR 00 3 SIS-1557 1C 30.5 13L 18 APR 06 2 DEC 10 2 DOANE TY3(2l SIS-1561 lC 31. 5 14L 1 AUG 17 26 NOV 17 2 4B- 9 SIS-1565 1C 31. 5 13L 22 JUL 25 17 OCT 30 1 4B-9 SIS-1569 1C 33.5 13L 27 MAR 35 1 48-9

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SHASTA SPRINGS <22 NOV 1892 - 30 APR 1935) SIS-1573 1C 27.5 5L 16 JUL 93 20 JUL 98 3 SIS-1577 lC 27.5 3L 2 JUN 03 4 JAN 06 2 SIS-1581 1C 26.5 5L 1 AUG 06 1 AUG 07 2 SIS-1585 lC 26.5 10L 20 DEC 07 10 AUG 08 2 S!S-1589 1C 31.0 9L 4 SEP 08 22 AUG 12 2 4B-1 SIS-1593 1C 31.5 llL 26 JAN 14 8 JUL 14 2 48-9 SIS-1597 1C 31.5 9L 17 AUG 22 30 APR 35 1 4B-9

SHAWMUT (18 HAY 1881 - 31 AUG 1881) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

SISSON (29 OCT 1888 - 1 HAY 1924> P 0 MOVED FROM BERRYVALE. NCT MOUNT SHASTA SIS-1605 1C 26.5 12L 12 MAR 89 14 JUL 90 3 SIS-1609 2C 26.5 2 MAY 90 26 HAY 90 3

17.5 17L SIS-1613 1C 26.5 15L 22 JUN 92 5 APR 98 2 SIS-1617 2C 30 . 0 1 AUG 96 2

17.0 12L SIS-1621 1C 27.5 16L 5 APR 98 6 JUL 00 2 SIS-1625 1C 28.5 17L 23 JUL 03 2 EL-53 SIS-1629 1C 30.0 17L 10 OCT 05 28 OCT 06 2 EL-53 SIS-1633 1C 29.5 17L 10 JUN 07 10 APR 11 2 EL-53 SIS-1637 1C 30.5 17L 14 DEC 11 21 JUN 21 2 EL-53

SNOWDEN C26 AUG 1904 - 15 AUG 1913) <15 JUL 1914 - 15 MAR 1915)

SIS-1641 1C 28.0 10L 5 OCT 05 16 JUN 08 3 DOANE TY2 (1 l SIS- 1645 1C 30.5 18L 27 SEP 11 31 OCT 12 3 48- 9

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST

SOMESBAR/SOMES BAR ( 6 APR 1875 - 23

SIS-1653 1C 26 . 5 6L SIS-1657 lC 27.0 IlL SIS-1665 1C 30.5 19L SIS-1673 lC 29.5 IlL

1 MAR 94 27 MAR 96 18 JUL 08 25 AUG 27

LATEST VALUE KILLER NOTES

MAY 1974) TO CPO OF ORLEANS, HUMBOLDT CO CHANGED TO ONE WORD SPELLING 5 HAY

1 OCT 95 3 21 JUN 00 2 7 SEP 09 2 4B-1 5 FEB 30 2 EL-53

SPANGLE ( 6 AUG 1888 - RESCINDED 6 SEP 1888) POSTMARKS DO NOT EXIST

TECNOR (18 FEB 1908 - 15 JUN 1920) (14 DEC 1920 - 15 SEP 1928 J ( 18 FEB 1930 - 31 JAN 1935>

SIS-1681 1C 31.0 20L 7 JAN 09 26 DEC 12 2 4B-1 SIS-1685 1C 31.5 19L 13 OCT 21 3 HAY 34 2 4B-9

TENEYCK (12 OCT 1897 - 31 HAY 1900) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

TENNANT (28 JUL 1922 - 10 SEP 1957) SIS-1693 H/S 25 OCT 22 3 SIS-1697 S/L 35X2.5 26 DEC 22 28 DEC 22 3 SIS- 1701 1C 29.5 13L 23 NOV 30 1 EL-53 SIS- 1705 lC 31.5 14L 5 MAR 35 30 NOV 35 1 4B-9

THRALL (11 APR 1904 - 15 OCT 1904) (17 FEB 1905 - 30 APR 1914)

SIS-1709 1C 28.5 10L 23 JUN 04 9 JUN 07 2 DOANE TY2(1) SIS- 1713 1C 30.5 21L 7 JUN 09 2 48-1 SIS-1717 1C 30 .5 17L 11 OCT 10 14 MAR 11 2 48-1

TOMAR <16 HAY 1892 - 29 SEP 1894) SIS-1721 1C 26.5 14L 20 JAN 93 7 SEP 94 4

TULELAKE (19 DEC 1931 - OPENJ OPERATED EARLIER IN OREGON AND IN MODOC CO SIS-1725 1C 31.5 16L 19 DEC 31 2! NOV 35 1 48-9

UPTON (11 NOV 1897 - 31 JUL 1907) SIS-1729 1C 27.5 15L 16 SEP 98 21 MAR 07 2

VIRGINIA RANCH ( 9 JAN 1871 - 18 DEC 1871) NO POSTMARKS RECORDED

WALKER (10 JUL 1890 - 31 OCT 1942) SIS-1737 lC 28.5 16L 19 HAY 93 3 SIS-1741 1C 27.5 13L 8 JUN 96 10 SEP 10 2 SIS-1745 1C 31.5 21L 24 MAR 13 14 SEP 18 2 4B-9 SIS-1749 1C 32.5 22L 1 HAY 20 21 JAN 29 2 4B-9 SIS-1753 1C 32.5 20L 14 FEB 30 22 DEC. 34 1 4B-9

