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ver the years, the Auburn Journal has taken on several names, including The Placer Weekly Argus, Placer County Republican, Republican Argus, Auburn Daily Journal, Placer County Journal and Placer Republican.
Republicans form The Placer Weekly Argus, which ran its first edition Sept. 13, 1872, proclaiming support for GOP candidate Ulysses S. Grant. Competing paper The Stars and Stripes had angered party leaders with its endorsement of Horace Greeley, nominated by the Democrats under the Liberal Republican Party. James B. McQuillan was editor. When Grant won, the headline was Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
1872
Truckee Republican publisher Bert A. Cassidy buys the paper, changing its name to the Auburn Journal. Cassidy was an advocate for good roads and the Journal was used to campaign for better roads in general and for a highway over the Sierra, which would become Interstate 80. In 1928, he was elected to the state Senate, where he served one term.
KIM PALAFERRI AUBURN JOURNAL
1914 1918 1919
First edition of the Auburn Daily Journal is published. Placer County Republican and Daily Journal merge.
1950 1962
Cassidy dies and his widow, Jane Cassidy, takes over as owner and editor. She was later succeeded by their son, B.W. Cassidy.
For 50 years, the Journal has been produced and printed at its home at 1030 High St., in Downtown Auburn.
The Journal moves from its Lincoln Way location to 1030 High St., where it still stands. In that location it begins using the modern offset press, one of the first in Northern California. The paper is incorporated, with members of the Cassidy family as principal owners. Under editor Lloyd W. Beggs, the paper wins many California Newspaper Publishers Association awards, including top recognition for general excellence.
1964
Over 140 years, much has changed, stayed the same

Journals mission is still to focus on community
BY TODD FRANTZ AND JENIFER GEE
JOURNAL PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
1965 1968 1972
The W.J. McGiffin Newspapers (later Brehm Communications, Inc.) of South Gate purchases a controlling interest in the paper. William Pfaff is named publisher, a position he held until his retirement in 1988.
Beggs retires as editor and is succeeded by Helen T. Bale. In September, the staff produces a large, multi-section Centennial edition showcasing community life in the century since The Placer Weekly Argus was formed. Publication is increased to twice weekly.
A. Thomas Homer named editor; Bale becomes system manager for the computerized typesetting program introduced in 1977. Homer was succeeded by Rich Rabenau and later Roger Morton.
1976 1978 1979 1980 1981 1985 1988
Publication is increased to three times a week.
Paper changes from mail delivery to carriers.
Publication expanded to five days a week.
A Sunday edition is added.
A pressroom addition is built and the main building remodeled, including construction of offices and conference rooms in the unused loft area. Journal publishes a special edition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Auburns incorporation as a city.
2003
A $1 million expansion of the Journals pressroom is dedicated by Bill Brehm Sr., chair of BCI. The upgrade introduces a computer-to-plate printing operation.
2007 2010 2011
Auburn Chamber of Commerce names the Journal Business of the Year. Bill Brehm Sr. is named recipient of the Dean Lesher Award, the Suburban Newspapers of Americas highest individual honor.
Gold Country Printing expands to five 4-high color towers. Gold Country Printing, a division of Gold Country Media, publishers of the Auburn Journal, operates with five 4-high towers and five high-speed slicers, as well as a two-high and a mono unit. The press runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is digitally driven and touch-screen controlled. Along with the many Gold Country media products it produces, including the Auburn Journal, Gold Country Printing prints about 60 other commercial jobs from Reno to Shasta to the Bay Area all the way down to Modesto. The Journal changes to a five-day-a-week publication, printing Sunday and Tuesday-Friday. It has expanded its Web presence, including a complete redesign of the website to be unveiled later this year. Videos and slideshows are a regular feature of Auburn Journal.com, including breaking news and feature videos.
140 years of Auburns history has been documented by this newspaper under one title or another. Mastheads have been restyled, font sizes have changed and photos, color and the Internet have been introduced. One thing, however, has stayed the same, and thats the papers mission to reflect the community. In newspapers first issue, the staff of the then-called The Placer Weekly Argus printed this mission statement: It will never, so long as we control its columns, become the mouthpiece of individuals or cliques, nor the organ of factions. We shall not advocate special privileges for any man. We shall never be found contending for individual speculations at the expense of the public. The Argus will always be an earnest advocate of the American nationality for the union, the whole union and nothing but the union. Our main efforts will be devoted to advancing the physical, social and moral interests of the community in which we live. To this end the utmost pains will be taken to collate and publish all information in relation to the agricultural, mineral and other resources of this region, so that people abroad may know exactly the advantages offered for locating permanent homes in this county. We shall also endeavor to keep our home readers fully informed as to the condition of home affairs: of the state of the county finances; of the rate of assessment and taxation; of the amount of revenue collected
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The Journal saw its beginnings as the Placer Weekly Argus and later the Placer County Republican before settling as the Auburn Journal in 1919.
Take a guided tour of Downtown Auburn and learn about its history at AuburnJournal.com
and how it is expended, and of all matters in which our taxpayers feel a primary interest. In short, we intend to publish a paper for the benefit and information of the people among whom we live one which they will take pride and pleasure in supporting, because they will see it correctly represents their intelligence and industry, as also the facilities and capacity of the county in which they live. As you read through the following pages of this special section, youll see just how the various staffs of this publication held true to that mission. Reporters, editors and publishers have weathered fierce storms and tragedies and kept their eye on government actions and spending. In between theyve featured the everyday community residents in the Journals pages. Todays Journal does much of the same and has expanded that mission into a new plat-
form for storytelling the Web. Readers can read about their community in print and they can also log on to get breaking news updates and extra content online, including more photos and video coverage. As newspapers around the country adapt to this new form of storytelling and finding a way to make it successful, one common theme has always emerged focus on local. Tell the stories your readers cant find elsewhere, and be present in your community. And Im sure just as it was 140 years ago and what I hope will continue for another 140 years and more is that the Journal will be here to take your calls, your visits, opinions, thoughts, questions, concerns, photos, videos and more to dig into the workings of the community and highlight its best features. Thank you for reading, and heres to another 140 years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This 140th Anniversary Edition would not have been possible without the hard work of several people. The writers who delved through history books and back issues of the Journal were Paul Cambra, Jamie Hazelton (who also created the timeline at left), Laura Albright, Krissi Khokhobashvili, Kylea Scott, Michelle Read and Alexandra Garner. The majority of historical photos were graciously provided by Placer County Museums. The Placer County Librarys microfilm collection of past issues proved a valuable resource, as did reference books Chronology of Auburn, Californiaby the Auburn Sesquicentennial Committee, Dorothy Sanborn, and Crossroads of a Golden Era: Auburn and Placer County by A. Thomas Homer. Longtime Journal Publisher Bill Pfaff also shared his insight into the Journals history. The Journal thanks you all.
2012
AUBURN JOURNAL Thursday, September 13, 2012
140th Anniversary Edition
The Brehm family: champions of community journalism

Board chair got his start as printers devil after WWII
DID YOU KNOW?
The Auburn Journal has won numerous awards for journalistic excellence during its 140 years. Recent honors include: CNPA BETTER NEWSPAPERS CONTEST 2009: First place, local breaking news; second place, editorial pages; first place, sports photo; second place, sports coverage; second place, editorial cartoon; first place, illustration/infographic; second place, general excellence; first place, lifestyle coverage; second place, editorial comment 2010: Second place; editorial pages SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS OF AMERICA EDITORIAL CONTEST 2009: First place (tie), best breaking news story (Fire destroys home) third place (tie), best editorial writing.
Since 1965, the Auburn Journal has been part of Gold Country Media, owned by Brehm Communications, Inc. Bill Brehm Sr., chairman of the board of directors, has a long history in journalism, having worked his way up from the presses as a printers devil to the owner of dozens of community newspapers. Brehm, 86, got his start after World War II, when as a Navy cadet he decided to move from his native Nebraska to attend the University of Southern California. He wanted to be an engineer, but because the engineering department was full, he decided to wait to start classes and went to work for the BellMaywood Industrial Post, then owned by The W.J. McGiffin Newspaper Company. There, he remembers, he thought he would be making $40 per week, but soon found out that he was actually making only 40 cents an hour. Brehm got a temporary job as a house painter, but as his aunt Roberta pointed out, his talents were wasted. She suggested he try his hand at advertising sales. He gave it a shot, and was so successful in sales that he worked his way up to publisher of the Industrial Post in 1951 and also ended up marrying the bosss daughter Mona. The two have worked side by side in the industry ever since and will celebrate 65 years of marriage in December. When McGiffin died in 1955, Brehm attempted to consolidate the papers owned by the company that were being sold to pay estate taxes. Three pressrooms became one, and the company turned a profit in 1958. Brehm decided to expand into the Los Angeles communities as his newspaper family grew, forcing him to expand production facilities. He built a 26,000-square-foot plant in Long Beach in 1972, and in short order doubled the space
Bill Brehm Jr. and Bill Brehm Sr. peruse a copy of the Auburn Journal during a recent tour of the press room.
the Journal has returned to a five times per week as the newspaper adjusts to the changing economy. Brehms family has been heavily involved in the business, as well. His wife, Mona, heads up the companys successful profit-sharing trust, and son Bill Jr. since 1995 has been president of the company. Daughter Cindy Melland is the publisher of the Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms newspapers while daughter Barbara Schuyler heads up the companys real estate division, and now grandson Ryan Schuyler is head of the companys Interactive Division headquartered in the Roseville Press Tribune office. Bill Jr., 61, started out at age 15 at the Huntington Park Bulletin, where he worked in the prepress area as well as pouring pigs, which were used in Linotype machines to form lead type when the industry based on hot metal prior to the computer-generated graphics of today. He oversees the day-today operations of the overall company from the corporate office located in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego. The company changed its name to Brehm Communications, Inc., in 1982 to reflect the companys commitment to family. Today, BCI owns more than 60 publications in seven states. A newspaper reflects the community which it serves, Brehm said. We build communities with our local newspapers, and make them a better place in which to live. We look forward to serving the Auburn and Placer County residents for years to come with our newspapers, monthly publications and online products. Other local newspapers and products owned by the company include The Roseville and Granite Bay Press Tribunes, Colfax Record, Lincoln News Messenger, The Folsom Telegraph, El Dorado Hills Telegraph, The Placer Herald, The Loomis News, Granite Bay View, The Foothills Marketplace, Auburn Trader and Gold Country Printing.
Bill Brehm Sr. with his wife, Mona.

