Dear friends and family. I hope this season brings happiness to you and yours. We had an exciting 2018. I had hoped to add pictures, but had hard drive failure again. In March of 2018 I again took the whole…
Category: Steppin’ Out
Criminal Annals, Part 113 – From the Interior
The September 11, 1852 edition of the Sacramento “Daily Union” has an article regarding the killing of a Chilean, followed by numerous articles regarding local news around the area. “FROM THE INTERIOR “Through Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express, we have…
Criminal Annals, Part 95 – Hanging at Murphy’s Camp
The August 2, 1852 edition of the Sacramento “Daily Union,” reports in depth on the hanging of a man convicted of murder at Murphy’s Camp, in Calaveras county. As mentioned before, prior to the creation of Amador county in 1854,…
Criminal Annals, Part 75 – The Cosumnes Tragedy (Final Part)
This is the third and final part of “The Cosumnes Tragedy,” which was in the July 3, 1852 edition of Sacramento’s “The Daily Union,” On trial was a Frenchman who was accused of killing a “Chinaman” at Big Bar, a…