A Century of
California Post Offices
1848-1954
PART II
THE FIRST DECADE
Twenty-one LISTS
Official and Unofficial of
Post Offices Established in the Period
1848 to 1859
LIST 15
“THE WIDE WEST” SAN FRANCISCO
JAN. 27, 1856 List as of Feb. 1,
1856
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Agua Frio |
Mariposa |
B. P. Whitney |
|
Alameda |
Alameda |
A. J. Barber |
|
Alamo |
Contra Costa |
John M. Jones |
|
Alvarado |
Alameda |
H. C. Smith |
|
Angel's Camp |
Calaveras |
J. C. Scribner |
|
Auburn |
Placer |
E. G. Smith |
|
Alpha |
Nevada |
A. J. Alston |
|
Antioch |
Contra Costa |
G. Brown |
|
American Ranch |
Shasta |
T. A. Freeman |
|
Aqueduct City |
Amador |
M. S. Butler |
|
Belmont |
San Francisco |
M. Flashner |
|
Benicia |
Solano |
T. T. Hooper |
|
Bidwell's Bar |
Butte |
W. P. Worstrum |
|
Big Bar |
Trinity |
Wm. Coddington |
|
Big Oak Flat |
Tuolumne |
Jas. W. Butler |
|
Bodega |
Sonoma |
J. M. Miller |
|
Bottle Hill |
El Dorado |
J. M. Jamison |
|
Brooklyn |
Alameda |
|
|
Bucksport |
Humboldt |
W. Roberts |
|
Buckner |
Sacramento |
James Buckner |
|
Buckeye |
Yolo |
J. M. Charles |
|
Cache Creek |
Yolo |
A. McDonald |
|
Campo Seco |
Calaveras |
T. M. Pawling |
|
Camptonville |
Yuba |
S. J. Bowley |
|
Clarksville |
El Dorado |
D. Cummings |
|
Clinton |
Nevada |
J. M. Cook |
|
Centreville |
Contra Costa |
R. S. Clement |
|
Cherokee |
Butte |
T. M. Danel |
|
Crescent City |
Klamath |
D. C. Lewis |
|
Charley's Ranch |
Butte |
J. Evans |
|
Cedarville |
El Dorado |
Geo. Thatcher |
|
Chico |
Butte |
J. Bidwell |
|
Columbia |
Tuolumne |
Niles Mills |
|
Colusa |
Colusa |
Wm. Vincent |
|
Cold Springs |
El Dorado |
J. M. Goetschins |
|
Chinese Camp |
Tuolumne |
M. R. Graham |
|
Cosumne |
Sacramento |
W. D. Wilson |
|
Cottonwood |
Shasta |
Wm. Lane |
|
Coloma |
El Dorado |
R. F. Davis |
|
Cordelia |
Solano |
P. O. Lamorie |
|
Curtisville |
Tuolumne |
J. M. Root |
|
Diamond Springs |
El Dorado |
M. K. Shearer |
|
Don Pedro's Bar |
Tuolumne |
R. Smith |
|
Double Springs |
Calaveras |
N. T. Norcross |
|
Downieville |
Sierra |
James Gernon |
|
Dry Town |
Calaveras |
J. G. Sneath |
|
Dry Creek |
Yuba |
Robert McAdams |
|
Eureka |
Humboldt |
H. W. Bean |
|
Elliott's Ranch |
Sacramento |
Mr. Elliott |
|
Elizabethtown |
Plumas |
Lewis Stark |
|
Empire Ranch |
Yuba |
S. Moody |
|
Emory's Crossing |
Yuba |
J. W. Everett |
|
Fiddletown |
El Dorado |
Dennis Townsend |
|
Foster's Bar |
Yuba |
J. B. Whitcomb |
|
Forbestown |
Butte |
Nathan Plum |
|
Forlorn Hope |
Mariposa |
J. Smith |
|
Forrest City |
Sierra |
W. Henry |
|
Foreman's Ranch |
Calaveras |
S. Foreman |
|
Fourth Crossing |
Calaveras |
A. C. Bentzhoof |
|
French Camp |
San Joaquin |
R. W. Noble |
|
Fremont |
Yolo |
Jonas Spect |
|
Garrotte |
Tuolumne |
J. H. Watts |
|
Garden Valley |
El Dorado |
Samuel Stewart |
|
Georgiana |
Sacramento |
J. M. Sedwell |
|
Georgetown |
El Dorado |
A. M. Stowe |
|
Gilroy |
Santa Clara |
A. C. Everett |
|
Gibsonville |
Sierra |
N. C. Cunningham |
|
Goodyear's Bar |
Sierra |
Julius Meinhardt |
|
Grafton |
Yolo |
A. Updegraph |
|
Grass Valley |