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to accommodate the 17 weekly, semi-weekly and daily papers produced there with a combined circulation of nearly 250,000. In 1981, Brehm had the opportunity to sell the LA suburban papers to the Hearst Corporation. His intuition told him to look for growing communities, especially those near the California aqueduct, where water sports were available and could be reached in two hours or less from the states major metropolitan areas. That included the purchase of the Los Banos
Enterprise in 1963 along with several nearby publications and the Auburn Journal in 1965. Its estimated that Brehm has bought and sold more than 100 publications in his years. My first love is to take small community newspapers and build them up, Brehm said upon the companys 75th anniversary in 1995. I got a taste of that in Auburn. It was just a small weekly newspaper, and we increased the frequency to two times per week, then to three times, to five times and finally to a six-daily. Recently,
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The political beginnings of Auburns newspaper
The Placer Weekly Argus printed its first edition Sept. 13, 1872, during the presidential race between Ulysses S. Grant and Horace Greeley. The Stars and Stripes, the communitys Republican paper for a decade, had outraged party leaders when it endorsed Horace Greeley, who had been nominated by the Democrats under the Liberal Republican Party name. The Republicans started their own newspaper, The Placer Weekly Argus, in support of Grant. An Argus is a mythological creature a giant with 100 eyes. Moses Andrews was president of the new publishing company; W.B. Lyons was secretary and business manager; Hubbard and Andrews were treasurers; and James B. McQuillan was the first editor. A one-year Argus subscription cost $4, while single copies sold for 10 cents each.
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Declaring support
The first edition printed excerpts from ex-U.S. Attorney General George F. Hoar, commenting on the presidential race. Can you hesitate between the two candidates? Greeley would have let the South go; Grant would have conquered them. Greeley encouraged the rebellion; Grant destroyed it. Greeley would have paid the slave-owners from the National Treasury, Grant would educate the freedman. Greeley, more than any one man in the country, is responsible for Bull Run; Grant for Donelson, Henry, Vicksburg and Appotomax. Greeley would leave the colored man half a slave, dissuade him from asserting his own constitutional right and recognize a dominant race as still existing under the constitution. Grant would enforce for him those civil rights which every citizen ought to have. The Argus was also full of opinion pieces penned by the editor. It is not the office of President which is the great stake, it is the prestige of victory the control of the government, its legislative as well as executive departments, its state and local as well as general administration. It is the moral effect upon our peace and tranquility at home, and on the progress of free institutions abroad. McQuillan included an article on why the destruction of the Democratic Party was necessary: There is no peace, no absolute safety from the questions that brought on and grew out of the war while the Democratic party continues as a distinctive political organization, and the real issue now is, shall that party be restored to power, by the political coup dtat, or shall it be destroyed? I know of no destruction so complete and certain as its support of Horace Greeley, followed by defeat.
Issues of the Auburn Journal, dating all the way back to its first issue as the Placer Weekly Argus in 1872, can be found on microfilm at the Placer County Librarys Auburn branch.
ATTA BOY
The attaches of the Argus office raise their hats and hands in friendship to G.W. McCreedy, proprietor of the Bank Exchange saloon. In the midst of toil and anxiety, heat and thirst, he entered the castle where the mysteries and miseries of typesetting are performed, armed with a bountiful supply of refreshing lager and fragrant cigars. We drank, smoked and appreciated the gift of the donor.
International news
For many years, the front page of the Argus was dedicated to national and world news, while the inside pages found room for local items. Another feature was the regular publishing of fiction pieces. Tidbits from the first paper: A Bridgeport lady remained too long on a train to kiss a female friend, and trying to get off after it had started, was thrown violently on her face. If ever I kiss anybody again! said she, vengefully, as she arose, any woman, at least! she thoughtfully added. A woman in Manchester, England, was arrested for chloroforming women, and while they were in an insensible condition, cutting off and stealing their hair. Jokes were also a regular feature: A sick man was told that his wife would probably marry again. All right, said he, there will be one man to lament my death. more of it having obtained a supply of better quality, upon which the Argus will hereafter be printed.
Other highlights
Stagecoaches and dirt roads were the view in Auburn in the late 1800s. The Auburn Journal, which got its start as the Placer Weekly Argus, has produced papers in several locations in town, eventually establishing itself at its High Street location 50 years ago. Here, the paper is seen to the left, identified by the Printery signage on the building.
statement of purpose printed in the first issue still rings true: It will never, so long as we control its columns, become the mouthpiece of individuals or cliques, nor the organ of factions. We shall not advocate special privileges for any man. We shall never be found contending for individual speculations at the expense of the public. The Argus will always be an earnest advocate of the American nationality for the union, the whole union and nothing but the union. Our main efforts will be devoted to advancing the physical, social and moral interests of the community in which we live. To this end the utmost pains will be taken to collate and publish all information in relation to the agricultural, mineral and other resources of this region, so that people abroad may know exactly the advantages offered for locating permanent homes in this county. We shall also endeavor to keep our home readers fully informed as to the condition of home affairs; of the state of the county finances; of the rate of assessment and taxation; of the amount of revenue collected and how it is expended, and of all matters in which our taxpayers feel a primary interest. In short, we intend to publish a paper for the benefit and information of the people among whom we live one which they will take pride and pleasure in supporting, because they will see it correctly represents their intelligence and industry, as also the facilities and capacity of the county in which they live.
Apology issued
The first paper even included an apology: We have an apology to make for ourselves in consequence of the first issue of the Argus being printed upon very bad paper; but apologize for Painter & Co., San Francisco, from whom we purchased our office, and who wound up their business with us by sending this inferior quality of paper instead of the best, as we ordered and paid for. It is simply a cheat. We will use no
Mission statement
The paper has come a long way from its beginnings as a political mouthpiece, but the
Local news included a report of a man who shot a chicken in the street, frightened a horse to runaway condition and scattered shot around several people in the vicinity. Such conduct is not only unpretty, but deserves censure. We trust there will be no repetition of such amusement. In other news, John Ballenger, of Dutch Flat, was playing a game of cards and lost about $100. He borrowed $10 from John Wright, the saloon keeper, played again and lost. Wright asked for his $10, Ballender said he would pay him when he was ready, if ever. Wright ordered him out of the house, Ballanger got his rifle and returned. As Ballenger was coming toward the saloon, Wright fired a shotgun through the window and killed him. A statement from the county treasurer announcing the countys cash balance of $17,653.99.
1872~1881: Stage holdups plague the roads

Grant elected, editor shot, state sees first rail robbery
Grant re-elected
Nov. 8, 1872: The Argus celebrates as Ulysses S. Grant is reelected the headline was Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!!! In Auburn, the vote was close, with 147 for Grant and 137 for Horace Greeley.
Big fines for gamblers

Dec. 27, 1872: A new gambling code will go into effect Jan. 1 and must be rigidly enforced. The penalty for violation wass not less than $200 or more than $1,000 and imprisonment in county jail until fines were paid. It applied to people who allow gaming in their saloons or houses, or rented rooms for that purpose Every person who deals, plays or carries on, opens or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of faro, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noire, rondo or any banking game played with cards, dice or any other device, for money, checks, credit or any other representative of value, is punishable by fine of not less than $200 nor more than 1,000, and shall be imprisoned in county jail until such fine and costs of prosecution are paid, such imprisonment not to exceed one year. In the same edition, it was reported that Conrad Beckman, supervisor of District 3, had accidentally fallen over the bank of a mining claim at Forest Hill, a distance of 80 feet, and was killed instantly.
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The big news on the Argus one-year anniversary was the robbery of the Forest Hill Wells Fargo & Co. stagecoach. The robbers didnt find as much money as theyd like in the treasure box, so they relieved the passengers of their loose change missing the fact that one had diamonds and a very nice watch.
PRICES OF THE PERIOD

4.5 pounds of coffee: $1 One can Devoes Oil: $2.25 Halls Pulmonary Balsam cough syrup: 50 cents a bottle Forty acres of mining ground, including 300 fruit trees, 400 grapevines, a sixroom home, barn and outbuildings: $600 One-day board at the Globe Hotel, Auburn Station: $1 (25 cents for meals)
Keeping them honest

Aug. 2, 1873: The Argus ublishes the list of the largest taxpayers in the county those who paid taxes on more than $20,000.
ipants. Ceremonies took place at IOOF cemetery, where a committee of young ladies placed wreaths of choice flowers upon the graves of Civil War soldiers Aaron Fosdyke, James Anderson, William Jamison, Philip Pfeiffer, B.R. Wells and Robert Hunter, all of whom, with the exception of the last named, had served in the Union Army.
Train Wreckers strike

Aug. 30, 1881: A daring outrage!Californias first train holdup. An eastbound Atlantic Express train derailed at Cape Horn Mills, where the rails had been purposely removed from the track. When the engineer set the air brake, stopped the train and jumped off, he was confronted by masked men. The train was carrying about 100 passengers, and, It is presumed the numbers overawed the freebooters, who not being quite ready for their work, turned and fled into the brush in the dark. Senator Fair of Nevada was on board; it was surmised that the intent was to capture and hold him for ransom. The Train Wreckers miner Ed Steinegal, from Gold Run, gambler George Shinn, Teamster John Mason and miners Reuben Rogers and Henry Frazer were soon arrested by Placer County Sheriff John C. Boggs, who assisted detectives and found all five men. Steinegal was sentenced to 13 years in San Quentin but escaped and was never heard from again, Shinn got 12 years, eight months in San Quentin, Rogers and Frazer were tried and acquitted in December 1882. Mason was granted immunity for testifying against Steinegal.
Bad news for Wells Fargo

Sept. 13, 1873: Stage robbed!
The latest exploit of the knights of the road. The Forest Hill stage was stopped by three masked highwaymen on its descent of the north fork hill, on its way to Auburn. A man stepped out from behind brush on the side of the road and caught the lead horse of the stage team by the head, pointed a revolver at the drivers and passengers occupying the outside seat and politely requested them to stop. Two other men stepped into the road and demanded the passenger and driver to get off the coach. The passengers complied while the driver, Cy Watkins, requested to stage and manage his team, but a shotgun was quickly pointed in his direction, and Cy wrapped the ribbons around the brake in a hurry and got. The robbers got the Wells Fargo & Co. treasure box, but on finding it was light began relieving the passengers of their loose change. They didnt notice the diamonds and expensive watch of one passenger.
Built in the 1860s, the Freeman Hotel was was built in 1860 at the intersection of Lincoln Way, Harrison and Elm streets. It was originally named the West Hotel after owner Elliot West. It was called the Borland Hotel after James Borland bought it in 1872 and acquired the name of Freeman in about 1880 when William A. Freeman took it over. It was demolished in the 1970s. This picture was taken sometime in the 1880s.
editor of the Placer Argus, while sitting in the Wells Fargo & Co. office, is shot in the face by Placer County District Attorney W.H. Bullock. The Argus account of the incident was thus: About six oclock last Saturday evening, while the editor of the Argus was quietly sitting in Wells Fargo & Co.s Express office, reading a paper, he was murderously assaulted with a revolver by W.H. Bullock, the district attorney of this county. The assaulter approached from behind, and when just opposite, with vile epithets enough to attract attention, the revolver was thrust into the face of the reader and discharged. The assaulter gave himself up and slept in the Red Lion for one night, and was admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000 to appear before the grand jury. In the Jan. 25 paper, it had been printed that Bullock, a Democrat, was going to run for county judge, and the editor made the comment Heaven save the mark! In response to the shooting, the Argus replied: The position of the Argus and its editor is exactly this: First The Argus will be run as a Republican paper first, last and always, as far as politics is concerned. Second we will endeavor to make it a liberal paper no hidebound sentiments no special pleading for individuals or their hobbies when axes are to be ground. Third the paper will be run as a newspaper should be, as we understand it, as a collector and dispenser of news to all the people of the county, and to those who may read the paper outside of the county, The jury was unable to agree in the case of the People vs. Bullock, District Attorney. The case
was retried in June. Bullock pleaded guilty to simple assault, claiming the pistol discharged accidentally. The plea was accepted, Bullock promptly paid the $400 fine and the matter was ended.
Political excursion
Oct. 25: 1879: Four excursion cars are taken on at Auburn Station to carry people to the Grant reception in Sacramento. It cost $77 to charter each car, chartered by Fulweiler and Macombe. They issued tickets at $1.25, with each car seating 60 people. It seems as though a halfdozen cars would not have been too many for the accommodation of the crowd who finally were anxious and willing to go. Of those who went from this county, about 200 took part in the procession, and it was a matter of comment that Placer County was quite well represented, and all enjoyed their visit very much.
Remembering the fallen

May 30, 1880: Auburns first Memorial Day services are held. The Decoration Day story included a list of parade partic-
Editor targeted
Feb. 1, 1879: Henry W. Fenton,
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1882~1891: Education options expand here

Auburn becomes a city again; phone line finished
School funds raised
May 27, 1882: The sum of $4,250 has already been subscribed for the new high and normal school, of which all but $250 has been raised in Auburn. There are from 50 to 60 citizens yet to be canvassed here, who will contribute all the way from $10 to $100 each. Keep the ball rolling and let the good work go on.
Schedule change
Jan. 25, 1883: Publication day of the Argus changes from Saturday to Thursday each week.
Schools in session
Feb. 5, 1883: Sierra Normal College, founded in 1882, holds it dedication services in the College Chapel, with an oration by Dr. Barrows of San Francisco. The school opened with about 30 students, of whom a dozen were boarders. The school later became Placer County High School It is significant not alone of the material growth of the town, and of the county, but it also serves to show to the world that our people, while content for the present to obtain their food and clothing and mechanical supplies, mostly from below, are, at the same time, determined to give their children the best educational advantages at their command.
The Sierra Normal College preceded the public secondary schools in Placer County. The school, establishd in 1882, charged a modest tuition. In 1914 it became known as Placer Junior College, a new department of Placer Union High School that graduated its first class in the spring of 1900. World War I caused a drop in enrollment. After the 1920-21 school year, disbandment was compelled. In 1936, the California State Board of Education granted Dr. John Napier Jr. permission to revive the junior college, located in Auburn until the spring of 1961, when the new Sierra College was built in Rocklin.

