10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 8, 2002 – Colfax resident Evan Wolfe is an avid pilot, aviation historian and attorney. He is also the chairman of the Thunder in the Sky, the Aug. 17 Auburn ai ...
UPDATE: 5:30 P.M. JULY 20 - The recipe for large-scale disaster was almost complete in the Robbers Fire, but not quite.
Gusting winds, low humidity and torrid temperatures nurture ...
UPDATE: 3:55 P.M. JULY 18 - Evacuees in some areas of the Robbers Fire zone were returning to their homes Wednesday, ending a weeklong ordeal.
And the first task for many was clear ...
Some of Iowa Hill's 115 full-time residents spent the night in the remote Placer County hamlet as the Robbers Fire burned near them. The fire started Wednesday about 3:30 p.m. in t ...
?Throw down the box,? they would say to the stagecoach driver. The team of six horses pulling a wagon was a common site in Illinoistown during its heyday as a miner?s supply statio ...
10 YEARS AGO
May 9, 2002 ? Priscilla Daniels, Mary Parker, D.C. Car, Steve Walsh and Jay Shuttleworth were among those on hand for the dedicated of the Stevens Trailhead in Iowa H ...
A Colfax business owner wants to mine the recent ranking of California’s Gold Country as a prime tourist destination by an online travel guide for all it’s worth.
Connie Heila ...
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 27, 2001 – Efforts to have Stevens Trail added to the National Register of Historic Places received the support of the Colfax City Council Tuesday night. Stev ...
In historic downtown Colfax, juts past the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, stands the Pastime Club. Located at 10 N. Main St., it is one of only four buildings in the histor ...
Here is what really makes history-hunting fun. This week I discovered a mystery and another big hunk of metal I never knew was there.
It turns out the United Methodist Church – ...
