First There Was Twogood, A Pictorial History of Northern Josephine County
by Larry L. McLane (autographed 5/3/95)
forward by Dariel McLane copyright 1995, A Sexton Enterprises Publication 1st Edition ISBN 0-9621587-0-4
pictorial and brief historical review of miners and pioneer families who came to northern section of Josephine County
Grave Creek or Old Leland: Jimmie Twogood 1851-1866, Battle of Hungry Hill article, Sam Harkness 1866-1876, Homer Harkness 1876-1889, Grave Creek Ranch 1889-1918, H.O. (Doc) Williams, John Wesley Burch, Stroughton Jones, Fred 'Tobe' Martin, William 'Billy' Carll, Arthur A. Porter, Madison W. Espy, J.S.W. Smith, Benjamin H. Baird, William 'Billy' Nagel, Samuel B. Pettengill, post offices & postmasters, Fort Leland post office statement, Map of Grave Creek, map of Old Leland or Fort Leland 1851-1885, PHOTOS
Altamont or New Leland: Henry B. McMichael, Southwick Isham, William Hannum, John Wesley Goff, James t. Clark, Thomas J. Criteser, Edward Maloney, Samuel Alderson, George Chapin, John Mackin, James Twogood, Henry Walter, Lawrence Espy, Leland, mercantiles, Homer L. Wilson, others..., hotels, blacksmits, stages, mining, saloons, politics religion, entertainment, baseball, demise of Leland, post offices and postmasters; map of Leland-Brimstone area and Leland 1897-1907, PHOTOS
Kinneyville: history of Dog Creek, Kinneyville photo, may of Kinneyville and vicinity
Lower Grave Creek: John Yokum, Henry B. McMichael and property 1906-1993, George Strong, Slim Gould, Gray Family, Gebhard Karg, hardrock & hydraulic mines, maps of Lower Grave Creek Mines and Lower Grave Creek Military and Indian Trails 1855-1856, PHOTOS
Tom East or Placer: Tom East, Southwick Isham, William Hannum, other early day miners, Browning family, Joe Dysert, Newell Inman, William h. Hampton (Columbia Mine) , Greenback Mine, Greenback post office and postmasters, Lew Browning, Edward Hannum, John Anderson, other Quartz mines, other Placer mines, miner's wives, Placer townsite-mercantiles-hotels-saloons-entertainment-danes-baseball-horseracing-4th of July-school festivities-movies-religion, demise of Placer, Placer post office and postmasters, Map of Placer or Tom East 1884-1900 and Placer 1900-1904, PHOTOS
Coyote Creek and Golden: Francis M. Gabbert, Henry Smith, Browing, Chinese, Harrison Kelly, J>S>WW> Smith, John Robinson, Sam Stockton, John D. Post, Charles O. Benson, Charles Baer, Pat O'Shea, Joe Dysert, William Ruble, Columbus Bennett, Henry McIntosh, Uriah Miller, Mark C. Davis, William C. Coffman, Henry Gross, miners and residents, religion, mining review and its demise, Golden, the mail, no saloons, murder, Golden's demise, Golden post office and postmasters. Map of South Wolf Creek or Coyote Creek 1860, map of Coyote Creek--Chinese miners 1862-1872, map of mining claims 1867-1879, map of Golden 1892-1908 PHOTOS
Wolf Creek: first settlers Wolf Creek Tavern (myth or legend), 1st hotel and store, crime, Mr. & Mrs. George W. Kearns, Edward & Sylvester Smith, Booth and Tuffs, Dunbar and Kuykendall, W.G. Smith, Alice Rogers, John Dougall, Wolf Creek Tavern or Hotel, Wolf Creek Store, Wolf Creek post office and postmasters; map of Wolf Creek 1854-1879 and map of 1880-1900,PHOTOS
Upper Wolf Creek: mines, quartz mines, mining and development co., Speaker, Speaker post office and postmasters, map of Wolf Creek Mines 186401905
Lower Wolf Creek: mining on Lower Wolf Creek, Wallace, Edward and Julia Wallace. map of Lower Wolf Creek minies and homesteads 1878-1892 PHOTOs