Nevada |
E. Mathewson |
|
Green Springs |
Tuolumne |
James D. Taber |
|
Greenwood |
El Dorado |
C. C. Brady |
|
Grand Island |
Colusi |
Thos. Eddy |
|
Grizzly Flat |
El Dorado |
James Burgess |
|
Gwin |
Mariposa |
Wm. Laughlin |
|
Hamilton |
Butte |
R. S. Patton |
|
Hill's Ferry |
Stanislaus |
J. Hill |
|
Horr's
Ranch |
Tuolumne |
G. D. Dickinson |
|
Horse Town |
Shasta |
Geo. W. Baker |
|
Illinoistown |
Placer |
B. Brickell |
|
Indian Diggings |
El Dorado |
J. W. Gilbert |
|
Indian Gulch |
Mariposa |
J. M. Norton |
|
Ione Valley |
Calaveras |
J. H. Alvord |
|
Iowa City |
Placer |
J. Colgan |
|
Jacksonville |
Tuolumne |
Geo. B. Keyes |
|
Jackson |
Amador |
Wm. M. Rogers |
|
Jamestown |
Tuolumne |
R. A. Mardis |
|
Johnson's Ranch |
Sutter |
W. E. O'Kear |
|
Knight's Ferry |
San Joaquin |
Geo. M. Dant |
|
Lewiston |
Trinity |
C. Wood |
|
Lisbon |
Placer |
G. W. Applegate |
|
Lagrange |
Stanislaus |
L. M. Booth |
|
Lassen's |
Butte |
W. P. Mayhew |
|
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
J. S. Waitt |
|
Loveing's
Ferry |
San Joaquin |
J. Loveing |
|
Leach's Store |
Mariposa |
L. Leach |
|
Marysville |
Yuba |
P. W. Keyser |
|
Mariposa |
Mariposa |
J. F. McNamara |
|
Mayfield |
Santa Clara |
J. Otlison |
|
Martinez |
Contra Costa |
Hiram Fogg |
|
Maxwell's Creek |
Mariposa |
G. W. Coulter |
|
Michigan Bluffs |
Placer |
S. T. Lects |
|
Michigan Bar |
Sacramento |
B. F. Wayne |
|
Mission San Jose |
Santa Clara |
J. J. Vallejo |
|
Millerton |
Mariposa |
H. Carroll |
|
Mokelumne
Hill |
Calaveras |
H. S. Anhiser |
|
Monterey |
Monterey |
Wm. Curtis |
|
Montezuma |
Tuolumne |
J. T. Hoyte |
|
Monte |
Los Angeles |
Ira Thompson |
|
Moon's Ranch |
Colusa |
George Eastman |
|
Monroeville |
Colusa |
F. D. Pierpont |
|
Mount Ophir |
Mariposa |
J. H. Miller |
|
Mountain Springs |
Placer |
J. Barron |
|
Mountain View |
Santa Clara |
Jacob Shumway |
|
Mormon Island |
Sacramento |
J. D. Turner |
|
Mud Springs |
El Dorado |
J. W. Critchfield |
|
Murphy's |
Calaveras |
A. H. Stevens |
|
McDermott's Bridge |
Calaveras |
W. F. McDermott |
|
McCartysville |
Santa Clara |
Levi Mililard |
|
Napa City |
Napa |
E. B. Eaton |
|
Natividad |
Monterey |
James Stokes |
|
Nevada |
Nevada |
W. H. Endicott |
|
Nicolaus |
Sutter |
F. A. Russell |
|
North Branch |
Calaveras |
Edward T. Lake |
|
Newton |
El Dorado |
J. W. Smith |
|
Nelson's Creek |
Sierra |
J. C. Lewis |
|
Nealsburg |
Placer |
A. C. Neal |
|
Oro City |
Placer |
G. White |
|
Ottitieway |
Siskiyou |
G. H. Coe |
|
Oakland |
Alameda |
T. Gallagher |
|
Oak Grove Farm |
Solano |
E. True |
|
Oregon House |
Yuba |
Peter Rice |
|
Oroville |
Butte |
P. S. Garland |
|
Onisbo |
Sacramento |
C. F. Howell |
|
Ophirville |
Placer |
D. B. Curtis |
|
Ousley's
Bar |
Yuba |
F. Bridge |
|
O'Byrnes
Ferry |
Stanislaus |
W. M. Cormack |
|
Park's Bar |
Yuba |
E. Y. Gaver |
|
Patterson |
Nevada |
E. P. Turney |
|
Pleasant Springs |
Calaveras |
R. H. Hoerchner |
|
Petaluma |
Sonoma |
S. W. Brown |
|
Pilot Hill |
El Dorado |
A. J. Bailey |
|
Placerville |
El Dorado |
A. M. Thatcher |
|
Plum Valley |
