The Sierran Archive

You have found the complete history of The Sierran Newsletters. The Sierran Newsletters from 1969 through 2014 are available below. The most recent newsletters can be found on the The Sierran Page.

Sierran Fall 2014[PDF]

  • Camel Association Headquarters by Virginia Lutes
  • Kentucky Curators Report August 2014 by Dianne Bruns
  • Early Sierra City History 1849 to 1871 by James Connolly
  • Major Museum Refurbishing Project is Underway!
  • Historical Society’s Annual Picnic

Sierran Summer 2014 [PDF]

  • Sattley Store by Virginia Lutes
  • Annual Meeting – September 14
  • Rita Faith Martinetti Bradley by Virginia Lutes
  • Sierra City Celebrates 150 Years!
  • Last Chance to Order Commemorative Items
  • Sattley Store Story (Not Historical but Hysterically Funny) by Judy Lawrence

Sierran Spring 2014 [PDF]

  • An Introduction to the History of Southeastern Sierra County by Bill Copren
  • Kentucky Mine and Museum Open For the Summer!
  • Remembering the Hotels of Loyalton by Elda Fae Ball
  • Sierra City Sesquicentennial June 21-22, 2014
  • Summer 2014 Concert Series News!

Sierran Winter 2014 [PDF]

  • Jack Campbell Fatally Shot In Randolph – September 15, 1882
  • Membership Corner
  • Museum Renovation Project
  • A New Curator Selected and Intern Scheduled
  • Summer 2014 Concert Series News!

Sierran Fall 2013 [PDF]

  • The Berger Family and the Berger Mountaineer Mine
  • Membership Report
  • Historic Sierra Buttes Mine Headquarters Building Hosts SCHS Annual Meeting
  • How Lemon Canyon and Many Plant Species Got Their Names
  • Presidents’ Message

Sierran Summer 2013 [PDF]

  • Diary Of Joshua D. Breyfogle, Sr. – continued
  • Become a Member! Dues for 2013 Payable Now!
  • Are You Ready for Some Mumbo Gumbo?
  • Tony Lavezzola Interview – 1951
  • Where Did I Come From?
  • Trommel Arrives at the Kentucky
  • Annual Historical Society Picnic! – September 8

Sierran Spring 2013 [PDF]

  • Yuba Ski Land
  • Diary Of Joshua D. Breyfogle, Sr. – continued
  • Oral History Update
  • Become a Member! Dues for 2013 Payable Now!
  • Summer’s Just Around the Corner!
  • Membership Corner

Sierran Winter 2012-13 [PDF]

  • Diary Of Joshua D. Breyfogle, Sr. – continued
  • Become a Member! Dues for 2013 Payable Now!
  • 2012 Annual Meeting Was Well Attended
  • Agriculture in the Sierra Valley
  • The Sport of Kings in the Sierra Valley in the 1880s!
  • Some Notes From the Kentucky Mine

Sierran Summer 2012 [PDF]

  • Diary Of Joshua D. Breyfogle, Sr.
  • Annual Meeting of the Sierra County Historical Society Announced
  • Behind Every Hero, A Book Review by William G. Copren
  • Oral History – We Want Yours!
  • Meet Matt Walker – Museum Intern
  • Kentucky Museum Recent Acquisitions
  • S.C.H.S. Membership Corner News

Sierran Spring 2012 [PDF]

  • Margaret Elaine Blasdell Lambert: Her Life in Sierra County
  • New Historical Society Website On Online!
  • Museum News and Announcement of Oral Interviews
  • Music is in the Air at the Kentucky Mine!
  • Elver and Barbara Martinetti
  • Membership Corner News, April 2012

Sierran Winter 2011-12 [PDF]

  • First People
  • Bud Buczkowske – Past Board President of Sierra County Historical Society and New Member of the
  • Lakota Sioux Tribe!
  • Sattley Facts – 1860
  • Winner of Historical Quilt Raffle Announced
  • Historical Society Annual Meeting Features Food, Fun, and Fascinating Historical Facts!
  • Historical Society Group Visits the Nevada State Museum

Sierran Fall 2011 [PDF]

