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Migratory Justice in Early Butte County Tales
A 19th century sketch recalls Squire Bonner and other early magistrates in Quartz and Mineral townships. Bonner roamed camps with a portable court to collect fees, facing miner resistance, adjournments, and a dramatic clash at Nelson Point and Rock Bar. The piece also notes Bonner’s later life in Victoria and a literary turn after Plummy County’s formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie
Squire Bonner
Thomas Bonner
Quartz Township
Butte
Edwin Fitch
J. B. McGee
William Robertson
Horton
Samuel Carpenter
D. F. H. Low
Lewis Stark
H. M. Garley
Mineral Township
Justice
Holmes’ Hole
Rush Creek
Nelson Point
Ramehire
J. P
Bonner
Kenner
Agaiout
Picious
J. H. Whitlock
Vaughan
John Bass
Dr. Lewis
Hiram Walker
Rock Bar
Onion Valley
Ton Schooley
Roch Bar
Schooley
Barhill
Tom Schooley
Victoria
Plunny County
James Beckworth