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Echoes From Our Past: Recalling a successful 19th century promotion

In early 1892, when it was announced that the National Editorial Association (now called National Newspaper Association) was planning to hold its annual convention in San Francisco in May, and tour as much of Northern…

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Rod Byers: Nevada County's first commercial winery

On September 11, a group gathered in front of 305 Broad St., the site of Novak’s Clothing Store in Nevada City, to commemorate that spot with a historical plaque. The event was sponsored by The…

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Steve Cottrell: The 1858 Nevada County judge election

With all the social media buzz these days involving alleged voter fraud, gerrymandering, alternate electors, ballot stuffing and more, a look back at an early Nevada County election seems in order — the 1858 county…

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Nevada County Historical Society's Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum receives grant award from California Humanities

California Humanities has recently announced the September 2022 Humanities For All Project Grant awards. The Nevada County Historical Society’s Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum has been awarded $5,000 for its project entitled “Who is Sarah Kidder?”.

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Steve Cottrell: Nevada County's election scandal, over 100 years ago

Rigged election? Yes. Fraudulent ballots? Absolutely. Biden versus Trump 2020? No, Nevada County 1888.

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Our View: Using the past to shape our future

Some buildings are more than the bricks and mortar that make them.

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Conflicting history: Sometimes the stories don't match the history books

In 1982, the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce established a bifurcated award honoring visual and performing artists — a long-overdue award that recognized art as a major contributor to the local economy. The board of…

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Steve Cottrell: Helping those in need — a Nevada County tradition

Nevada County has a long history of helping others during difficult times — locally, regionally, statewide, nationally, and even internationally. It is a legacy to be proud of.

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Echoes from our Past: The baffling murder of Sheriff David Douglass

By Steve Cottrell | Special to The Union
Monday will mark the 125th anniversary of the murder of Nevada County Sheriff David Fulton Douglass, a former Wells Fargo shotgun messenger appointed sheriff following the murder of Sheriff William Pascoe in 1893. And if ever there was a local homicide case without full closure, it is the death of 38-year-old Sheriff Douglass.
In 1896, three years after Douglass took office, there were several roadside holdups locally and the two suspected highwaymen were thought to be camped somewhere on Cement Hill. So on July 26, accompanied only by a tracking dog, Douglass hitched up a buggy and went looking for the men in an area that later became the Nevada City Airport. The next morning, however, noticing that the dog had returned to town alone, the worst was feared and a search party organized.

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Steve Cottrell: Echoes from our past — Recalling history writer Robert Organ

By Steve Cottrell | Submitted to The Union
For more than a century, The Union readers have enjoyed accounts of Nevada County’s amazing history and the men and women who lived here during and after the gold rush. When I moved to Nevada City in 1977, history columns by Bob Paine drew my attention. Later, Bob Wyckoff became a regular contributor.
More recently, Gage McKinney, Linda Jack, Maria Brower, Gary Noy and others have provided us with a better understanding of our past — as did the late Brad Prowse, who spent years researching and assembling his 100 Years Ago column.
None of us, however, could complete our research without occasional help from the Searls Historical Library, headed by Pat Chesnut. Missing from the 2021 Searls research team, however, is Wally Hagaman, whose death last December was a big loss for anyone interested in local history, and a deep personal loss for those of us who knew him.

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