  • Sierra County Pioneers – Charles and Margaret Perry
  • On Our Museum Wish List!
  • Tour the Old Sawmills of Sierra County
  • Flames Destroy Sierra County Courthouse – September 20, 1947
  • Another Call For Donated Items To Furnish the Lagomarsino Cabin
  • Annual Meeting Set for September 18 in Sierra Valley
  • Two Volunteers Extraordinaire!
  • Following Up – “Register” Provides Account of Sierraville History

Sierran Summer 2011 [PDF]

  • Political History of Nineteenth Century Sierra County – The Civil War Years, 1870’s & 1880’s
  • The Music at the Mine Concert Series Begins July 16th!
  • Quilt Featuring Historic Mining Photo Collage Could Be Yours!
  • Alleghany Author Ernest Finney Tells Tales of the Golden State in his New Book
  • Membership Corner: June 2011

Sierran Spring 2011 [PDF]

  • Political History of Nineteenth Century Sierra County – The First Decade, the 1850’s
  • Before We Know It Music Will Fill the Summer Nights at the Kentucky Mine!
  • Pioneer Experiences of Augustus Moore
  • “Register” Provides Account of Sierraville History
  • Membership Corner

Sierran Fall 2010 [PDF]

  • Romano Ranch
  • Looking for Historic Photos
  • The Sierra County Vault Has Withstood the Test of Time
  • Prehistoric Use of Hot Rock Cooking in Sierra Valley, Conclusion

Sierran Summer-Fall 2010 [PDF]

  • The Impact of Lester Pelton’s Water Wheel On the Development of California Rivals the 49ers!
  • Music at the Mine Completes 2010 Season
  • It’s Already Time for the SCHS Annual Meeting!
  • A Replica of the “Monumental” Gold Nugget is Now On Display at the Kentucky Mine & Museum
  • Prehistoric Use of Hot Rock Cooking in Sierra Valley, Part 3
  • Restoration Work at the Lagomarsino Cabin Continues – You Can Help!
  • Cabin Continues – You Can Help!

Sierran Spring 2010 [PDF]

  • Memories of Loyalton
  • Prehistoric Use of Hot Rock Cooking in Sierra Valley, Part 2
  • Experience Yesteryear In Sierra City at the Kentucky Mine and Museum Today!
  • New Fundraisers For the Kentucky Mine Museum

Sierran Winter 2009-10 [PDF]

  • Carl Scholberg
  • Prehistoric Use of Hot Rock Cooking in Sierra Valley, Part 1
  • Joe-Ann Buczkowske

Sierran Fall 2009 [PDF]

  • The “Flying Paperboy” – The Story of Hal Wright and the Sierra Booster
  • Annual Meeting Notice

Sierran Spring-Summer 2009 [PDF]

  • The Emil Loeffler Family

Sierran Winter 2008-09 [PDF]

  • The Early Days of Alleghany – A Family History
  • Setting the Stage – for the arrival of Native Americans)
  • Kentucky Mine Museum – New Additions
  • Townsend’s Big-Eared Bats
  • Recipies Wanted

Sierran Fall 2008 [PDF]

  • A Look at the Busch-Heringlake
    (aka Wells Fargo Express) Building in Sierra City
  • Notice of Annual Meeting
  • Anne Eldred Retires After 10 Year’s Service
    Kentucky Mine Museum Curator
  • Archaeological Research Project
    Going On In Sierra Valley
  • Kentucky Mine Museum Notes
  • County Historical Society Memorial Fund
  • Music at the Mine
  • In Memoriam: William Herbert Long

Sierran Spring-Summer 2008 [PDF]

  • Lagomarsino Cabin — Two Points of View
  • Ed G. White
  • Annual Meeting – September 14, 2008
  • Volunteers Wanted

Sierran Winter 2007-08 [PDF]

  • The Great Flood of 1937, Downieville, California
  • Presidents Message – January 18, 2008
  • Washoe Subsistence Strategies Included Visits
    to Sierra Valley – Continued from The Sierran, Fall 2007

Sierran Fall 2007 [PDF]

  • The Flood of 1997
  • In Memoriam: Mike Heuer and Joe Marcantonio
  • Monico’s, We’ll Miss You!
  • Loeffler Family Reunion
  • The Washoe in Sierra Valley

Sierran Spring 2007 [PDF]

  • Holly House
  • Music at the Mine – 2007
  • Keirn-Lagomarsino Cabin, Loganville, CA

Sierran Fall-Winter 2006 [PDF]

