Amador
County
Biographies
MRS. C. T. WALLACE
One of the best known and most
popular wayside houses of public entertainment is the Deer Creek Inn, at
Shingle Springs, Amador County, of which the owner and manager is Mrs. C. T. Wallace. An ideal hostess, she has made the inn
extremely attractive and the service which she renders has brought her a large
and representative patronage. Mrs.
Wallace was born at Ruby Hill, Nevada, on January 20, 1877, and is a daughter
of W. H. and Evelyn (Smith) Miller. Her
father came to California with his father in 1852, and was followed at a later
date by the mother and children. They
settled at Mormon Island and Clarksburg, where they owned many claims. Father and grandfather worked together, the
latter holding the position of recorder of mining claims at those two places,
and they took out thirteen thousand dollars worth of gold where the old Mormon
tavern stood. W. H. Miller later went to
Nevada, where he served as superintendent of the Eureka waterworks, after which
he was transferred to Grizzly Flat as superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant
mine. He had received a good education
as a mining engineer in St. Louis, Missouri, and became prominent in that profession,
following mining interests throughout his active life. To him and his wife were born three
daughters.
Mrs. Wallace was educated in the
public schools of Amador County and then became the wife of J. E. Miser, who
died, leaving seven children, three of whom are living. Later his widow became the wife of C. T.
Wallace, member of an old California family, and they had three children,
namely: Raymond, who is attending school
at Berkeley; and Norman E. and Jack M., at home with their mother. There are also five grandchildren. Mrs. Wallace is the owner of a ranch of eight
hundred acres, on which she is successfully engaged in dairy farming. She gives the greater part of her time to the
management of the Deer Creek Inn, which she has made very popular with its
patrons. She has worked hard for
success, which is now hers in large measure, and she enjoys the esteem of all
who know her.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Pages 294-295. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
Golden Nugget Library's Amador County Biographies