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SIS-1653

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SIS-1685

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DEC 2 8 \922

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SIS-1673

SIS-1701

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WESTERN EXPRESS

SISKIYOU COUNTY

TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK EARLIEST LATEST VALUE

WARHCASTLE (20 JUL 1896 - 31 DEC 1902) SIS-1757 1C 27.5 8L 4 JAN 98 30 AUG 02 3

WEED (11 MAR 1901 -OPEN) SIS-1761 lC 27.5 IlL SIS-1765 1C 31.5 23L SIS-1769 1C 29.5 18L SIS-1773 1C 20.0 5L SIS-1775 lC 25.5 15L

23 NOV 04 25 NOV 09 21 JUN 14 10 HAY 29

2 DEC 30

21 DEC 07

1 JUL 19 12 SEP 32

WILLOW CREEK ( 22 SEP 18.76 - 3 FEB 1888) NCT AGER

2 2 2 1 1

SIS-1777 H/S 10 NOV 80* 4

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KILLER NOTES

DOANE TY2(3) 48-1 EL-53 INT'L EL-59

WILLOW RANCH ( 3 JUL 1871 - 16 FEB 1874) INTO MODOC CO WHEN CREATED SIS- 1781 H/S 1 NOV 71 4 SIS-1785 1C 23.5 6L 17 AUG 73* 3

YOCUHVILLE J28 MAR 1874 - 14 MAR 1891) ASSIGNE~ TO SISKIYOU WHEN KLAMATH CO DISMEMBERED

SIS-1793 2C 29.5 27.5 16L

YREKA (19 SIS-1801 SIS-1805 SIS-1809

SIS-1813 SIS-1817 SIS-1821 SIS-1825 SIS-1829 SIS-1833 SIS- 1837 SIS-1841

AUG 1853 - OPENl M/S 1C 32.5 13L 2C 25.5

14.5 13L 1C 32.5 13L lC 32.5 13L 1C 22.5 8L lC 26 .0 10L lC 25.5 12L 1C 26.5 13L 1C 26.0 13L 1C 26.5 14L

7 AUG 80

4 JAN 54 28 SEP 55 14 NOV 60

17 FEB 61 13 APR 62 26 JAN 67

3 JAN 77 27 JUL 82 14 AUG 83 13 JUL 88 10 MAY 90

13 MAR 55 29 MAR 59

1 JUL 61

15 MAY 63 4 JAN 72

29 JUN 80 6 DEC 82

17 NOV 84

28 DEC 90

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TOWN/NUMBER POSTMARK

YREKA CONTINUED SIS-1845 1C 26.5 SIS-1849 lC 28.0 SIS-1853 1C 28.0 SIS-1857 2C 30.5

20.0 SIS-1861 1C 26.5 SIS-1865 lC 29.5 SIS-1869 lC 25.5 SIS-1873 1C 25.5 SIS-1877 1C 20.5

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

15L 17L 17L

10L 16L 20L 15L 12L 4L

EARLIEST LATEST VALUE KILLER

8 JAN 92 12 NOV 93 2 1 MAR 95 30 OCT 99 2

19 DEC 95 26 JUN 08 2 EL-53 22 MAY 08 2

23 APR 11 2 EL-53 24 JAN 12 23 FEB 15 2 EL-53 25 MAY 16 10 AUG 19 2 EL-59 10 OCT 24 3 JUN 32 1 EL-59 29 NOV 30 12 APR35 1 INT'L

SIS-1$53

1916

* AN ASTERISK I NDI CATES THE DATE WAS ESTIMATED

NOTE 1 - SIS- 85 - USED APTER THE OFFICIAL CLOSING DATE. NOTE 2 - SIS- 261 - SPELLING READS CALLAHAN'S, CALLAHAN RANCH AND

CALLAHAN$ RANCH . NOTE J - SIS- 269 - INCORRECTLY SPELLED CALAHANS RANCH . NOTE 4 - SIS- 565 - SPELLED BOTH ETNA AND ETNA HILLS. NOTE 5 - SIS- 709 - RFD REMOVED FOR USE AS A REGULAR DEVICE. NOTE 6 - SIS- 753 - USED AS A SENDING CANCEL. NOTE 7 - SIS- 1385 - USED AfTER OFFICIAL CLOSING DATE.

NOTES

NOTE 8 - SIS-1805 - APPARENTLY YREKA HAD DATE SLUGS ONLY THROUGH 1859 FOR SIS-1809 SIS-1805 AND THE SHALL DOUBLE CIRCLE DEVICE ISIS-1809) SJS-1813 DID NOT WEAR WELL. SIS- 1805 CAME BACK INTO SERVICE WITHOUT SIS- 1817 DATE SLUGS UNTIL AROUND 1865 !SIS-1817). IN 1861 THEY HADE

AN ATTf.HPT TO USE A DATE SLUG THAT DIDNT FIT !SIS- 1813).

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