Ice: $10 per ton Mining claim in the Dutch Flat Mining District: $5 Mens light coats: 25 cents Sierra Normal College tuition: $200 per year, including a furnished room and board
Racism rears its head

March 11, 1886: An antiChinese club forms in Auburn. The clubs official name was the Law and Order Anti-Coolie Club of Auburn. We, the citizens of Auburn and vicinity, in common with other citizens of California, deem the Chinese a curse to our State and nation it is the sense of the people of this community that all further immigration of the Chinese race to this country should be prohibited We believe the presence of coolies engenders a hatred of honest manual labor in the minds of our youths and maidens, pollutes the morals of our youth and drives from our state the good, reliable working men and women the bone and sinew of our country It is the duty of our organization to form a labor bureau to assist in supplying white laborers instead of the displaced Chinese.
The Opera House had a 60-foot front with rooms for two stores on either side of the main entrance. It was destroyed by fire on Oct. 3, 1957.
Whos calling?
May 29, 1891: The telephone line between Auburn and Sacramento is completed. Mr. Kearns, the superintendent off the San Francisco division, has been in town several days and had intended to return to his home in Stockton last night, but finding yesterday that he would be detained in this county several days long, he went to the telephone at Hudgins Drug Store, rang up the Sacramento main office and told them to connect him with a certain number in Stockton, the paper printed. He then called that number, which is his residence, and informed Mrs. Kearns that he could not return as soon as he expected, asked how baby was, what they were doing, etc. This will give some idea of the convenience the line will be to Auburn.
The Auburn Opera House opened in 1891 near Central Square. It hosted a long list of famous entertainers, including John Philip Sousa. In later years it housed a movie theater and bowling alley. The building burned down in 1957.
time. Local voters had chosen to discorporate in early 1860s in order to avoid paying off railroad bonds, and had gone more than 25 years without city government. purposes, and 500 incandescent lights of 16-candle power for private families. He stated that the city, as an investment, could afford to furnish each incandescent light to the consumer at 75 cents per month, which would bring in an income of $375 per month if the 500 lights were taken. cal performances and sporting matches, including a baseball match between the Placers and the Invincibles, from Rocklin and Antelope. The Placers won 16-5. There was a list of awards, including a first prize for the Argus for its job work exhibit. printing 1,008 copies at present, and circulate 965. Our average sales of extra copies are about 25 a week. Those who wish to inquire closely will find that our circulation is about 150 copies ahead of the Herald and about 300 ahead of the Republican.
Bright idea
Sept. 8, 1888: The California Electric Light Co. prepares to put in an electric plant for the city at a cost of $11,000. F.B. Converse proposed that he would put in an electric light plant at the cost of $10,500 to $12,000. The plant would be sufficient for at least 15 arc lights for public
High honors
May 24, 1890: The Plac-
Opera House built

July 12, 1890: Ground broken for Opera House. The outside was completed in December 1890. The opening night performance in 1891 was attended by 600 people, including Gov. Henry Markham.
Fair makes debut

Sept. 7, 1889: First 20th District Agricultural Fair opens in Auburn. The Argus published a complete list of livestock entries, day by day account of parades, musi-
Dj vu
May 2, 1888: Auburn is incorporated a second
er Argus is the citys official paper. Our carriers list in Auburn at present is 112. Our post office list is 103. A total of 218. Does the Herald man want any more statistics? We are
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1892~1901: Iconic courthouse is erected

Sewer concerns rise; rail workers strike
No more stinky city
May 5, 1893: The Placer Argus calls for a public meeting to endorse the action of city trustees in calling a special election to vote on the proposition to bond Auburn for $20,000 for sewer purposes. Hundreds of people come to Auburn every month. The American, Orleans, Auburn and Freeman hotels and Putnam House each get their share of the patronage of these transients. These people spend their money in our midst. They eat food purchased in our grocery stores. They wear clothes bought of our clothing merchants, then as a pure business policy, if for no other, it would pay us to vote sewerage for the simple benefit of our hotels. We must make our city agreeable to invalids, to traveling business men and to visitors. We cannot do this if we force an intolerable stench into the bedrooms, dining rooms and hallways of our hotels.
Rail strike hits home

July-August 1894: Railroad workers go on strike. The Pullman Car Company near Chicago had ordered a reduction of wages that would affect about 2,000 workers. The operatives at Pullman struck and the people of the country soon found out that they were members of the American Railway Union, an organization to which nearly if not quite all of the railroad operatives and artisans of the Southern Pacific system belonged. The train stoppages had huge effects on Auburns agriculture trade early peaches and blackberry crops were lost before they could reach their buyers. The most serious matter to our people at present is the entire suspension of fruit shipments, the paper reported. Many carloads in transit are sidetracked and the fruit will of course nearly all go to waste.
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The Placer County Courthouse, easily Auburns most recognizable landmark, was dedicated in 1898 in a grand ceremony that included a balloon ascension.

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We find ourselves at the present milestone in good, healthy condition with the best of prospects ahead.
Argus editorial on the eve of the papers 26th birthday
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forward to the coming years with our habitual smile and expect nothing but good fortune.
Oddfellows celebrate
Photo: Jan. 4, 1895: $10,000 Oddfellows Hall opens with a large celebration that included an impromptu dance. The visitors were many, and all were apparently pleased with the hall and the mode of lighting and heating it. After the general public had inspected the building, a dance was given, in which a large number of our young people participated.
High school opens

Sept. 13, 1897: The Auburn High School opens with about 20 students. The school, which was situated in the Sierra Normal College building, occupied that portion known as the chapel and faced High Street. The school rooms have been fitted up with all the necessary conveniences. Prof. McKay, the instructor, was described as a very competent gentleman, being a graduate of the Royal College of New South Wales and having experience of 15 years in high school work.
H.W. Swanson bought the store in 1921 and moved to the present location in 1927. Clarence Reeves bought the business in May 1940. Pharmacist Charley Fink, his wife Patti, and pharmacy technician Liz Briggs own it now.
Grand ceremony
July 4, 1898: The courthouse building is dedicated following a parade officiated by Judge J. E. Prewett. The days festivities included a balloon ascension and a parachute jump by the Hagal brothers. The courthouse was built to replace the aging wooden structure built in 1854. Bond elections were held in 1888 and 1890, but failed to get voter support. Effort was made to realign county boundaries to secure support; for three years the county collected a 5 percent tax to pay for the building, which was designed by John M. Curtis.
Cornerstone placed
July 4, 1894: The cornerstone of the Placer County Courthouse is installed. A copper box was placed inside containing gold coins, papers and artifacts Judge Prewett, with a few appropriate biblical passages, declared the stone in place, after which he paid a short tribute to the old couthouse and spoke of the necessity of the new building. W.A. Shepard
The Old Auburn Fire House, dedicated May 21, 1892. It was manned by a volunteer fire crew.
then scattered a few grains of gold dust over the stone and, recollecting that silence is golden, withheld remarks. H.W. Richmond spoke of the ancient custom of anointing with oil and sprinkled the rock with some of the native oil of the county. Mr. Seavey then, in appropriate and eloquent words, made a fruit offering for the occasion.
Paper in good health

Aug. 28, 1897: As the paper entered its 26th year, the editor remarked, We find ourselves at the present milestone in good, healthy condition with the best of prospects ahead. With our two new jobbers busy most of the time and a subscription list certainly as long as any in the county, we look
Editor accused
Aug. 10, 1894: The editor of the paper is arrested on a charge of embezzlement sworn to by the persecuting attorney of Placer County, W.B. Thorpe. The case was dismissed Aug. 9 case after the judge found nothing in testimo-
Drugstore arrives
November 1897: G.T. Gibson Drugs, now known as the Auburn Drug Co., opens on Railroad Street (Lincoln Way).
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1902~1911: A new bridge and a new library

Murders, fire and a standing ovation
Shocking tragedy
Nov. 10, 1904: Auburn has had her tragedy, and it is a sad one which has cast a gloom over the entire community. The town was aghast following a fire at Julius Webers property. All members of the family, except Adolph, a son, were dead. While attempting to save furniture in southeast room, which the flames had not yet reached, firefighters stumbled over the bodies of Mrs. Weber and her daughter Bertha, and later found the body of the little boy, Earl. It was discovered later that they had been murdered and their clothes set on fire afterward. The elder Webers body found the next morning where the bathroom had been. All doubt as to his fate was dispelled by the discovered of a bullet wound similar to those of the others in his chest. Adolph Weber, now the main suspect, had reportedly been seen in the vicinity of a robbery six months prior, when the Placer County Bank was relieved of $5,000. During the murder investigation it was revealed that his handwriting matched that of the fictitious check handed over to the bank clerk telling him to pay to Red Shirt Gordon all the money in the bank. Webers guilty verdict printed in the Nov. 24 issue. He was executed Sept. 27, 1906.
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Now a popular site for photographers, hikers, horse riders and runners, the Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge over the American River was initially constructed by the Pacific Portland Cement Co. to help transport limestone from a Cool mining operation for use in making concrete. Part of the bridge, seen here in that background of this early photo, collapsed while under construction in 1911, killing three workers.
Old Town burns

July 29: 1905: Disastrous fire visits this city. City Hall, American Hotel, Crosbys Stable and other buildings were destroyed. Property worth nearly $70,000 vanished in three and half hours in a fire that started in the back part of the big furniture store of J.C. Safford in the Snowden building. Auburn owes a debt of gratitude to her brave fire laddies of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, who stopped the inflagration from destroying more buildings. Several ladies of the city displayed great thoughtfulness in providing sandwiches, lemonade and coffee for the firefighters.
The cornerstone for a St. Josephs Catholic Church was laid May 6, 1911.
of the partially completed span collapsed, killing three men. For nearly 30 years, locomotives passed over 17 wooden trestles between Auburn and Cool. That came to an end in November 1941 and the tracks were removed to provide steel for the war effort. The bridge has been buffeted over the years by debris and logs during high-water storms and was threatened in the early 1990s when it was condemned as unsafe because of structural problems with its pillars. But a disparate combination of groups, including equestrians, environmentalists and former Republican congressman John Doolittle, raised a ruckus and came up with federal and private funding to shore the span up to earthquake safety standards.
When the Carnegie Library was dedicated in 1909, it had 1,700 volumes and $500 on hand.

Lace: 1 cent per yard Williams Malaria Cure: 50 cents Miners folding candlestick: $1.50 30 acres of land with a two-acre orchard, four-room home and barn: $1,600 Watch Uncle John Spruceby at the Auburn Opera House: 25 cents for gallery seats; 50-75 cents lower levels Whiskey: $2-$6 a gallon at Geo F. Hubers Family Liquor Store Wine of Cardui, to relieve ovarian troubles: $1 per bottle
Sousa marches here

Nov. 2, 1907: John Philip Sousa performs at the Auburn Opera House. Music lovers from the city and county crowded the theater. The paper reported that it was glorious entertainment, many new numbers had been added to the repertoire of the band. Sousa led the
Music was provided by Sikes Superior Orchestra. Attorney James D. Meredith spoke on What we hope to do in the matter of securing books for the library and E.B. Willus discussed The benefit of a library to a city. The library had about 1,700 volumes. The board reported about $500 on hand to be used to purchase books.
just east of what was then Auburn city limits. Fowler was on his way in an attempt to cross the Sierra and win a $50,000 prize offered by the Hearst newspaper syndicate to the first pilot to fly across the continent. Fowler would crash in Alta, ending his solo, transcontinental quest for cash and glory.
familiar strains of Liberty Bell, El Capitan and well-known marches, along with new march Powhatans Daughter. Auburn gave Sousa and his band an ovation and her people will be
glad of the opportunity to repeat it. He may always count upon a crowded house when he returns.
Bird man lands

Sept. 11, 1911: First air-
Icon gets bad start

November 1911: The Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge, which was lauded as cutting-edge for its time gets off to a tragic start. Built to ship limestone from the Cool quarry, part
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May 28, 1909: Carnegie Library is dedicated.
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1912~1921: World War I shakes Auburn

Paper gets a new name, scarlet fever arrives
College established
June 27, 1914: Placer Junior College, now Sierra College, is established. Following its discontinuance shortly thereafter, the college was re-established in 1936 and has been open since.
Citizens line the streets after the fighting of World War I ceased in 1918. In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed Nov, 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day.
President Wilsons goat.
Kavally Turkish tobacco plants: $1 per hundred Housework (no washing): $35 a month for a competent girl or woman Hayes Healing Honey cough suppressant: 35 cents Camel cigarettes: 18 cents a pack Scipps Booth six-seater car: $1,475 McCalls magazine subscription: 25 cents for four months Four-room home with basement and orchard: $700 Smoked meats: 35-52 cents per pound Vinegar: 10 cents a bottle Bluing: 5 cents a bottle
Educator honored
Jan. 4, 1917: Dr. J.F. Engle, principal at Placer Union High School, is named new head of the state High School Teachers Association, a district honor.
It was announced that the Journal would soon move to the Republican building.
Flu scare
Oct. 19, 1918: First mention of Spanish influenza epidemic. Everyone was ordered to wear masks or be subject to arrest; no court sessions were held until the epidemic was over.
War begins
April 6, 1917: War declared; President Wilson signed the resolution today. Following issues focused on the war effort, including residents being told of the need to grow more food for themselves and the nation. May 1918, was the last semester the high school was allowed to teach German. German stories and folk songs were removed from textbooks and song books in California in 1918. Streetlights were to be turned off in daylight, and all fruit pits were to be salvaged for carbon, which was used in gas masks. The first liberty bonds were offered for sale in May 1917. On May 11, 1917, it was announced that men aged 21-31 were subject to draft service in the Army. Placer County saw 1,797 register.
Paper expands
July 13, 1914: First edition of Auburn Daily Journal. The staff of the eightpage paper consisted of L.A.P Eichler, managing . editor; R.S. Richmond, news editor; and L.A. Sirrard, business editor. It was owned and operated by the Placer Co. Publishing Company and declared independent in a lengthy editorial: The initial expense, paid for almost in whole by capital from outside the county, has been large, the paper reported. Mudslinging will not be a method of this paper. If it cannot gain its point without indulging in personalities and petty quarreling, it will (lose) the point.
Foresthill. She served as superintendent of schools for Placer County from 1914 to 1926. Burns died in 1962.
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Back to a weekly
Nov. 14, 1918: The paper is now a weekly, the Auburn Journal.
Fever closes school

March 21, 1916: Grammar school opens Monday, but is closed for at least a week due to an outbreak of scarlet fever cases. The library closed to students under 16 for a month in April, and the books were fumigated to prevent spread of disease.
Liquor ban defeated