Sierra |
F. R. Bocker |
|
Putah |
Solano |
Elijah Syloa |
|
Princeton |
Yuba |
R. P. Arnett |
|
Quartzburg |
Mariposa |
D. M. Pool |
|
Red Bluffs |
Shasta |
Samuel Bradway |
|
Rattlesnake |
Placer |
T. Wood |
|
Rabbitt
Creek |
Sierra |
Mr. Lester |
|
Rough and Ready |
Nevada |
E. B. Winans |
|
Round Tent |
Nevada |
|
|
Russian River |
Mendocino |
H. C. Heald |
|
Sacramento |
Sacramento |
F. Forman |
|
Salinas |
Monterey |
J. B. Hill |
|
Salmon Falls |
El Dorado |
J. Downer |
|
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino |
D. N. Thomas |
|
San Andreas |
Calaveras |
C. L. Sweet |
|
San Gabriel |
Los Angeles |
T. Burdick |
|
San Pablo |
Contra Costa |
A. B. Bates |
|
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
Charles L. Weller |
|
San Diego |
San Diego |
George Lyons |
|
San Juan |
Monterey |
P. Brien |
|
San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
Alex. Murray |
|
San Jose |
Santa Clara |
J. W. Patrick |
|
San Leandro |
Alameda |
W. Van Wagner |
|
San Lorenzo |
Alameda |
John Wood |
|
San Pedro |
Los Angeles |
George Alexander |
|
San Rafael |
Marin |
S. J. Kidmore |
|
San Ramon |
Contra Costa |
William Russell |
|
St. Louis |
Sierra |
W. P. Williams |
|
Secret Ravine |
Placer |
Mr. Hart |
|
Smith's Ranch |
Sonoma |
W. Smith |
|
Stockton |
San Joaquin |
P. E. Connor |
|
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
G. R. Fisher |
|
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara |
H. D. McCobb |
|
Santa Cruz |
Santa Clara |
E. Anthony |
|
Santa Rosa |
Sonoma |
T. G. Hahmann |
|
Shasta |
Shasta |
J. Lemon |
|
Shaw's Flat |
Tuolumne |
J. A. Lank |
|
Sierra |
Sierra |
J. Mitchell |
|
Snelling's |
Mariposa |
H. Shroeder |
|
Sonoma |
Sonoma |
Mr. Miller |
|
Sonora |
Tuolumne |
G. W. Patrick |
|
Spanish Flat |
El Dorado |
S. S. Richards |
|
Split Rock |
Mariposa |
J. A. Bugg |
|
Staple's Ranch |
San Joaquin |
D. J. Staples |
|
Steinberger's |
San Francisco |
George Thatcher |
|
Strawberry Valley |
Yuba |
J. A. Barnhart |
|
Suisun |
Sonoma |
W. S. Kyle |
|
Sutter |
Sacramento |
D. E. Hastings |
|
Sutter Creek |
Calaveras |
D. Crandall |
|
Tomales |
Marin |
Mr. Bennett |
|
Tehama |
Colusa |
O. Gervy |
|
Texas Hill |
Sacramento |
Jas. Clarkin |
|
Trinidad |
Klamath |
E. C. Darling |
|
Trinity |
Trinity |
C. Lee |
|
Trinity Centre |
Trinity |
M. Chadbourne |
|
Uniontown |
Humboldt |
A. H. Murdock |
|
Vacaville |
Sonoma |
E. E. Gillespie |
|
Volcano |
Calaveras |
H. T. Barnum |
|
Vallejo |
Solano |
J. B. Frisbie |
|
Valecito |
Calaveras |
George M. Murray |
|
Visalia |
Tulare |
J. P. Majors |
|
Western |
Sacramento |
A. H. White |
|
Washington |
Yolo |
A. Waring |
|
Watsonville |
Santa Cruz |
L. Thrift |
|
Weaverville |
Trinity |
James Barry |
|
Windsor |
Sonoma |
S. Lewis |
|
Woodside |
San Francisco |
M. A. Parkhurst |
|
Yankee Jim's |
Placer |
N. Henck |
|
Yeomot |
El Dorado |
Edwin Beebe |
|
Yolo |
Yolo |
J. H. Hutton |
|
Yreka |
Siskiyou |
Wm. Grow |
|
Yuba City |
Yuba |
L. Badolett |
LIST 15a
SUPPLEMENT SUMMARIZING CHANGES
Shown by “Wide West” Lists
Published after February 1.
