A natural timothy grows, sometimes fully four feet high.
A year's yield would often total fully thirty tons, for which the highest price was paid at the mines.
There was another spring, beside Hunsakers', about a mile higher up, owned by a friend of the Hunsakers, named Potter.

In time he sold this spring to a Mrs.Clark, who finally sold it back to him, when it was bought by Mr.R.Colwell, of Moana Villa.

When the Hunsakers grew too old to run their place they sold it to a man named Abbott, who, in due time wished to sell out.

But, in the meantime the railroad had surveyed their land, granted by Congress, and found that the springs and part of the hotel building were on their land, so that while Abbott sold all his holdings to Mr.Colwell, he could not sell the main objects of the purchaser's desire.

An amicable arrangement, however, was made between all the parties at interest.
Mr.Colwell is now the owner of all the property.
For countless centuries the Indians of both west and east of Tahoe were used to congregate in the Rubicon country.