Nov. 7, 1914: Wets win
When theres a will

Feb. 6, 1919: The paper prints the entire will of J.M. Francis, who died Jan. 8 following an automobile accident. His widow and two sons were named as executors, bonds being required in the amount of $300,000. The will, among other things, provided for a banquet for the members of the Tahoe Club at an expense not to exceed $300. Provide a plain casket, he wrote, anything good enough for earthworms at a cost of not over $50. Fellow members be merry. It was my turn, yours next. See that no fulsome praise be given in papers a plain history of my doings, O.K., thats enough.
National Bank is robbed in plain daylight. The robber made a getaway; Deputy Chas Dapper got a posse started. The bandits made away with $1,665. Two highwaymen walked into First National Bank and forced two girl stenographers into the waiting room. The robbers took money from counter and fled in the direction of Recreation Park. It was the theory of Sheriff Gum that the men who held up the bank were traveling with the carnival company that was here.
Nov. 11, 1919: A mammoth celebration is held for Armistice Day. Richard W. Townsend Post gave an elaborate dinner-dance in the Masonic Hall. The streets of Auburn were lined with spectators for the celebration that included a parade and two basketball games. From the bloodsoaked fields of France and Belgium to the paths of peace and reconstruction in a short year. While all of us did not have the opportunity to fight for our flag in the battle for democracy, and justice, all of us can join with those who did in celebrating the successful conclusion of their struggle of right against might.
in Placer. Placer County went wet at Tuesdays election by a majority of 1,031. The total wet vote (to prohibit the manufacture, sale, gift or transportation of intoxicating liquors) was 3,754 against, with 2,543 votes cast by the drys of the county. Only nine of the 50 precincts in the county went dry: Rocklin, Alta, Emigrant Gap, Gold Run, Illinoistown, Summit, Bath, Iowa Hill, Todds Valley and Yankee Jim.
Peace celebrated
Paper keeps growing

Sept. 28, 1916: Auburn Daily Journal announces its plan to build a building on a flat-iron lot between Railroad and High streets.
Suffragette speaks
Oct. 1, 1916: Miss Hazel Hunkins, organizer of the National Womans Party, speaks about national suffrage at the Auburn Hotel. The cause was gaining local interest here, and Hunkins, speaking with Maude Younger, was described as part of the group of women seeking
Woman elected
Irene Burns is elected superintendent of schools, becoming the first woman to serve in a county office. Born in Placer County in 1872, Burns grew up in Michigan Bluff near
Nov. 5, 1914:
Hotel Auburn burns

Feb. 28, 1916: Hotel Auburn is heavily damaged by fire. The blaze started in the basement and burned to the roof, caused by a short in motor wiring. Firemen saved the building, but
Republican sold
July 13, 1918: Sale of the Placer Republican newspaper to Placer County Publishing Company, owner of the Auburn Daily Journal.
Daytime robbery
May 22, 1919: First
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Irene Burns, left, Placer Countys first female superintendent of schools and the first woman to hold office in the county, is pictured riding horseback on a school inspection tour with Margarest McNaught, state commissioner of elementary schools, and school teacher Annie Smith.
1922~1931: Signs of the times as city evolves

State Theater is built; Depressions effects felt
Klan gathers
July 20, 1922: Klansmen meet in Newcastle. Several hundred members of the Invisible Empire, knights of the Klu Klux Klan, held initiation ceremonies on the crest of Hill Two, back of the cemetery, a half-mile below town. Spectators came from all over the region, but were not allowed to approach the Klans rendezvous closer than a half-mile. The onlookers contented themselves, however, with watching the white robed figures line up in a half-circle on top of the hill. They could be seen moving about in the dim light cast by a huge fiery cross, and the effect of the hooded Knights as seen through a jagged skyline of tombstones was both startling and bizarre. Three hundred new members were said to have been initiated at the ceremonies.
Paving the way

Dec. 20, 1922: High Street is paved and open to the public after inspection by contractors and proper city authorities showed that the street could now be used with safety. The street is one of the most beautiful in Auburn and certain properties along the street are said to have increased in commercial value a great deal since the paving job was completed. The opening of the street was necessary since the detours to Placer Union High School were in bad condition following a recent rainstorm.
Automobiles were becoming a common sight in Auburn in the 1920s, as seen in this photo of Four Corners.

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Business destroyed
Aug.18, 1923: Placer Machine and Auto Co. destroyed by fire. H.G. Van Lennup, general manager, and Edison Carman, garage employee, were both injured.
Lions roar to life

Jan 13, 1927: Lions Club to be organized. Twenty local men signed application blanks. The club was headed by W.H. Mellinger, Claus Hink and W.K. Graham. The new club held weekly luncheons at the Freeman Hotel. Members of the Sacramento den held a general meeting at Freeman Hotel. Before the meeting was finished, 15 charter members were signed for the organization of a local club.
Auburns State Theater, whose early marquee can be seen at right, was dedicated in the winter of 1930.
public. about six months before the bridge was replaced. Mail, freight and express were rerouted through Auburn. cars of Newcastle fruit selling in seven different eastern auction markets averaged $977 per car. To bring a return to local growers, the cars must average at least $1,350, according to Charles Werner, manager of the Newcastle Fruit Growers Association.
Bridge collapse
July 31, 1930: The 250-foot Colfax-Foresthill Bridge falls into the American River. No vehicle was on the bridge at the time it collapsed. It broke first from Foresthill side and within a few seconds the entire bridge was a mass of ruins in the River Canyon. The bridge had been unsafe for a number of years and the supervisors had put off replacing the bridge. An examination of the timbers that supported the bridge disclosed the fact that they were almost entirely eaten away by worms. Supervisors included a sum of $15,000 in the general fund budget of Placer County and $5,000 in the general road fund budget for replacement. It was estimated it would be
Theater for Christmas

Dec. 25, 1930: The State Theater is dedicated. The owners were T. and D. Junior Enterprise. T.H. Whitmore of Newcastle was manager.
New site for PG&E

Jan. 3, 1929: More than 1,000
Senator lands
July 13, 1931: State Sen. Tallant Tubbs, passenger, and Ray Moore, pilot, arrive in the first autogyro (rotaplane) to land at the Auburn Airport. Tubbs served in the Aviation Corps of American Army during the war. He had plans to visit Southern California cities in his campaign for the Republican nomination.
people attend the opening of the new Drum Division headquarters of PG&E on High Street. Service clubs, individuals and businesses sent beautiful flowers with their congratulations to H.M. Cooper and his staff on the completion of the beautiful new building. The complete change from the old quarters to the new was accomplished without a moments loss of service to the
Citrust protests
June 25, 1931: Citrus growers vow to fight the proposed 15 percent increase in railroad rates on the grounds that it would ruin the industry. At a meeting of deciduous fruit growers of Placer County held in Newcastle, a decision was reached to cut the orchard wage from 25 cents per hour to 22.5 cents per hour. Fruit was selling far below cost of production. Fourteen
Hard times for many

Oct. 29, 1931: Unemployed relief committee asks citizens to provide work or cash donations
for the unemployed in a drive for funds held Nov. 6. More than 100 unemployed were registered for work with the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. It was estimated that 80 had dependent wives or children. In some instances, the newspaper reported, the men have been out of work for several months and the mothers and children have been without proper food for days. The drive was for pledges to hire men from the unemployed city list for a certain number of days, or to make a cash donation. Donations were pooled and the money used to provide work for the most worthy of the unemployed on civic projects, including crushing rock for use on city streets, digging a sewer line for the new memorial building or developing the recreation ground for the Auburn Union grammar school. People were asked to donate $6 of each $1,000 of annual income. The drive raised $1,024 in cash and 1,106 days of pledged work.
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1932~1941: Interest in snow sports grows

Fair returns; Hoover visits; World War II begins
Big news for ski jumpers
Oct. 27, 1932: Auburn Ski Jump completed. The ski hill was the largest on the continent. The Class A hill designed for jumps to 300 feet was built by contractors Charles McClough and Jack Viehmeier, working for the Auburn Ski Club. Its design was perfected by Auburn engineer Jerome Barieau. The new hill was built on the Cisco property of the Auburn Ski Club. The world record at the time was 264 feet.
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Hoover comes to town

Nov. 30, 1939: Former President Herbert Hoover pays a brief visit to Auburn following an afternoon talk before the California Hydraulic Mining Association, assembled in Colfax. Hoover met and talked with a four-country group of Republican leaders at the Auburn Hotel during the evening. The Placer Union High School band participated in the event by giving a concert in Colfax. Local Boy Scouts handled traffic and acted as ushers. Hoover gave a 25-minute address in which he dwelt mainly on the present European situation, warning that this country must choose between staying out of war or putting its fingers in the dictator trap.
Beer is back
April 6, 1933: Legal beer to be available in Auburn. Federal regulations did not allow the breweries to start loading the trucks until 12:01 a.m. April 7. Local wholesale dealer W.F. Jacobs warned of a shortage of supply of the new legal beer during the first few days. Retailers now had to take out a federal license of $20 per year. The state Legislature was also working on a law that would permit city councils to collect a license within city limits and county supervisors to collect a license fee outside of city limits.
Roy Mikkelsen, who wouldnt trade local snow conditions for those of his native Norway, in the Tahoe National Forest in 1937.
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Newspapers join forces

Aug. 10, 1933: Placer County
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Journal adds a day

Aug. 19, 1940: First issue of semi-weekly Auburn Journal.
Newspaper Publishers Association is organized. V.G. McCann of the Journal was elected president. Ronald Brill of the Roseville Tribune was vice president and Allen Thurman of the Colfax Record served as secretary-treasurer.
Olympic sendoff
Dec. 5, 1935: Roy Mikkelsen is given a grand sendoff party at the Monte Vista Inn. He joined the American Winter Sports Olympic Team for competition in Germany. More than 100 ski enthusiasts joined the sendoff. A total of $65.75 was made at the luncheon to help defray his traveling expenses. On Jan. 19, 1933, Mikkelsen, an Auburn Ski Club member, had made two record jumps of 176 feet each in the Worlds Fair Tournament of the Norge Ski Club in Illinois.
Displays of hydraulic mining were part of the Gold Rush Revival, which began in Auburn in 1936.
collided with that of the newly married couple. Broyer was the youngest man ever to hold office in Placer County. The need for additional equipment in the office has been felt for some time, and in view of the fact that mining is coming back into its own, and that the hydraulic debris dams are to be constructed near here, the Journal has kept abreast of the times by adding this additional equipment to its already modern printing plant.
Junior college for Auburn

July 3, 1936: State board of equalization approves establishment of a junior college in the Placer Union High School District, to open in August. Basic courses set up the first year included citizenship training, commerce, agriculture, homemaking and university transfer. The vote approval came Aug. 12, 1,031-204.
Germ alert
Feb. 6, 1936: Flu closes Placer High School. One-third of the 735 students was absent. It is thought the colds spread more rapidly on the school buses, due to the close proximity of students with colds to one another on rides to and from school.
ebration brings 40,000 to 45,000 visitors to Auburn. The 1937 Gold Rush Revival and Twentieth Agricultural Association District Fair were lauded as one of the most colorful spectacles ever seen along the Mother Lode, and reflected great credit upon the directors and the committee workers. Over $100,000 in new money was left in Auburn as a direct result of the event that included a parade, 1849 costumes, exhibits, horse show and $200,000 display of gold. The 20th District Agricultural Association was dormant from 1903 to 1936, when it was reactivated due to the efforts of Vernon G. McCann. Gov. Frank Merriam was a guest of honor at the Gold Rush Revival in June 1936, when he told Auburn it could, under the horse racing act, have a district fair supported by the pari-mutuel betting tax. The next year the fair was reactivated, with two tents for exhibits.
New press for newspaper

March 17, 1941: Journal celebrates its 23rd anniversary with new web press. It printed a special thenand-now section. Placer Union High School students helped write articles.
Jail opens
Sept. 29, 1941: New county jail opens for inspection. James Walsh had the honor of assisting Sheriff Charles Silva in the transfer of the first prisoner from the old to the new Placer County Jail on Oct. 1. In 1895, Walsh had assisted Sheriff William Conroy in transferring the first prisoner to what was then the new jail in the county courthouse, which was now being vacated. The first prisoner was George Smith of Roseville, serving a term for vagrancy. Silva completed the transfer for 28 prisoners from the old to the new. A break for freedom was made by one prisoner, who was committed to Stockton, but he was quickly recaptured by quick action on the part of Deputy Charles Dolce.
WPA work at fairgrounds

June 16, 1938: Fairgrounds Works Progress Administration project starts. Work included fencing of property, fire protection lines, drainage and arena. Buildings were erected during winter. A crew of 30 men began laying drain lines, water lines and sewer lines from the High Street entrance of the fairgrounds to a point near the horse barns. The sum of $114,000 was expended to give Auburn one of the finest small fair setups in the state. This sum will be expended in giving the people permanent improvements for all-year enjoyment, including fine athletic fields, nine buildings for
Dams constructed
April 8, 1937: Hydraulic dams are now assured; boring on the North Fork and Middle Fork proving satisfactory. Construction would soon result in Rucky Chucky Dam, near the old Spanish Dry Diggins. Behind it were stored the debris from placer found in upper Placer County and a portion of Eldorado County. Another dam on the north fork was to be constructed a mile and a half above the old wooden bridge between Auburn and Foresthill.
War declared
Dec. 8, 1941: U.S. and Japan at war. A full-page ad by the Japanese-American Citizens League published Dec. 22 condemned the treacherous and unwarranted attacks on the U.S government. Tires were rationed, 1,000 tons of chrome mined in Placer awaited shipment for the war effort, Placers defense plans were put into operation and air warning tryouts were scheduled.
Coroner killed in crash