(Postmaster changes omitted)
List of February 15, 1856
Add:
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Bondville |
Mariposa County |
Stephen Bond |
|
Coon Creek |
Placer |
J. Barney |
|
El Dorado |
El Dorado |
A. Irvine |
|
King's River |
Tulare County |
J. Smith |
|
Pea Vine |
Butte |
D. Whipple |
|
Pleasant Valley |
Mariposa |
A. Shearer |
|
Red Dog |
Nevada |
J. C. Green |
Omit:
|
Sierra |
Sierra |
J. Mitchell |
List of April 15, 1856
Add:
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Brush Creek |
Butte |
D. S. Martin |
|
Folsom |
Sacramento |
J. Clarkin |
|
French Gulch |
Shasta |
W. C. Gibbs |
|
Kelsey's |
El Dorado |
John White |
|
Navata |
Marin |
H. F. Jones |
|
Quincy |
Plumas |
L. Stark |
|
Scott's River |
Siskiyou |
R. Hayden |
|
Whisky Creek |
Shasta |
P. Mix |
Omit:
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Elizabethtown |
Plumas |
Lewis Stark |
|
Mud Springs |
El Dorado |
J. W. Critchfifeld |
|
Putah |
Solano |
Elijah Syloa |
|
Texas Hill |
Sacramento |
Jas. Clarkin |
|
Washington |
Yolo |
A. Waring |
Change
County:
Suisun
to Solano County
O'Byrne's
Ferry to Calaveras County
List of June 1, 1856
Add:
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Canon City |
Trinity |
P. F. Channa |
|
Honcut |
Yuba |
W. R. Ryder |
LIST 16
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OR BUSINESS
MAN'S GUIDE
to the
POST OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES
Compiled from Official Sources by
D. D. T. Leech
J. H. Colton and Company 1856
CALIFORNIA
on the 30th of June,
1856
(Re-arranged alphabetically)
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
Compensation |
Net
Proceeds |
|
Agua Frio |
Mariposa |
Benjamin F. Whitten |
112.68 |
68.57 |
|
Alameda |
Alameda |
Arthur S. Barber |
49.65 |
12.56 |
|
Alamo |
Contra Costa |
John M. Jones |
50.48 |
30.70 |
|
Alpha |
Nevada |
Andrew J. Alston |
|
|
|
Alvarado |
Alameda |
A. M. Church |
276.79 |
176.78 |
|
American Rancho |
Shasta |
Thomas A. Freeman |
|
|
|
Angel's Camp |
Calaveras |
John C. Scribner |
289.35 |
191.15 |
|
Antioch |
Contra Costa |
George Brown |
20.68 |
14.28 |
|
Auburn |
Placer |
Robert Gordon |
846.00 |
627.00 |
|
Belmont |
San Francisco |
Marshall E. Palmer |
|
|
|
Benicia |
Solano |
Thomas T. Hooper |
898.97 |
534.59 |
|
Bidwell's Bar |
Butte |
John W. Gilkyson |
606.05 |
371.68 |
|
Big Bar |
Trinity |
Wm. Codington |
118.58 |
68.75 |
|
Big Oak Flat |
Tuolumne |
Joseph W. Butler |
174.62 |
92.89 |
|
Bodega |
Sonoma |
Joseph M. Millar |
142.66 |
89.98 |
|
Bondville |
Mariposa |
Stephen Bond |
|
|
|
Botttle
Hill |
Eldorado |
Samuel M. Jamison |
|
|
|
Brick Post Office |
Sacramento |
T. Lufkin |
|
|
|
Brooklyn |
Alameda |
Belzal'l
M. Atchinson |
|
|
|
Brush Creek |
Butte |
David G. Martin |
|
|
|
Buck Eye |
Yolo |
James M. Charles |
|
|
|
Buckner |
Sacramento |
James Buckner |
20,43 |
4.31 |
|
Bucksport |
Humboldt |
William Roberts |
|
|
|
Cache Creek |
Yolo |
E. C. Lane |
82.98 |
53.21 |
|
Camp Seco |
Calaveras |
Jared L. Dixon |
550.00 |
305.00 |
|
Camptonville |
Yuba |
Samuel J. Bowlby |
451.49 |
253.14 |
|
Canon City |
Trinity |
B. F. Chamnell |
|
|
|
Cedarville |
Eldorado |
Abrah'm
Blockmann |
74.49 |
46.60 |
|
Centreville |
Alameda |