  • In Memoriam: Milt Gottardi
  • Members: Your Help Wanted!
  • “The Sierran”
  • Meet Your New Officers and Executive Board of The Sierra County Historical Society
  • The History of the Golden West Hotel – Loyalton, California
  • Bing Foo Gee
  • Annual Meeting Report September 10, 2006 – Webber Lake
  • Follow Up to Our Annual Meeting

Sierran Summer 2006 [PDF]

  • David Gould Webber
  • Concert Series Information
  • The Humphrey Family of Northern California and Northern Nevada
  • Historical Society Members Invited To View Petroglyphs

Sierran Winter 2005 [PDF]

  • History of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church
  • Early Hospital Care in Sierra County
  • Early Epidemics in Sierra County
  • Trip to Gold Valley Yields Ancient Treasure

Sierran Summer 2005 [PDF]

  • Yarringtons in Sierra Valley
  • Uncle Marion Remembered

Sierran Winter 2004 [PDF]

  • Uncle Marion Remembered
  • Sierra County Historical Society Annual Meeting
  • Kentucky Mine Museum-Gold Mine and Stamp Mill

Sierran Fall 2004 [PDF]

  • History of Schools in the Sierra Valley

Sierran Summer 2004 [PDF]

  • Their Voices Still Echo in the Canyons
  • School Teaching Memories

Sierran Spring 2004 [PDF]

  • The Carman Valley

Sierran Summer 2003 [PDF]

  • The Purdy Family and the N&O Railroad
  • Railway War with Beckwith

Sierran Spring 2003 [PDF]

  • The Boca and Loyalton Railroad

Sierran Winter 2002 [PDF]

  • The Cabins at Sardine Lodge
  • Alleghany’s Museum

Sierran Spring 2002 [PDF]

  • Herb Nichols and the Old Nichols Mill
  • Loyalton up to 2002
  • Sattley Sesquicentennial Sizzles

Sierran Fall 2001 [PDF]

  • Brewster’s 1856 Survey for the Trans-Sierra Road

Sierran Spring 2001 [PDF]

  • Loyalton in the Early 1900’s
  • Mittie Meyers Chaplin

Sierran Fall 2000 [PDF]

  • A History of Bassett House
  • Over North Trip with Lee Adams

Sierran Spring 2000 [PDF]

  • The Incomplete History of the Lemmons
  • Keller’s Journey West

Sierran Fall 1999 [PDF]

  • Sierra County’s Henness Pass Route
  • Being Raised in Alleghany
  • Alleghany Remembered

Sierran Spring 1999 [PDF]

  • The Verdi Train Robbery
  • Belle Alexander, Superintendent
  • The Birth of Sierra County

Sierran Fall 1998 [PDF]

  • Belle Alexander, Superintendent of Schools

Sierran Spring 1998 [PDF]

  • Italian Swiss in Sierra Valley
  • Barns of Sierra County

Sierran Fall 1997 [PDF]

  • M. T. Ayers, Editor of the Mountain Messenger
  • Sierra County Newspapers

Sierran Spring 1997 [PDF]

  • Barns of Sierra Valley

Sierran Winter 1996 [PDF]

  • Memories of Sierra City by CK Smith

Sierran Spring 1996 [PDF]

  • The Prosser Family Ranch
  • Kentucky Mine News

Sierran Fall 1995 [PDF]

  • Museums of Sierra County

Sierran Spring 1995 [PDF]

  • Kyburz Flat Heritage Resources Interpretive Project

Sierran Winter 1994 [PDF]

  • Mountain Memories

Sierran Spring 1994 [PDF]

  • FROM MEMORIES TO REALITY: A RETURN TO THE PAST
  • The Wonder Mine

Sierran Fall 1993 [PDF]

  • Notes on Ski Racing
  • A School Teacher Disconvers Skiing

Sierran Spring 1993 [PDF]

  • Mining Communities Between Goodyear’s Bar and Indian Valley

Sierran Fall 1992 [PDF]

  • Morrison Family History

Sierran Spring 1992 [PDF]

  • Early Days of Loyalton
  • The Loyalton Pharmacy

Sierran Fall 1991 [PDF]

  • Avalanch!