June 14, 1936: Placer Countys
Journal gets typeface-lift

Jan. 21, 1937: Journal unveils new typeface from new linotype. The machine was one of the most modern made by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and carried the regular three magazines and auxiliary with an additional three magazines. A wide variety of both advertising and job type were now available.
coroner is killed in a car accident three hours after his wedding. Elliott Broyer, 25, was killed near Richmond after his wedding to Miss Darliene Brunson, formerly of Roseville. Mrs. Broyer was severely injured in the crash that also caused the death of J. Abreu, driver of the car that
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June 10, 1937: Gold Rush cel-
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Army hospital opens; train derails near Colfax
Five illegals arrested
Feb. 18, 1942: FBI arrests five illegal Japanese aliens. By March 4, all Japanese were moved from the area. Isao Tahara and Matsu Tahara, of Newcastle, were arrested by FBI agents and deputies working under Sheriff Charles Silva when two revolvers, a gun and camera were found in the fish market they operated in Newcastle. Also arrested were K. Tsuda, a prominent grocer of lower Auburn and president of the Placer County Japanese Association; T. Otani, Loomis; S. Uyeda, Loomis; Shukichi Sasaki, Loomis. The FBI saw Tsuda burning some papers from a box in an outdoor incinerator. They took possession of the papers and were also thought to have seized $8,000 in Japanese bonds.
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Latshaws murdered
March 4, 1943: Mass murder of Latshaw family on AuburnFolsom road. Raymond Latshaw, 19, was apprehended in Los Angeles in April, where he confessed to murder and returned to Auburn. The victims of the Feb. 11 murders were Charles Latshaw, 57; Bertha Belle Latshaw, 55; Amos Clarence Latshaw, 38; Olive Latshaw, 36; and Charles Latshaw, 7. The case ended in 1943, when Latshaw was delivered to San Quentin to serve three consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder.
DeWitt Army Hospital initially offered general hospital treatment for the Reno Army Air Base, Chico Army Air Field, Camp Beale, Camp Kohler, McClellan Field and the Sierra Ordnance Depot. Red Cross volunteers visit with wounded soldiers at a ward party during the veterans recuperation at DeWitt Army Hospital in this August 1945 Auburn Journal photo.
and several guest speakers. Ground was broken April 7, 1943, and construction started June 22, 1943. The hospital was activated as an unnamed general hospital Aug. 15, 1943, and was redesignated the DeWitt General hospital Sept. 1, 1943. It was named after the late Brig. Gen. Calvin DeWitt. This modern hospital of semi-permanent construction is a monument to the care and devotion that this country extends to the members of its armed forces who are wounded in battle, defending their countrys shores from invading armies of Axis powers. the injured. The staff of the Journal went into action and covered the wreck with dramatic pictures and stories. The Red Cross, assisted by Placer High School students, prepared bandages and surgical dressings for use at the hospital.

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Placer girls craft knives

March 11, 1943: Placer girls provide instruments of war. Placer Union High School Victory Corps girls in the machine shop class for women completed a set of knives for use by the Marine Corps and members of Company E, a former National Guard unit of Auburn.
formed by a vote of 1,282 to 266. In the first stages, the districts major role was the development of programs for area youth.
Editor, publisher dies

Nov. 13, 1947: Bert A. Cassidy, editor and publisher of the Auburn Journal since 1919 and former state senator from this district, dies of a heart attack.
Auburn turns 100

May 13, 1948: Auburn celebrates its centennial. Beverly Nelson was selected to rule as Queen of Auburns 1948 Gold Rush Centennial celebration, held from Friday until midnight Sunday. More than 400 participated in the cavalcade of California history at the fairgrounds, which began with the coming of the first white men and outlined the principal events in the history of the state, including the discovery of gold on Auburn Ravine. Clampers held a torchlight parade from the Freeman Hotel to the fairgrounds and activities included childrens events and a baseball game. May 16 was the climax, being the actual anniversary of Claude Chanas discovery. Features were a rock drilling contest, parade with Jerry Colonna as grand marshal, concert, gold panning and military displays.
72 Auburn men drafted

March 16, 1943: Large draft
group leaves Auburn. The 72 men left by Greyhound at 11 a.m. for induction into the U.S. armed forces. A number of relatives and friends were on hand and all joined with the Auburn Lions in wishing the group Godspeed and a safe and victorious return.
Anti-Japanese unite
May 10, 1945: Anti-Japanese league formed. Organization of the California Preservation League, started in Auburn the previous winter, was completed at Sacramento. Members of the organization planned to refuse to rent, sell or lease property to persons of Japanese ancestry. They said they would also seek federal legislation to authorize the taking over of land held in California by persons of Japanese ancestry.
Dogs trained for war

July 22, 1943: Three Doberman pinschers turned over to Marines for use in war. The dogs were trained for guard duty, messenger service and first aid work. In guard duty, each trained dog relieved four Marines for duty elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Mason of Auburn were the first of the local people to give their Doberman Pinscher Tinka to the cause. L.P Singer gave . Major and Dr. and Mrs. D.M. Kindopp gave Perkie.
Nine dead in derailment

Nov. 8, 1944: Worst railroad disaster in the annals of the state. Nine people were dead, more than 100 injured in a turn at the westbound track a mile and a half west of Colfax. Seven coaches, two baggage cars and one engine of Train No. 87, Challenger, left the track with many men and service women aboard. Ambulances, doctors and nurses were rushed to the scene from DeWitt Hospital to care for
Auburn celebrates victory

Aug. 16: 1945: Peace edition
DeWitt grand opening

March 1, 1944: DeWitt accepts patients. More than 4,000 people attended an open house and flag-raising ceremonies. The DeWitt Army Hospital grand opening included a band
of Journal. A special section profiled soldiers who were on their way home. A list of all who served from this area was published. Profiles included Lt. David McCorker, the first Auburn man to become a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down, and
Robert Kendall, who was killed in action with American forces that broke the German line to reach the Rhine. Advertising messages included Welcome back boys, The job is over, Hi ya fellas and The day is here. An editorial proclaimed, We all should bare our heads in silent prayer for a moment to thank an all-providing God that these men had the courage to give us victory. Theirs is the glory. Their sacrifice gave us freedom from the horror of living under a dictatorship, more horrible than death itself. At this moment of victory we offer solace to those who are left to mourn their heroes. Yes this is a great moment in history. We can make it resound to the everlasting glory of those who have died. We should strive to do no less. The Journal published the names of 45 people who gave their lives in the line of duty, and the names of five area men missing in action. Updates to the list were printed in following editions of the Journal.
E.V. Cain now open

Dec. 1, 1949: Doors open at E.V. Cain School on Palm Avenue. A total of 181 sixth- and seventh-graders were located in the five rooms of the completed wing. Eighth-graders moved into the second wing after Christmas vacation. Students came from Auburn Union Elementary School.
Recreation District formed

Oct. 16, 1947: The Auburn Recreation and Parks District is
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College renamed; traffic signals installed in city

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1952~1961: First Tevis Cup, Squaw Olympics
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Jan. 17, 1952: Newsmen covering the story of the snowbound streamliner City of San Francisco make the Auburn Journal their headquarters. The train was stalled in a blizzard for four days near Emigrant Gap when rescue trains were derailed by an avalanche. The 226 passengers trudged through the snow alongside the train, headed for the highway that had been cleared to transport them to Nyack and a relief train. Auburn-area hospitals were ready to treat the rescued passengers.
College gains identity

March 12, 1953: Placer College to become Sierra College. The name officially changed July 1, 1953, as a result of action taken by the board of trustees March 10. Recommendations that the college name be changed were made by the school faculty, student body, citizens advisory committee and a number of outside clubs and organizations. The board considered a number of new names, including Donner College, Tahoe College, Claude Chana College and College of the Sierra. One of the main purposes in changing the name of the college was to give it a more separate identity from Placer High School.
Placer County was thrust into the spotlight in 1960 when the Winter Games were held at Squaw Valley. The area saw more than 6 feet of snow just before the Olympics, but because there were no machines to clean and pack the snow as there are today, 130 Marines from Bridgeport arrived to boot-pack the courses, coming down the slopes arm in arm.

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Splish, splash
July 26, 1953: New Auburn swimming pool opens. The Auburn Recreation Park and Parkways Districts $60,000 pool at Recreation Park held a dedication ceremony that included an aquacade presented under the direction of Miss Shirley Pyle with many mermaids taking part. Fourteen entered the queen contest won by Mackie Dalrymple.
The Western States Trail Ride was started in 1955 by Wendell Robie. Robie rode as part of this group of five, who chose to ride the 100-mile span in one day. Four of the five, Robie included, arrived in Auburn 23 hours after their exit from Tahoe. The ride, now known as the Tevis Cup, still draws hundreds of riders.
An impromptu parade started in Tahoe City when the news came, and a similar activity began at Squaw Valley itself. Most of the major facilities required for the games had to be constructed, including an Olympic village to house the participants, a bobsled run, another double chair lift, a jumping hill to permit the 260-foot jumps allowed for international competition, an Olympic stadium with seating for 8,000 and several grandstands and parking areas.The California State Legislature appropriated $1 million to accomplish these projects through a measure submitted by Sen. Harold Johnson. The first supply was received by the Placer County Health Department from the State Department of Public Health, and immunization programs began in Roseville and Colfax. Dr. Ruth Moldenhauer, county health director, said the programs would continue and Auburns program would begin May 3. All first- and secondgrade children had the opportunity of receiving shots. The parents of 1,666 children requested the service out of a possible 1,876. This growth is the result of offering a better paper, the staff believes, and not based on giveaway subscription drives or gimmicks, which tend to build up subscription lists of dubious value. Now that the great milestone for weeklies has been passed, the staff hopes to try for 6,000. The old firehouse in lower town was moved about 150 feet southeast of its original site. At the new site, the firehouse was now surrounded by a small plaza for landscaping and historical exhibits. The cost was borne by the state highway department, which took over the old location. The City Council indicated that funds not required for the moving would be used to repair the old building.
Squaw picked for 60

Jan 13, 1955: Squaw Valley approved by Olympic Commission as a possible site for 1960 Winter Games by a special United States Olympic Committee. Squaw Valley competed for final selection with major foreign ski areas, including Innsbruck, Austria; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; St. Moritz, Switzerland; and an unidentified Pakistan city. The Placer County resort won approval over such areas as Reno, Sun Valley, Idaho; Colorado SpringsAspen, Colo.; Lake Placid, N.Y., and Anchorage, Alaska. It was officially selected in June at a meeting at Sorbonne University in Paris.
First Tevis Cup

August 1955: The first 100-mile Western States Trail Ride is held. More than 100 riders participated in the ride. Three groups spent one, two and three days on the trail. Five riders participated in the one-day ride: Wendell Robie and Dick Highfill of Auburn; Lincoln Mansfield of Reno; and Pat Sewell and Bill Patrick III of Sacramento. Highfill dropped out on the advice of a veterinarian. The other four reached Auburn at 4:05 a.m. Aug. 8, 23 hours after they left Tahoe. All of the horses and riders were in good condition.
students carry the Olympic Torch through Placer on its way to Squaw Valley. Roy Mikkelsen, one of Americas ski greats, lit the giant Olympic torch from a flame handed to him by George Neill, who ran it into Central Square. Neill, a Placer High School runner, gave the torch to students who continued to Rancho Sierra, where it was taken by ski to Squaw Valley. One Roseville runner fell and extinguished the torch, but the main light continued to burn. Dutch Flat resident and former cross country ski champion Carol Quinn took the torch over the first mile of its final journal to Squaw Valley.
Attendance record
Feb. 18-28 1960: All-time record set for largest single-day attendance Feb. 21 as more than 50,000 people flock to the Winter Games. Thirty-three nations were represented at opening ceremonies. Squaw Valley featured the first athletes village and was designed to be intimate, allowing spectators and athletes the ability to walk to nearly all the venues. The opening and closing ceremonies were produced by Walt Disney. This was the first Winter Games to not have a bobsled event, as organizers decided it wasnt costeffective to build a venue. The Soviet Union led the medal count with seven golds and 21 medals total. The United States finished with three golds and 10 medals total.
Dam bill introduced

Jan. 8, 1959: Auburn Dam bill introduced in Congress by Bizz Johnson. On Sept. 5, 1960, 26 members of Auburn Dam Committee gathered at the Tahoe Club to hear Johnson say that the project would be scheduled for the next session of Congress. Johnson said in December 1960 that given a favorable set of circumstances, the Auburn Dam could be started by 1965. Johnson dropped into the legislative hopper a bill that would authorize construction of the $145,000,000 Auburn Dam. Introduction of the Auburn Dam bill was Johnsons first official attempt for legislation after winning the congressional seat formerly held by Clair Engle. Johnson stated that the Federal Bureau of Reclamation had completed its feasibility report after being appropriated $200,000 in 1957 to complete the report. Other national senators working in favor of the Auburn Dam were Thomas Kuchel and Engle.
5,000 mark for paper

May 5, 1955: Journals paid circulation tops 5,000 for the first time, not counting on special runs made previously to blanket the area with sample copies.
Polio shots available