Reuben Z. Clements |
30.00 |
|
|
Charley's Rancho |
Butte |
John Lowery |
|
|
|
Cherokee |
Butte |
Thomas McDanel |
83.00 |
41.00 |
|
Chico |
Butte |
John Bidwell |
153.18 |
73.22 |
|
Chinese Camp |
Tuolumne |
Milton R. Graham |
279.34 |
91.82 |
|
Clarksville |
Eldorado |
David Cummins |
|
|
|
Clinton |
Nevada |
Henry M. Moore |
110.00 |
50.00 |
|
Cold Spring |
Eldorado |
John M. Goetschines |
279.19 |
166.74 |
|
Coloma (C. H.) |
Eldorado |
Robert F. Davis |
1583.19 |
1475.26 |
|
Columbia |
Tuolumne |
Z. B. Tinkum |
1801.75 |
1639.78 |
|
Colusi
(C. H.) |
Colusi |
William Vincent |
22.06 |
129.53 |
|
Cordelia |
Solano |
Aaron O. Lamorce |
58.00 |
30.00 |
|
Corn Creek |
Placer |
John Barnes |
|
|
|
Cosumne |
Sacramento |
Wm. D. Wilson |
115.96 |
47.55 |
|
Cottonwood |
Shasta |
William Lean |
90.00 |
18.00 |
|
Crescent City (C. H.) |
Klamath |
David C. Lewis |
409.56 |
241.44 |
|
Curtisville |
Tuolumne |
James M. Root |
18.69 |
10.52 |
|
Diamond Spring |
Eldorado |
Michael K. Shearer |
839.34 |
504.95 |
|
Don Pedro's Bar |
Tuolumne |
Richard Smith |
118.00 |
35.00 |
|
Double Springs |
Calaveras |
Nelson T. Norcross |
58.62 |
36.35 |
|
Downerville |
Sierra |
James Gernon |
1317.86 |
958.39 |
|
Dry Creek |
Yuba |
Robert McAdam |
|
|
|
Drytown |
Amador |
William O. Clark |
327.58 |
187.38 |
|
Eldorado |
Eldorado |
Alexander Irvine |
|
|
|
Elliott's Ranch |
Sacramento |
Lewis T. Mitchell |
19.72 |
10.72 |
|
Emery's Crossing |
Yuba |
Thornton C. Emery |
|
|
|
Empire Ranch |
Yuba |
Salman
Moody |
|
|
|
Eureka |
Humboldt |
Tristram
H. Foss |
|
|
|
Fiddletown |
Eldorado |
Dennis Townsend |
242.45 |
123.51 |
|
Folsom City |
Sacramento |
James Clarken |
|
|
|
Forbestown |
Butte |
Nathaniel D. Plum |
248.88 |
124.69 |
|
Foreman's Ranch |
San Joaquin |
Samuel Foreman |
27.00 |
4.50 |
|
Forest City |
Sierra |
William Henry |
530.00 |
255.00 |
|
Forlorn Hope |
Mariposa |
Thomas Eagleson |
34.38 |
19.51 |
|
Foster's Bar |
Yuba |
J. Baker Whitcomb |
428.10 |
295.77 |
|
Fourth Crossing |
Calaveras |
Alex'r
C. Bentzhof |
|
|
|
Franklin |
Sacramento |
J. R. Crawford |
|
|
|
Fremont |
Yolo |
Jonas Spect |
33.50 |
13.33 |
|
French Camp |
San Joaquin |
Robert W. Noble |
31.61 |
20.15 |
|
French Gulch |
Shasta |
William G. Gibbs |
|
|
|
Garden Valley |
Eldorado |
Simeon L. Stewart |
35.00 |
19.00 |
|
Garrote |
Tuolumne |
J. H. Watts |
92.77 |
57.79 |
|
Georgetown |
Eldorado |
Joseph C. Terrill |
1240.44 |
1014.34 |
|
Georgiana |
Sacramento |
John M. Sidwell |
|
|
|
Gibsonville |
Sierra |
Noble C. Cunningham |
|
|
|
Gilroy |
Santa Clara |
Lucien C. Everett |
152.29 |
60.49 |
|
Goodyear's Bar |
Sierra |
Julius Meinhardt |
414.39 |
251.54 |
|
Grafton |
Yolo |
William G. Seely |
57.36 |
29.12 |
|
Grand Island |
Colusi |
Thomas Eddy |
19.50 |
12.16 |
|
Grass Valley |
Nevada |
Erastus Mathewson |
1462.80 |
1245.48 |
|
Green Springs |
Tuolumne |
Reuben L. Gardner |
81.87 |
47.11 |
|
Greenwood |
Eldorado |
Samuel B. Jaques |
454.63 |
303.54 |
|
Grizzly Flats |
Eldorado |
James Burgess |
|
|
|
Gwin |
Mariposa |
William Laughlin |
|
|
|
Hamilton |
Butte |
Robert Davis |
|
|
|
Henley |
Siskyou |
George C. Merritt |
|
|
|
Honcut |
Yuba |
M. Rizer |
|
|
|
Hornitas |
Mariposa |
Willis L. Goss |
|
