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rmrS’e-is) of the en-Oil| da and Sierra counties may well congratulate themselves on the certainty that a great transmontanc highway will go through their midst.In connection with this subject we learn that Mr. Smith will establish a station at the new town of Truckee City, which is situatedat the south point of the Buttes in Truckee j Meadows, where all the northern roadscon--r\e verg*f and grass, hay, grain and water are ,s abundant A hotel is already in process of 1 n erection, and several stores and shops will on soon he put up and occupied. A better locality fora town could not have been selected. The land surrounding it is adapted to agriculture, and already occupied by persons who intend to put in grain and vegetable crops and plant fruit trees and grape vines. Silver, copper and lead have been fonnd in the adjoining hills, where also pine timber grows and two saw mills have been erected. The new town was started, according to the Marysville Appeal, by an association of eight .^ men of means and influence, part of whom are on the site now, and the remainder in ! j Marysville, North San Juan and Forest City. ;tohasitshiehisLne.I A plum tree sprout at San Jose grew ten V feet and seven inches high from the bud in one year-.—Reporter.
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North San Juan Hydraulic Press
North San Juan, California, US
Sat, Mar 03, 1860
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