April 28, 1955: Polio immunization program begins in Auburn.
Dam proposed
Jan. 12, 1956: Board of Supervisors goes on record endorsing the proposal of the Auburn Dam Project Association for an irrigation power and flood control project. The action was taken after B. W. Cassidy explained the organization of the association and its proposals. The board authorized letters to Senators William F. Knowland and Thomas Kuchel and Congressman Clair Engle asking their support of the measure when it comes before Congress.
Five signals on 49
Feb. 9, 1961: Five traffic signals installed along Highway 49. Auburns traffic signals were to start operating in 10 days or two weeks to relieve the traffic snarls at the main intersections of town. The signal system was installed by the I.H. Leonardi Electric Construction Company of San Rafael.
Firehouse relocates
Dec. 5, 1957: Firehouse moves to new lower town location.
Students carry torch

Feb. 11 and 12, 1960:
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1962~1971: Auburn Dam project in the spotlight

Flooding threatens county, hospital welcomes patients
Dam saga begins
May 2, 1963: Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall gives the proposed Auburn Dam his blessing. Udall recommended that a 2.5 million acre foot capacity dam be built, doubling the size proposed in the Department of Interiors first report on the Auburn Dam-Folsom South Canal project. With the first phase of work expected to start in 10 days, Chief Engineer Sanford Koretsky lit a fat cigar and whooped, The waiting is over and weve got our baby. Now all we had to do is watch it grow! Udall visited the dam site July 25 and remarked, Its beautiful! Its the most superior dam site Ive seen in recent years.
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JFK assassinated
Nov. 28, 1963: Mayor Clarence Reeves orders flag over City Hall to be flown at half-mast in respect for President John F. Kennedy. The day of his funeral, Auburn residents attended their churches and prayed for the chief executive and his family. County and city offices were closed, school classes were canceled and businesses kept their doors locked. Many of the faithful attended a Requiem High Mass at St. Josephs Church.
The Auburn Dam project, seen here in this artists rendering, is a proposed hydroelectric, flood control, industrial and irrigation project that was initially expected to be completed in six and a half years. It was never built.

The American River rises to dangerous levels as it rushes under the Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge on Christmas Eve 1964.
tain, contrasted with a straight I-80 in the background, won a top award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. delight as she handed retiring Mayor Verne Fellows a gavel with his name engraved on it. Gordon was described as a brunette housewife with a deep interest in public affairs. A member of the council since 1962, Gordon had been active in civic organizations since settling here nearly 20 years previously.
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Why? unveiled
Nov. 9, 1967: Dr. Kenneth Fox unveils his statue Why? at the County Administrative Center. The statue, a 2,100-pound life-sized soldier, is carrying a dead buddy. Fox spent 1,200 hours working on the statue. He credited the men of Auburn Barracks No. 570 of the World War I Veterans for suggesting it. I see it as representative of all American servicemen, past present and future, Fox said. The man carrying his fallen comrade is looking at the world and asking, Why? Fox stressed that it is a memorial for all veterans, not just those from the Vietnam War.
School closes
June 4, 1964: Auburn Union Elementary School trustees order the closure of the main building at Lincoln Way School that had been used continuously since it was built in 1915. The closure was announced by Superintendent James R. Jordan, who pointed out that individual members of the board of trustees would be liable personally in the event of a disaster and that the old Lincoln Way building did not comply with state safety regulations. An inspection showed this building was not designed to resist lateral forces, and elements necessary to ensure stability in an earthquake are missing. This building does not comply with the Field Act (earthquake law of 1933).
Rising waters
Dec. 31, 1964: Placer is declared a disaster area because of flooding. The Highway 49 bridge over the American River was washed out. Public works officials estimated it would cost the state $250,000 to replace the span that linked Highway 49 and El Dorado County over the American River. The 16-year-old crossing was pounded to pieces by rushing flood waters earlier in the week. Gov. Edmund Brown declared Placer County a disaster area, and president Johnson was considering a similar move at the federal level. Twelve days of record rainfall and heavy snow resulted in the loss of at least five bridges and virtual shutdown of construction activity at the $115 million Middle Fork American River project, along with a washout of the partially finished Hell Hole Dam unit; damage to road and sporadic closure of Interstate 80 because of snow and strong winds.
Dam bill signed

Sept. 2, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the $427 million Auburn Dam authorization bill. The project planned for the dams crest at 1,137 feet elevation and a 2.5 million acre foot reservoir. Construction was expected to take six and a half years and was expected to employ 2,0003,000 people. The project is multipurpose: hydroelectric, flood control, industrial and irrigation. It would make possible the diversion of 713,000 acre feet of water for the irrigation of 414,000 acres. Enough municipal and industrial water would be made available to serve the needs of half a million people. The Auburn plant would produce 240,000 kilowatts of power and it was expected that recreation facilities would attract up to 2 million visitors during its first full year of operation and 5 million by 1985.
killed in Vietnam the first Auburn casualty. Born in Auburn in 1943, Starkey, 23 was killed in action. The report to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Starkey, his parents, was that the young man was killed by mortar fire while serving in the infantry with the Second Brigade Task Force. Starkey was known as a talented artist, athlete and marksman who looked forward to opening his own gun shop in Auburn upon completion of his military duties.
Groundbreaking party
Oct. 24, 1968: Official groundbreaking ceremony for Auburn Dam. About 400 people attended the event at the scenic overlook. U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Holum predicted the development would be the greatest recreation complex in California when completed in the mid-1970s. It was expected that between 8 million and 10 million people would visit the project annually. Congressman Harold Bizz Johnson mounted a backhoe with Holum and as the blade skimmed the reddish-brown earth, three dynamite blasts were detonated in the American River Canyon below.
Plans for new park

Oct. 8, 1964: Auburn Recre-
Hospital opens
July 5, 1966: Ten physicians found Auburn Faith Community Hospital with their own funds. Auburns downtown hospital, Highland Hospital, closed that same year. Ownership of Auburn Faith later transferred to the community, and the hospital was governed by a volunteer board of trustees. It has gone through major remodels and additions through the years to keep up to date with the latest technology and patient needs. Now Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, the facility has 350 physicians serving 50,000 patients every year. The first patient admitted in 1966 was Emma J. Jachens, 86, of Auburn, by her attending physician, Dr. Oliver H. Scheideman. The first newborn was a baby boy born at 12:44 a.m. July 6, 1966, to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Rogers.
ation District purchases the Regional Park site. The 61.0 acres were purchased from Archie Goldsberry at a cost of $1,850 an acre. The district board was eager to purchase the site because of its irrigation water, adequate roads, 200,000-plus yards of top soil pumped onto the land from Rock Creek, accessibility, availability of sewer lines and general desirability of the terrain.
Fruit Exchange fire

Sept. 4, 1969: The Auburn Fruit Exchange buildings (between Nevada Street and railroad) burn; 500 feet of buildings destroyed. Flames roared some 100 feet high. Tons of pears and plums ready for packing were lost in the inferno. Firemen were able to halt the fire before it burned through the remaining portion of the Fruit Exchange building. The loss was estimated to be in excess of $500,000.
Interstate 80 completed
Oct. 29, 1964: The last link of Interstate 80 over the summit of the Sierra is dedicated. The Journal published a special section of photos and articles describing the engineering achievement and its impact on Placer Countys economy. Its photo of the long, narrow Highway 40 snaking down a moun-
First female mayor

April 8, 1965: Auburns first woman mayor elected. Selma Gordon gasped with
First Vietnam casualty

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1972~1981: Foresthill Bridge completed

More dam problems; Western States begins
Bridge linked
June 8, 1972: Auburns Foresthill Bridge tops out when workmen link the ends of the 2,400 foot superstructure that soars 730 feet over the streambed of the North Fork of the American River. The spans final beam, a 108foot, 20-ton steel cord, had an American flag attached to it that once flew over the nations capitol. State and local officials witnessed the ceremony, which was followed by a luncheon sponsored by the Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and the Auburn Dam Committee.
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Award-winning century
September 1972: The Journal produces Century of Journalism, a special edition that won first place in the 1972 California Newspaper Publishers Associations Better Newspapers Contest. The paper won the merit award for typography in the classification of weeklies over 7,500 circulation.
The Foresthill Bridge in progress. Towering 730 feet over the North Fork of the American River, the bridge is the highest in California and the fourth highest in the United States.
Munitions explosion
April 28, 1973: Mushroom clouds erupt into the sky for five hours as 21 railcars carrying munitions explode one by one at the Southern Pacific Railroad Yard just south of the PlacerSacramento County line. The 8.04 a.m. explosion the shock waves of which were felt 100 miles away blew out thousands of windows, shook houses and buildings and created terror among the more than 40,000 residents of a foursquare-mile area. Perhaps as many as 15 people were evacuated from their homes. Several motor vehicles were damaged beyond repair and scores sustained bomb fragment damage. More than 100 freight cars were destroyed and tracks were torn up and twisted. The center of the blast was measured at 200 yards wide and 500 feet long.

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California Gov. Edmund G. Brown and Placer County supervisors had already declared it a disaster area, but Fords declaration put money behind it. Ford signed the declaration half an hour before attending Jimmy Carters inauguration ceremonies. The Placer County Chamber of Commerce offered county residents a $50 savings bond for the best ideas to conserve household water. The Placer County Water Agency offered toilet tank water displacement bottles free to its customers.
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First Mcann Award

December 1978: The Journal bestows the first McCann Award on Maurine Dobbas, who had just retired after many years of service as county clerk/recorder. Dobbas was a longtime member of the Auburn District Fair Board, a staunch supporter of area agricultural interests and a dedicated worker for programs such as 4-H. Vernon G. McCann started working for the Journal in 1914 for $4 a month as a carrier, plus $2.50 for every subscription he sold. After attending the University of California, Berkeley, he came back to Journal for 50 years, doing everything from selling ads to reporting.
Bertha, representing the Republican elephant, and Koley, a mule sitting in for the Democratic donkey, take part in the Foresthill Bridge opening ceremony on Sept. 1, 1973.
between life and death. impair his ability to turn a few cartwheels and perform some headstands after he trotted into McCann Stadium. It was the 20th annual One Hundred Miles in One Day Western States Trail ride from Squaw Valley to Auburn, now known as the Tevis Cup. The first official Western States run was held July 30, 1977.
Placer General closes

Dec. 31, 1975: Placer General Hospital closes at midnight. The sale of equipment was handled by Placer Countys purchasing agent and the county contracted with the expanded Auburn Faith Community Hospital for services previously provided at the countys hospital. After 18 years at Placer General, Florence Norton, director of nursing, said she would work the last shift for sentimental reasons, but had accepted a job as a nurse at the county jail.
Politics support bridge

Sept. 1, 1973: The $13.5 mil-
Train derails onto highway

May 8, 1974: A Southern Pacific freight train derails with 15 cars knocked off the tracks; two fall off the El Dorado Street overpass onto Highway 49. Southern Pacific officials in San Francisco attributed the accident to a load shift on a gondola car carrying sheet steel. The car was hooked up in the middle of the 82-car westbound train, and when the load shifted and knocked it off the tracks, the 14 cars behind it followed suit in spectacular fashion. Nobody was injured. The accident caused $15,000 in damage to the tracks.
lion Auburn-Foresthill Bridge opens with a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 people. Bertha, a dancing elephant from John Ascuagas Nugget in Sparks, Nev., and Koley, a mule from Gold Rush Resort near Cool, stood on the bridge to represent the bipartisan political support behind the project. The first vehicle across the newly opened span was a historic Wells Fargo stagecoach. The Ben Ali Shrine Color Guard posted the colors, the Placer High School Pep Band played The Star-spangled Banner and the Rev. P Ronan Brennan, . pastor of St. Josephs Church, delivered the invocation. Numerous federal, state and local officials gave speeches. Supervisor Robert P Mahan . said the bridge will cut vital minutes off the long drive between Auburn and the Foresthill Divide minutes that might mean the difference
Bridge claims first suicide

Oct. 8, 1975: The new Foresthill Bridge claims its first suicide when Harold W. Gill, 70, of Citrus Heights, reportedly leaps from the big span. Gill jumped from the Foresthill side of the bridge, which stands some 700 feet above the canyon at its center point. There were no eyewitnesses to the death leap, but several minutes later some tourists spotted Gills body about 100 feet below the deck. A note found in Gills car indicated he was despondent over failing health. Before Gills leap, the only known jump from the span occurred 18 months earli-
Dam delayed again

July 4, 1976: President Ford signs a $41.7 million bill to continue funds for the Auburn Dam for fiscal year 76-77. However, in August, it was announced that additional seismic activity studies could result in a delay of up to six months.
Sunday paper offered

Oct. 20, 1980: Publisher Bill Pfaff announces that the 108year-old Journal will add a Sunday edition Nov. 2. Extensive market research during the past year has indicated that our circulation area is ready for a Sunday Auburn Journal, Pfaff said. The Sunday edition featured color comics, a separate TV guide and sports section and a feature magazine. It used Unifax-II news picture reports from UPI, where it received photos instantly from around the world.
Man walks Tevis Cup

Aug. 3, 1974: Gordon Ainsleigh completes the Tevis Cup on foot. Ainsleigh, 26, a sturdy distance runner from Colfax, alternately ran and walked the 100mile trail in 23 hours and 42 minutes, an exhausting feat which nevertheless failed to
Drought plagues county

Jan. 21, 1977: In one of his last official acts as president, Gerald Ford declares Placer County a disaster area because of the drought. This move allowed farmers and ranchers to apply for federal assistance programs.
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1982~1991: City illuminated for first Festival of Lights

I-80 gets a facelift; Funk Box tradition gets rolling
A place to skate
March 7, 1982: Auburn Skateland opens its Nevada Street doors to skate enthusiasts. More than 1,500 square feet of carpeting was used to line the walls of the rink for the safety of skaters. A snack bar spanned one side of the rink, and a pro shop offered skating supplies. The building now is occupied by the Placer County Office of Education after the rink closed in the 1990s.
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Dam on shaky ground

June 11, 1982: Placer and El Dorado County officials, hoping to help finance and build the Auburn Dam, are told that the project would be a losing proposition based on current federal conclusions. Directors of the American River Authority, a partnership of Placer and El Dorado County agencies intended to help fund the Auburn Dam, began to formalize their organization. Local officials were advised to consider a smaller dam at the site, perhaps with far less federal funding, and to scrap plans to relocate Highway 49 across the dams crest, instead building an independent bridge for the roadway at less cost and in a shorter amount of time.
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An Auburn holiday tradition began in December 1990, when hundreds turned out for the inaugural Festival of Lights Parade.