|
|
Horr's
Ranch |
Tuolumne |
Gallant D. Dickinson |
59.41 |
39.66 |
|
Horsetown |
Shasta |
James R. Pile |
|
|
|
Illinoistown |
Placer |
Barzillai
Brickell |
165.61 |
58.17 |
|
Indian Diggings |
Eldorado |
John W. Gilbert |
115.80 |
54.92 |
|
Indian Gulch |
Mariposa |
James A. Morton |
|
|
|
Iowa City |
Placer |
Joseph Colgan |
720.00 |
437.00 |
|
Jackson |
Amador |
B. B. Redhead |
648.00 |
389.00 |
|
Jacksonville |
Tuolumne |
George B. Keys |
174.48 |
90.03 |
|
Jamestown |
Tuolumne |
Benjamin A. Mardis |
644.00 |
333.00 |
|
Johnson's Ranch |
Sutter |
Wm. E. O'Rear |
91.56 |
49.12 |
|
Jone
Valley |
Calaveras |
James H. Alvord |
193.92 |
90.36 |
|
Kelsey |
Eldorado |
John White |
|
|
|
King's River |
Tulare |
James Smith |
|
|
|
Knight's Ferry |
San Joaquin |
Wm. E. Stewart |
127.00 |
49.24 |
|
La Grange |
Stanislaus |
Louis M. Booth |
|
|
|
Lassens |
Butte |
William P. Mayhew |
30.00 |
18.00 |
|
Leach's Store |
Mariposa |
Lewis Leach |
|
|
|
Lewiston |
Trinity |
Cephas
Wood |
10.50 |
5.50 |
|
Lisbon |
Placer |
Geo. W. Applegate |
|
|
|
Little York |
Nevada |
Wm. W. Cozzens |
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
James S. Waite |
392.16 |
219.35 |
|
Loving's
Ferry |
San Joaquin |
John Loving |
|
|
|
Mariposa (C. H.) |
Mariposa |
John F. McNamara |
666.35 |
470.65 |
|
Martinez (C. H.) |
Contra Costa |
Hiram Fogg |
341.14 |
129.77 |
|
Marysville (C. H.) |
Yuba |
Philip W. Keyser |
2000.00 |
3000.00 |
|
Maxwell's Creek |
Mariposa |
George W. Coulter |
227.75 |
136.80 |
|
Mayfield |
Santa Clara |
John Otterson |
|
|
|
McCartysville |
Santa Clara |
Levi Millard |
|
|
|
McDermott's Bridge |
San Joaquin |
Wm. F. McDermott |
27.67 |
12.26 |
|
Meadow Valley |
Plumas |
Orlando Fuller |
|
|
|
Michigan Bar |
Sacramento |
Benjamin F. Wayne |
|
|
|
Michigan Bluff |
Placer |
Frederic S. Washeim |
343.52 |
190.38 |
|
Middletown |
Shasta |
Chas. M. McKinney |
|
|
|
Millerton |
Mariposa |
Hugh A. Carroll |
|
|
|
Mill Valley |
Calaveras |
E. J. Osborn |
|
|
|
Milpitas |
Santa Clara |
Frederick Crighton |
|
|
|
Minersville |
Trinity |
Samuel A. White |
|
|
|
Mission San Jose |
Santa Clara |
Jose J. Vallejo |
140.58 |
77.81 |
|
Mokelumne
Hill |
Calaveras |
Henry S. Anhiser |
1022.28 |
798.46 |
|
Monroeville |
Colusi |
J. Weston, Jr. |
36.50 |
21.00 |
|
Monte |
Los Angeles |
Ira Thompson |
11.83 |
6.99 |
|
Monterey (C. H.) |
Monterey |
William Curtis |
242.00 |
107.00 |
|
Montezuma |
Tuolumne |
James T. Hoyt |
414.00 |
254.00 |
|
Moon's Ranch |
Colusi |
Nathaniel Merrill |
13.37 |
8.07 |
|
Mormon Island |
Sacramento |
James W. Denison |
874.95 |
468.27 |
|
Mountain Springs |
Placer |
Henry H. Brown |
260.67 |
84.24 |
|
Mountain View |
Santa Clara |
Jacob Shumway |
137.61 |
67.50 |
|
Murphys |
Calaveras |
Augustus H. Stevens |
642.48 |
411.10 |
|
Napa City (C. H.) |
Napa |
George N. Cornwell |
|
|
|
Natividad |
Monterey |
James Stokes |
|
|
|
Neillsburgh |
Placer |
Arthur C. Neill |
|
|
|
Nelson's Creek |
Plumas |
John C. Lewis |
240.00 |
120.00 |
|
Nevada City (C. H.) |
Nevada |
Wm. H. Endicott |
2000.00 |
2248.99 |
|
New Potosi |
Mariposa |
James A. Bolin |
|
|
|
Newtown |
Eldorado |
Joseph W. Smith |
57.00 |
34.00 |
|
Nicolaus |
Sutter |
James C. Dickey |
116.61 |
