We gave Mr.Moore the honor of having a prospecting town named after him because he was the first man to be on hand with a wife.
I became satisfied after a little that this place would be a very snowy place, and that from all appearances it would fall from two to four feet deep, and not a very pleasant place to winter in.

An honest acquaintance of mine came along, Samuel Tyler and to him I let my claim to work on shares and made McCloud my agent, verbally, while I took my blankets and started for the valley.
The first town I passed through was a newly discovered mining town called French Corral.

Here I found an old Wisconsin friend Wm.

Sublet, the foster father of the accomplishen wife of Mayor S.W.Boring of San Jose.

From here I went to Marysville.