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Everybody got funky

Aug. 15, 1982: Hundreds gather for the first Funk Soap Box Derby. As the clock struck 1 p.m. in Historic Auburn Sunday, a crazy yellow chicken jumped in the air, waving his checkered flag the first Auburn Funk Soap Box Derby began. Auburn Iron Works zoomed away with top honors, including a pair of victories in one-onone competition with the two other fastest entries in the race. But the vehicle that stole the show was the Dandy Candy funk soap box that looked like a jelly bean the driver took the time to pass out candy along the course from the top of Sacramento Street down to Historic Auburn. The event was staged through the efforts of Bob Jetter and cosponsors Auburn Journal, KHYL/KAHI, Auburn Chamber of Commerce and several Auburn-area merchants councils. It was a fundraiser for the Historic Auburn Post Office.
ed to cost $41.8 million. The federal government funded 91 percent and the state paid 9 percent.
Symphony debuts
March 20, 1988: Auburn Civic Symphony plays its first concert to a crowd of 603 at Placer High School. Conductor Clyde Quick led 54 Auburn-area musicians. The turnout was great, and the orchestra played past my expectations, Quick said. The performance included works by romantic composers Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Borodin, and modernist Morton Dick.
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It was smoother sailing down Interstate 80 in 1991, when the expansion project was completed. A two-mile section between Ophir Road and the Foresthill-Auburn Ravine Road exit was increased to accomodate six lanes of traffic.
Cable TV Committee began looking into new options for Auburn. It had already made Channel 8 available to the public for Placer High programming. According to Allen Hinderstein, coordinator for production services at Sacramento State University, 4,800 cable TV systems in the country were reaching 28 million homes. Cable TV classes were becoming popular at PHS and Sierra College. Fink announce that the 88year-old Auburn Drug Company recently sold its one-millionth new prescription to Wendell Robie. Robie, an Auburn civic leader, died at his home Nov. 1, 1984, at age 89. One of the earliest prescriptions filled at Auburn Drug Co., Patti Fink noted, was for Baby Robie, in 1899, when Robie was just 4 years old. burner when the American River crested the coffer dam below Auburn. In a matter of hours, the dam gave way, sending a mountain of water into Folsom Lake. The storm and the coffer dam problem resulted in new interest in the building of the Auburn Dam late in the year.
Centennial bash
May 29, 1988: The biggest parade in Auburns history includes 200 entries honoring the centennial. Events included a community breakfast, family contests, barbecue and fireworks. At least 2,000 participated in the parade. There was a Centennial Beard Growing Contest, square dance on Lincoln Way and fiddlers competition.
Pressing matters
May 14, 1986: Journal expands with a new press room and Goss Community offset press.
News is out of this world

Nov. 17, 1982: A 10-foot diam-
Bridge flooded
March 14, 1983: American
On track for Amtrak

Jan. 6, 1985: Possibility of an Auburn Amtrak stop. Rocklin resident Harold Blackmore, 81, collected 13,000 signatures for an Auburn train stop. The Chamber of Commerce supported the cause. Art Lloyd, chief of western communications for Amtrak, suggested Bowman as a stop.
Wide road ahead

Oct. 22, 1987: Groundbreaking ceremony for widening Interstate 80. Work was completed in January 1991. Plans to widen I-80 from four lanes to six began in 1965 but were not finished until 1984. Reconstruction on the two and a half mile section of I80 between Ophir Road and the Foresthill-Auburn Ravine Road exit began Oct. 26. Highway 49 between Lincoln Way and Fulweiler Avenue and Elm Avenue between Highway 49 and High Street were also widened. The project was part of a statewide effort to improve highway safety and was estimat-
eter antenna dish is installed atop the Journal building. The newspaper thus became one more earth station in the nation through which United Press International delivered state, national and international news. Publisher Bill Pfaff explained that satellite delivery of wire news meant a tremendous savings over the everincreasing cost of receiving such service through telephone lines.
Access goes public

Feb. 5, 1983: More than 60 locals attend a cable TV workshop at Placer High School. Months later, the Auburn
River floods the Highway 49 bridge to Cool, closing the canyons only direct link between Placer and El Dorado County. The Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge was almost inundated. The storm caused widespread flooding in other areas of the county and some mudslides were reported as the land failed to absorb the moisture that pelted the area for 24 hours. Residents in Roseville took to traveling by boat in the streets.
Festival of Lights
Dec. 2, 1990: First Festival of Lights parade. More than 2,000 people gathered for the first night-time electric Christmas parade, which was sponsored by the city. The parade was the finale to a days worth of events that included an International Holiday Feast, sing-along and lighting of the Community Christmas Tree by Mayor Daniel Higgins. More than 30 entries registered for the parade. The Auburn Journal was awarded grand prize for its float.
Impact of 86 flood
February 1986: Flooding batters south Placer. Streets flooded and the estimated damage from storm was $100,000 for roads, $300,000 for homes and $50,000 for commercial property. The storm put the Auburn Dam project back on the front
Pharmacy milestone
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1992~2001: Arsonist, cougar and terrorists attack

Community reels, rallies after Sept. 11 tragedies
Arsonist about town
Aug. 21, 1992: The Fawn Hill Fire, despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters from around the state, blackens 300 acres, destroys 11 homes and causes an estimated $4 million in property damage. Shortly after the fire was contained, the community faced tragedy again when an alleged arsonist set 24 fires around the Auburn area. The first blaze broke out during the early morning hours near Old Town Auburn. A total of 35 acres was blackened. Micah Jellison, 18, of Auburn, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to 27 arson counts.
Bronze for Hamilton

Feb. 24, 1992: Auburns Jeff Hamilton achieves Olympic bronze, finishing third among the worlds best speed skiers at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Sawmill closure
February 1993: Forest-
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hills second-largest employer, Georgia-Pacific Corp., shuts down its sawmill operation, leaving its 67 workers without jobs.
Residents gather at the Shanghai to listen to President George W. Bush address the nation after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Below, flags are flown on at Interstate 80 overpass as Auburnites turn out to express their grief and national pride.

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New clock tower

July 1993: After months of preparation and anticipation, volunteers raised the new Auburn clock tower at the intersection of Lincoln Way and High Streets. It just goes to show what the community can do when we pull together, said Ralph Swann, one of the driving forces behind the construction and placement of the tower at the entrance to downtown.
Bad news for dam

Nov. 9, 1993: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation leaves; Auburn Dam building up for lease. The bureau pulled all remaining staff out of its Auburn Dam office, nearly 25 years to the day after construction first started on the much-discussed, long-delayed project. In a move the bureau said has more to do with dollars and cents than the agencys policy shift away from dam-building, the two employees who were working in the bureaus 42,000-square-foot office were transferred to Folsom.
Auburn Lake Trails. Barbara Schoener, 40, was jogging along the American Canyon trail when she was attacked from behind by a cougar. During the terror-filled moments that ensued, the woman struggled briefly with the mountain lion before it lunged at her head and neck. The bite marks on her body matched the teeth of a lion tracked for a week after the attack. The lion, an 80-pound female, was treed by dogs after trackers came upon cougar feces near where Schoener had been attacked. The cougar was killed. Her cub was found and placed at the Folsom Zoo.
stages starting in 1990.
Wal-Mart approved
March 20, 1996: The Placer County Board of Supervisors gives its approval for construction of the proposed Wal-Mart store at Luther Road and Highway 49. The 1 a.m. vote followed hours of sometimes heated testimony.
First Mandarin Fest

Nov. 19, 1994: The first Mountain Mandarin Festival is held at the packing sheds in Newcastle. An estimated 10,000 people jammed the small town as it celebrated the labors of 19 local mandarin growers.
Kids club opens

Aug. 25, 1994: After months of anticipation, the Auburn Boys and Girls Club opens its doors.
No Hands not safe

The Mountain Quarries Railroad Bridge is deemed unsafe and targeted for closure. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in June agreed to allow the bridge to reopen temporarily for the Western States Endurance Run and Tevis Cup.
Feb. 21, 1996:
Easter bunny jumps

April 8, 1996: A Petaluma man is arrested for parachuting off the Foresthill Bridge on Easter morning dressed as the Easter Bunny. The big clue? A bunny suit and parachute in the mans possession. Later that month, on April 26, the bridge was opened for people to bungee jump legally. The jumpers were filmed as part of a Discovery Channel program.
New school here

Oct. 4, 1994: After eight years, Auburn Union Elementary School Districts Skyridge School officially opens. The $7.2 million project was the districts fourth school and was built in
Cougar kills woman

April 23, 1994: A woman is killed by a cougar. A cougar fatally attacked a Placerville woman as she jogged along a popular trail near
Travolta in town
Aug. 22, 1996: Phenomenon brings $5.1 million to Auburn during filming. The Placer County Film Office said the movie, starring John Travolta, pumped $95,000 a day into the local economy during the 23 shooting days in 1995, and another $2.9 million during the 61 days of pre- and post-production activities.
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The Placer County flag, adopted about five years before 9-11, flies at half-mast at the courthouse.
granted $5,000 and only used $1,500 to create the gold, black and blue standard. Placer County became the 19th county in the state to have a flag. ic acts of terrorism, said Auburn Mayor Alice Dowdin Singh. True to form, Auburn stepped forward to help, from collecting countless pints of blood donations for the injured to schools offering counseling to scared and confused students. Meadow Vista resident Jerry Pera headed to New York City to help with the rescue effort and Auburn Cruise Nite began a tradition of memorializing victims with a candlelight vigil attended by hundreds.
Living in the 530

Oct. 18, 1996: The new
Terrorists attack
Sept. 11, 2001: Auburn and the world is shocked when terrorists bombthe World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon. This will be a day remembered by generations to come the day our country suffered a tremendous loss through such senseless and horrif-
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Wave that Placer flag

Dec. 5, 1996: The official Placer County flag is adopted by supervisors in a 4-0 vote. The flag committee was
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2002~2011: 49 Fire burns; Amgen rolls through

Tragedies, gay marriage, ecoterrorism are big news
Placer turns 150
April 27, 2002: Placer County celebrates its 150th anniversary with a parade and other activities recalling the Gold Rush era. With the 108-year-old Placer County Courthouse serving as the majestic centerpiece, the day offered tours, historical exhibits, gold panning and stagecoach rides.
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A family grieves
Sept. 19, 2003: A weeks-long search for 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot ends in tragedy when her body is found in a remote spot in Applegate. In 2004, her murderers, 21year-old Daniel Bezemer and 25-year-old Brandon Fernandez, were sentenced to 25 years to life and 15 years to life, respectively. The Christian Valley teens parents reported her missing following a family Labor Day dinner. Bezemer and Fernandez were arrested Sept. 17, 2003, and Fernandez led them to Vanderschoots gravesite. According to the trial brief, there was evidence Vanderschoot was strangled. A significant concentration of methanol was found in her blood.
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Riders line up for the start of the Amgen Tour of California on May 17, 2011.