62.12 |
|
North Branch |
Calaveras |
Edwin T. Lake |
284.95 |
154.20 |
|
Novate |
Marin |
Henry F. Jones |
|
|
|
Oakland |
Alameda |
Thomas Gallagher |
|
|
|
O'Byrne's Ferry |
Calaveras |
John O'Neill |
|
|
|
Onion Valley |
Plumas |
James E. Whitson |
|
|
|
Onisbo |
Sacramento |
Charles S. Howell |
33.00 |
10.00 |
|
Ophir |
Mariposa |
Joseph H. Miller |
107.81 |
47.42 |
|
Ophirville |
Placer |
Daniel B. Curtis |
422.05 |
235.41 |
|
Oregon House |
Yuba |
Peter Rice |
147.00 |
78.00 |
|
Oro City |
Placer |
George White |
108.00 |
27.00 |
|
Oroville |
Butte |
Dewitt C. Downer |
57.80 |
15.04 |
|
Ottitiewa |
Siskyou |
George H. Coe |
14.50 |
4.50 |
|
Owsley's
House |
Yuba |
Francis Bridges |
|
|
|
Park's Bar |
Yuba |
George Wiser |
311.47 |
173.06 |
|
Patterson |
Nevada |
Eugene P. Turney |
|
|
|
Pea Vine |
Butte |
David Whipple |
|
|
|
Petaluma |
Sonoma |
Wm. R. Swinerton |
409.09 |
233.49 |
|
Pilot Hill |
Eldorado |
Alexander J. Bayley |
93.11 |
46.87 |
|
Placerville |
Eldorado |
Allen M. Thatcher |
2500.00 |
2200.00 |
|
Pleasant Springs |
Calaveras |
Adolphe
H. Hoerchner |
42.00 |
18.00 |
|
Pleasant Valley |
Mariposa |
Arthur Shearer |
|
|
|
Plum Valley |
Sierra |
F. B. Cloecker |
|
|
|
Princeton |
Colusi |
Robert S. Arnett |
|
|
|
Putah |
Solano |
Elijah Silvey |
|
|
|
Quartsburgh |
Mariposa |
David M. Pool |
259.14 |
148.18 |
|
Quincy |
Plumas |
Lewis Stark |
150.00 |
108.00 |
|
Rabbittown |
Sierra |
Eli S. Lester |
|
|
|
Rattlesnake Bar |
Placer |
Thomas Woods |
197.00 |
42.00 |
|
Red Bluff |
Shasta |
Joseph R. Bradway |
125.69 |
53.74 |
|
Red Dog |
Nevada |
Jeremiah C. Green |
|
|
|
Rough and Ready |
Nevada |
Edwin B. Winans |
733.48 |
290.00 |
|
Round Tent |
Yuba |
Jonathan E. Slater |
37.29 |
19.68 |
|
Russian River |
Sonoma |
Harman G. Heald |
40.56 |
23.20 |
|
Sacramento City |
Sacramento |
Ferris Forman |
1800.00 |
9500.00 |
|
Saint Louis |
Sierra |
Wm. P. Williams |
|
|
|
Salinas |
Monterey |
James Bryant Hill |
34.23 |
22.36 |
|
Salmon Falls |
Eldorado |
Reuben K. Berry |
185.60 |
101.51 |
|
San Andreas |
Calaveras |
Charles C. Sweet |
300.00 |
125.00 |
|
San Bernardino (C. H.) |
San Bernardino |
Daniel M. Thomas |
99.50 |
64.66 |
|
San Diego (C.H.) |
San Diego |
George Lyons |
156.88 |
76.78 |
|
San Francisco (C.H.) |
San Francisco |
Charles L. Weller |
1856.40 |
92,049.58 |
|
San Gabriel |
Los Angeles |
Thomas Burdick |
7.00 |
4.00 |
|
San Jose (C.H.) |
Santa Clara |
P. O. Minor |
1210.81 |
692.99 |
|
San Juan |
Monterey |
Patrick Breen |
112.66 |
61.67 |
|
San Leandro |
Alameda |
Lewis Langfeld |
|
|
|
San Lorenzo |
Alameda |
Freedom H. Cowles |
72.48 |
24.40 |
|
San Luis Obispo (C.H.) |
San Luis Obispo |
Alexander Murray |
13.98 |
6.92 |
|
San Pablo |
Contra Costa |
Asa
B. Bates |
11.44 |
3.94 |
|
San Padro |
Los Angeles |
Geo. C. Alexander |
31.40 |
16.40 |
|
San Rafael |
Main |
Walter Skidmore |
21.15 |
11.56 |
|
San Ramon |
Contra Costa |
Samuel Russell |
6.05 |
3.23 |
|
Santa Barbara (C. H.) |
Santa Barbara |
George D. Fisher |
45.00 |
23.36 |
|
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara |
Henry D. McCobb |
616.48 |
329.22 |
|
Santa Cruz (C.H.) |
Santa Cruz |
Elihu
Anthony |
227.98 |
173.95 |
|
Santa Rosa (C.H.) |
Sonoma |
Theod.
G. Hahmann |
191.67 |
101.14 |
|
Sarahville |
Amador |
Hugh Robinson |
|
|
|
Scott River |
Siskyou |
Riley Hayden |
|
|
|
Sebastopol |
Napa |
Donald M. Johnson |
|
|
|
Secret Ravine |
Placer |
Horace G. Hart |
155.00 |
50.00 |
|
Shasta |
Shasta |
James Lemmon |
1157.00 |
940.00 |
|
Shaw's Flat |
Tuolumne |
Johanna Roberts |
255.55 |
106.57 |
|
Smith's Ranch |
Sonoma |
Stephen Smith |
|
|
|
Snelling's
Ranch |
Mariposa |
Charles V. Snelling |
87.20 |
45.59 |
|
Sonoma |
Sonoma |
John Selling |
249.54 |
140.10 |
|
Sonora |
Tuolumne |
George W. Patrick |
1636.25 |
1243.74 |
|
Spanish Flat |
Eldorado |
Jacob Glassman |
277.51 |
166.49 |
|
Split Rock |
Mariposa |
John A. Bugg |
9.00 |
3.60 |
|
Staple's Ranch |
San Joaquin |
David I. Staples |
66.00 |
38.00 |
|
Steinberger's |
San Francisco |
Edward Hancock |
132.00 |
39.00 |
|
Stockton |
San Joaquin |
William Lanius |
1920.60 |
2498.59 |
|
Strawberry Valley |
Yuba |
John A. Barnhart |
|
|
|
Suisun |
Solano |
John W. Barton |
223.00 |
145.00 |
|
Sutter |
Sacramento |
Daniel E. Hastings |
|
|
|
Sutter Creek |
Calaveras |
Dwight Crandall |
244.25 |
113.92 |
|
Tehama |
Colusi |
Owen Gerry |
162.00 |
79.00 |
|
Todd's Valley |
Placer |
William N. Hall |
|
|
|
Tomalles |
Marin |
Warren Dutton |
32.88 |
17.36 |
|
Trinidad |
Klamath |
Eliakim
C. Darling |
57.00 |
28.35 |
|
Trinity |
Trinity |
Craven Lee |
|
|
|
Trinity Centre |
Trinity |
Moses Chadbourne |
|
|
|
Uniontown |
Humboldt |
Albert H. Murdock |
112.55 |
68.96 |
|
Vacaville |
Solano |
Edgar F. Gillespie |
73.00 |
38.00 |
|
Vallejo |
Solano |
Eleazer
Frisbie |
250.00 |
9.00 |
|
Vallicita |
Calaveras |
Geo. T. McMurray |
123.00 |
62.00 |
|
Visalia |
Tulare |
John P. Majors |
|
|
|
Volcano |
Amador |
Henry T. Barnum |
749.36 |
485.08 |
|
Washington (C.H.) |
Yolo |
Amos Waring |
|
|
|
Watsonville |
Santa Cruz |
Llewellyn Thrift |
162.46 |
65.11 |
|
Weaverville (C.H.) |
Trinity |
Samuel D. Kreider |
701.18 |
565.16 |
|
Whiskey Creek |
Shasta |
Benjamin Mix |
|
|
|
Windsor |
Sonoma |
Seveir
Lewis |
|
|
|
Woodside |
San Francisco |
Matthias Alf'd
Parkhurst |
|
|
|
Woodville |
Butte |
Joseph Wood |
|
|
|
Yankee Jims |
Placer |
James Herrick |
784.99 |
491,06 |
|
Yeomet |
Eldorado |
Edwin Bebee |
|
|
|
Yolo |
Yolo |
James A. Hutton |
162.69 |
106.59 |
|
Yreka |
Siskyou |
William Grow |
1507.37 |
1484.28 |
|
Yuba City |
Sutter |
Caleb E. Wilcoxon |
62.34 |
27.28 |
LIST 16a
Differences between “Wide West”
List of June 1, 1856 and “Post Office Directory” of June 30,1856.
In
the “Directory” the following additions appear:
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Brick Post Office |
Sacramento Co. |
T. Lufkin |
|
Downerville
for Downieville |
|
|
|
Franklin |
Sacramento |
J. R. Crawford |
|
Henley |
Siskyou |
George C. Merritt |
|
Hornitas |
Mariposa |
Willis L. Goss |
|
Jone
Valley (Error for Ione Valley) |
|
J. H. Alvord |
|
Little York |
Nevada |
Wm. W. Cozzens |
|
Meadow Valley |
Plumas |
Orlando Fuller |
|
Middletown |
Shasta |
Chas. M. McKinney |
|
Mill Valley |
Calaveras |
E. J. Osborn |
|
Milpitas |
Santa Clara |
Frederick Crighton |
|
Minersville |
Trinity |
Samuel A. White |
|
New Potosi |
Mariposa |
James A. Bolin |
|
Onion Valley |
Plumas |
James E. Whitson |
|
Ophir
(Instead of Mount Ophir) |
Mariposa |
Joseph H. Miller |
|
Rabbittown
(Instead of Rabbit Creek) |
|
Eli S. Lester |
|
Sarahville |
Amador |
Hugh Robinson |
|
Sebastopol |
Napa |
Donald M. Johnson |
|
Todd's Valley |
Placer |
William N. Hall |
|
Washington |
Yolo (Previously reported closed) |
|
|
Woodville |
Butte |
Joseph Wood |
The following appear on the “Wide
West” list of June 1, but not in the “Directory of June 30, 1856.
|
Office |
County |
Postmaster |
|
Aqueduct City |
Amador Co. |
M. S. Butler |
|
Hill's Ferry |
Stanislaus |
J. Hill |
|
Ione Valley |
Calaveras |
J. H. Alvord |
|
Mount Ophir |
Mariposa |
J. H. Miller |
|
Oak Grove Farm |
Solano |
E. True |
|
Rabbitt
Creek |
Sierra |
Mr. Lester |
|
Western |
Sacramento |
A. H. White |
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis
Taylor.
Source: Frickstad,
Walter N., A Century of California
Post Offices 1848-1954, Pages 312-322. Philatelic Research Society,
Oakland, CA. 1955.
©
2012 Jeanne
Sturgis Taylor.
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