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Endurance capital
Oct. 12, 2003: Auburn is proclaimed Endurance Capital of the World. Frank Kodr of Auburn stood by at a party as endurance athletes from as near as Cool and as far as Hawaii spoke about their experiences on the trails here. Events such as the Tevis Cup, Western States Endurance Run, American River 50 run and ride and the Worlds Toughest Half Triathlon all start or end within city limits.
No lives were lost in the 275acre blaze. The Red Cross, Salvation Army, Auburn Disaster Relief Fund and many other efforts, including student-led response from Placer High School, rallied to the relief of those affected. The fire was later ruled arson, but suspects have not been identified.
disarmed before any damage took place. Area newspapers received letters threatening weekly actions against development targets. A firebomb was also discovered at the foot of the Placer County Courthouse.
Amgen arrives
May 16, 2010: The Amgen Tour of California, the biggest bicycle race outside the Tour de France, pedals through Auburn. Thousands lined the streets to watch the riders compete on the first day of the race. As the 124 racers whizzed through town, spectators cheered their support. Lance Armstrong and three-time tour champion Levi Leipheimer were among the riders. Auburn was chosen as the start of Stage 3 in 2011; however, the race did not come through here in 2012.
The massive 49 Fire burns near Dry Creek Road in North Auburn.
the Longs Drugs off Bell Road. Paige was in the company of her uncle, Stephan M. Fennelly, 36, and cousin, 9-year-old Nicole Fennelly, when tragedy struck. The Fennellys were visiting from Dublin, Ireland. Jones and his wife were uninjured in the crash. Officials decided in 2007 not to press charges against Jones. ation Front claims responsibility for five firebombs planted at an office building under construction on Auburn Folsom Road. Newcastle resident Jeremiah Colcleasure was sentenced to two years in federal prison in May 2006. He was sentenced on an attempted arson conviction stemming from a December 2004 incident in which four fire bombs were left in three houses at the Verdara Models construction site in the Twelve Bridges development. Prosecutors said Colcleasure and co-defendants Ryan Lewis, 22, Eva Holland, 26, and Lili Holland, 21, all of Newcastle, met Dec. 24, 2004, at a party before traveling to Twelve Bridges. Eva Holland acted as a lookout while the others placed firebombs at the houses. The Holland sisters were sentenced to two years each in prison while Lewis, described by the sentencing judge as the major perpetrator, was sentenced to six years in prison. Lewis pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted arson and one count of arson. The other attempted arson conviction was related to placing five firebombs inside the Parkhill Professional Center on Auburn Folsom Road. The bombs were
Old Town fire

Oct. 18, 2005: An early morning blaze guts one of Old Town Auburns century-old buildings and causes extensive damage to neighboring businesses. The blaze worked its way from the Mercantile Building through the attic space and into the adjacent Oz Gallery and Fine Jewelry store. American River Trading Company lost everything, as did the Brenden Gallery. The fire was deemed suspicious by the Auburn Fire Department, but no persons of interest were immediately identified.
Dragila breaks record

July 18, 2004: Stacy Dragila sets the world record for womens pole vault at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Golden Spike track meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Dragila set her world mark by clearing 4.83 meters (15 feet, 10 inches) on her third try. Dragila won the first gold medal in womens pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics, coached by Dave Nielsen.
Canal breaks
April 19, 2011: Following a wet spring, a landslide in rural Colfax washes away a significant portion of the Bear River Canal that feeds water to 3,831 irrigation customers. Pacific Gas & Electric crews spent 50 days restoring the fallen portion. When the water shortage emergency was declared over in June, the Placer County Water Agency board approved lowering rates for those impacted while the canal break was fixed.
Kovacich charged
Sept. 5, 2006: Twenty-six years after Janet Kovacich, a mother of two, was reported missing, her husband is arrested and charged with her murder. Paul Kovacich Jr., 57, then a Placer County sheriff's deputy, was questioned in September 1982 shortly after his wife's disappearance. He was arrested in Foresthill after a grand jury indictment following a threeyear investigation. Kovacich was convicted in 2009 of the murder of his wife, and is now serving a 27-yearsto-life prison term. The California Supreme Court in 2012 denied a petition for review filed by Kovacichs attorney, leaving the possibility of a U.S. District Court review on constitutional grounds the next step.
Tragedy is national news

March 2006: The disappearance of Christie Wilson, who was last seen at Thunder Valley Casino in October, was the focus of a 48 Hours Mystery segment that scrutinized the past of Mario Garcia, the man accused of her murder. Later that month, more than 100 people gathered outside the courthouse for a candlelight vigil for Christie Wilson. Garcia was convicted in November 2006 of first degree murder. He was sentenced in January 2007 to 59 years in prison.
First gay marriage

June 17, 2008: Gay couples seek legal marriage. For the first time in Placer County history, a gay couple, Dru and Robin Richie, filed legal papers to be married. Gay marriage had been ruled legal in a May 15 state Supreme Court decision. Later in 2008, however, the state became embroiled in the Proposition 8 campaign, which deemed that only marriage between a man and woman would be recognized. Proposition 8 passed Nov. 4, 2008.
Occupy Auburn
Nov. 18, 2011: The Occupy and 99 percent movements hit Downtown Auburn when about 30 people assemble by the clock tower waving signs and chanting, Banks got bailed out, we got sold out. Stories and letters about the protest garnered more than 5,000 views on Auburn Journal.com and sparked heated conversation locally, whether residents supported the movement or not.
Paige Luthi dies

Aug. 24, 2006: Paige Luthi, 6 months old, is struck in her stroller by the SUV of Douglas Scott Jones, 43, of Auburn, along with two pedestrians at
Devastating blaze
Aug. 30, 2009: The 49 Fire burns more than 60 homes and businesses in North Auburn.
Bomb scares
Jan. 13, 2005: The Earth Liber-
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Conductor dies; daycare closed as 2012 continues
Mother arrested
Jan. 28: Patricia Thomas is arrested; authorities allege that she murdered her daughter in 1970. Thomas was arrested at her Grass Valley home. The Placer County District Attorneys Office alleges Thomas who has since remarried but whose legal name was then Patricia Howell drowned her 4-yearold daughter, Cindy Howell, in the familys bathtub. Thomas pleaded innocent to the single murder charge. Court documents related to search warrants for Thomas home and her former home on Placer Street in Auburn detailed how another daughter, Wendy Peck, told authorities that she had seen her mother in the act of drowning Cindy on May 25, 1970. Cold case investigators stated in documents backing a request for a search warrant that Thomas was recorded in a conversation stating that she left Cindy to drown in the tub after the girl was knocked unconscious by hitting her head on a faucet. Auburn police investigators said they caught Thomas in a confession. Defense attorney Thomas Leupp said a wellmeaning Thomas was duped into telling a false version of her daughters death. Judge Larry Gaddis ordered authorities to release Thomas but is requiring home confinement and the attachment of a global positioning system device to track her movements. If convicted of all charges, Thomas could be sentenced to life in prison.
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The Robbers Fire burns near Foresthill in July.

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Musicians mourn
Feb. 7: Auburn Symphony Maestro Michael Goodwin is killed in a car crash on his way to rehearsal. Goodwin, 65, who led the symphony since 1995, lived in Oregon House and was also conductor of the Veridian Symphony Orchestra in Yuba City. This man had high standards, and they showed through, and the result was spectacular, said Susan Rushton, who hosts People of the Symphony on Auburn Community Television. The symphony continued as scheduled with its Kinderkonzert, held the weekend following Goodwins death, in honor of the man who loved bringing music to children. A memorial concert attended by hundreds was presented by the symphony March 11. In June, it was announced that Peter Jaffe, conductor of the Stockton Symphony, would step forward as maestro here. Jaffe was one of several conductors who led the symphony as it finished out its season following Goodwins death. He conducted the players at their Mondavi Center concert in April and let his first official concert as Auburn Symphony conductor at the Sept. 8 Symphony in the Park concert in Auburns School Park Preserve.
Maestro Michael Goodwin, who led the Auburn Symphony since 1995, was killed in a car crash in February. The symphony finished out its season with guest conductors, and heads into its 25th anniversary season with Peter Jaffe wielding the baton.
Truck driver killed

March 20: Dave Robinson Jr.,
30, is killed on westbound Interstate 80 near Auburn. The Citrus Heights man had stopped on the side of the road and witnesses saw a silver Honda strike him as he stood outside the tow-truck door. The driver didnt stop. Arrested in the death after a search turned up the damaged car covered in a tarp in a Foresthill front yard five days later, Christopher Keller, 25, is held in the Placer County Jail. In addition to a memorial for Robinson, a procession of tow trucks made their way down Interstate 80 in his honor.
said they were hoping becoming a charter city would give Auburn more autonomy from the state legislature, save taxpayers money on future projects and ensure volunteers will not need to be paid prevailing wage into the future. Opponents of Measure A say Auburn has been running well as a general law city and becoming a charter could have opened the door to corruption and higher taxes in the form of fines. In July, Placer County Superior Court Judge Colleen M. Nichols ruled that the city of Auburn will have to pay more than $24,000 in legal fees to the authors of the ballot arguments and rebuttal against Measure A.
between Colfax and Foresthill. The fire footprint spread to more than 2,600 acres and costs for suppression reached about $13 million, according to Cal Fire. One home and four outbuildings were destroyed, 350 people were evacuated from their homes and a dozen minor injuries to firefighters were reported. More than 2,200 fire personnel worked for more than a week to control the blaze. Bryon Mason, 28, of Sacramento, was booked into Placer County Jail after he was arrested in Sacramento County on a single charge related to starting the fire. Officials say he is suspected of starting the Robbers Fire with what is being described as a pyrotechnic device.
and the unclipped shoe startled Costas horse, along with one of its protective boots coming undone. Costa broke three vertebrae when she bailed off her horse. Costas family and community, including Hyatt and his family, rallied to start a foundation with the goal of making her ranch wheelchair-accessible. They raised $16,000 in just a few months.
Daycare shuttered
Aug. 7: Colored Pencils Preschool and Child Care on Luther Road in Auburn was closed after the Placer County Sheriff's Office arrested a 14-year-old boy there for allegedly committing lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14. Four children made claims of sexual abuse while at Colored Pencils. They are all between the ages of 3 and 5 and no other children have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse since the initial arrest was made. The boy, who has not be named because of his age, is related to owner Alma Rosa Arroyo and is still in custody at the Placer County Juvenile Hall in Auburn, according to Dena Erwin, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. Arroyo will appear before an administrative judge for a hearing in Sacramento on Sept. 18 to appeal to have her license reinstated.
Horse rider paralyzed

July 14: Cool resident Crystal Costa, 50, is paralyzed while training to ride in the Tevis Cup. The Tahoe-Sierra 100-Mile Mountain Bike Race was happening in the area at the time, but Costa didnt know that. Jon Hyatt, of Granite Bay, was rounding mile 85 when he noticed three horseback riders ahead. Hyatt, who was in fifth place at the time, acknowledged the riders and proceeded to go around a gate and past them. His bike tire slid in loose gravel and one of his shoes came unclipped from his bike pedal. The racket from the loose gravel
No on charter city
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Smoke fills the sky

July 11: The Robbers Fire breaks out on the side of a road near Yankee Jims Bridge
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Alan Bartlett, one of the Journals longest-subscribing readers, checks out a copy of the paper from 1968, the year he moved here from Eureka and started a subscription. I read all the articles, Bartlett said of enjoying the paper 44 years ago, and I still read all the articles. Bartlett was in the paper once, he remembered, in the 1980s when a freak gust of wind flipped his airplane over at the Auburn Airport, completely destroying the plane.
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Now a treasured community tradition, the Mountain Mandarin Festival began in November 1994 at the packing sheds in Newcastle.
Auburn legend Wendell Robie rides in the Tevis Cup.
Ambulances line up at the Auburn depot to take wounded soldiers to DeWitt Hospital in this photo from the 1940s.
Former Publisher Bill Pfaff holds up a copy of the Journal from 1972, the papers 100-year anniversary. Pfaff was publisher from 1968-1988. The paper saw healthy growth during his time here, expanding from weekly up to six days a week. The biggest story he remembers is the long saga of the Auburn Dam project. Pfaff, who still lives in Auburn, reads the paper cover to cover every day its published. I like something that has a lot of action, Pfaff said of his career in the newspaper business. To me, it was like a new job every day, because youre doing something new every day.
Old Town Auburn business owner Linda Robinson keeps this photo from 1995 in an honored place in her Sun River Trading Co. store. That guy in the coveralls next to her is John Travolta, who came to Auburn in 1995 to film Phenomenon.
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Over 140 years, much has changed, stayed the same

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Publication is increased to three times a week.

Paper changes from mail delivery to carriers.

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AUBURN JOURNAL Thursday, September 13, 2012

140th Anniversary Edition

The Brehm family: champions of community journalism

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Bill Brehm Sr. with his wife, Mona.

Your Neighbor Since 1872

Before it was the Journal it was ...

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140th Anniversary Edition

1872~1881: Stage holdups plague the roads

Big fines for gamblers

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PRICES OF THE PERIOD

Keeping them honest

Train Wreckers strike

Bad news for Wells Fargo

Remembering the fallen

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140th Anniversary Edition

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1882~1891: Education options expand here

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PLACER COUNTY MUSEUMS

PRICES OF THE PERIOD

Racism rears its head

Opera House built

Fair makes debut

Weve been making people feel better for 116 years.

815 Lincoln Way Auburn 885-6524

AUBURN JOURNAL Thursday, September 13, 2012

140th Anniversary Edition

1892~1901: Iconic courthouse is erected

Rail strike hits home

PRICES OF THE PERIOD

High school opens

Paper in good health

Serving Auburn Since

48 Years of Experience in Major Collision Repair

Dave Davidson, Stephanie Taxara, Howard Davidson

American & Foreign Trucks, Autos, RVs Repair, Rebuild, Exchange

Personal, Hometown Service & Attention!

JRs Automatic Transmissions

196 Nevada St. Auburn 885-5582

2125 Grass Valley Hwy Auburn

140th Anniversary Edition

Thursday, September 13, 2012 AUBURN JOURNAL