Sierran Spring 1991 [PDF]

  • Sattley Pioneers
  • The Strang Family and Ranch

Sierran Fall 1990 [PDF]

  • George Fournier and Loganville
  • The Mines Near Loganville

Sierran Spring 1990 [PDF]

  • Families of Gold in Sierra County
  • My Great Grandfather’s Journal, James Galloway

Sierran Winter 1989 [PDF]

  • The World of the Washoe
  • Research Center at Loyalton Historical Park and Museum

Sierran Fall 1989 [PDF]

  • Loyalton Historical Park and Museum
  • IOOF Lodges of Sierra Valley
  • Pictorial History of the Railroads of Sierra Valley

Sierran Summer 1989 [PDF]

  • Early Sierra County

Sierran Summer 1988 [PDF]

  • History of Campbell’s Hot Springs

Sierran Winter 1987 [PDF]

  • EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF A SIERRA COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHING PRINCIPAL
  • School Teaching Memories

Sierran Spring 1987 [PDF]

  • Civil War Correspondence
  • Cattle Drives I Remember

Sierran Winter 1984 [PDF]

  • My Great Grandfather’s Journal, James Galloway

Sierran Fall 1983 [PDF]

  • The Story of James O’Neal
  • E Clampus Vitus
  • The History of Gold Bluff Mines

Sierran Fall 1982 [PDF]

  • Schools of Sierra County

Sierran Fall 1981 [PDF]

  • Churches of Sierra County

Sierran Winter 1980 [PDF]

  • History of Churches in Sierra County

Sierran Winter 1979 [PDF]

  • The Holly House
  • A Family portrait: Dr. Louise Payen
  • Stagecoaches with Arthur Strang

Sierran Winter 1978 [PDF]

  • A Christmas Eve in Sierraville
  • This is Why I Came to Goodyears Bar
  • Just One “Goodfellow” in Tombstone

Sierran Winter 1978 [PDF]

  • A Trip to the New Land
  • A Teacher Comes to Downieville

Sierran Winter 1975 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Notes From the Downieville Museum

Sierran Summer 1975 [PDF]

  • Roads from Downieville: the Life of John Dormer
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner

Sierran Spring 1975 [PDF]

  • Early Agriculture in Sierra Valley
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Telegram Messages from the Chinese Community if Downieville

Sierran Winter 1974 [PDF]

  • Agriculture in the Sierra Valley
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Telegrams From the Chinese Community of Downieville

Sierran Fall 1974 [PDF]

  • Agriculture in the Sierra Valley
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Telegrams From the Chinese Community of Downieville

Sierran Summer 1974 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Telegrams From the Chinese Community of Downieville

Sierran Winter 1973 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Telegrams From the Chinese Community of Downieville

Sierran Fall 1973 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner

Sierran Summer 1973 [PDF]

  • Alleghany History
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • The Nichols Mill

Sierran Winter 1972 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner

Sierran Fall 1972 [PDF]

  • Logging, Timber and Railroads near Stampede
  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Letters from a Miner in Downieville to His Mother in Munich Germany

Sierran Spring 1972 [PDF]

  • The Unpublished Diary of a Downieville Miner
  • Dairy Ranches in Sardine, Stampede and Hoke Valley
  • The Early Annals of Downieville

Sierran Winter 1971 [PDF]

  • The First Miners at the Forks
  • Roads for Wagons, Freighters, and Stages
  • Logging and Lumbering in Sierra County

Sierran Summer 1971 [PDF]

  • Early Trails and Freight Routes of Sierraville
  • Fourth of July in Downieville
  • Historical Survey of Stampede

Sierran Spring 1971 [PDF]

  • Population of Sierra County 1910
  • Organized Religion and Education in Sierra County
  • Memories of Randolph and Sierraville

Sierran Winter 1970 [PDF]

  • Early Annals of Downieville
  • Meet Our Artist
  • The Hanging of Juanita

Sierran Summer 1970 [PDF]

  • Early Annals of Downieville
  • A Visit to the Downieville Museum
  • Jim Beckworth, Sierra County Pioneer

Sierran Spring 1970 [PDF]

  • Early Annals of Downieville
  • Ski Racing in the Sierra
  • A Visit to an Old Irish Cemetery
  • Sierra City, 1885

Sierran Winter 1969 [PDF]

  • Early Annals of Downieville
  • Catastrophy in Sierra City
  • A History of Sierra Valley

Sierran Fall 1969 [PDF]

  • Forest City Revisited
  • Clamper Activities
  • The Murder of Perry Bonham

Sierran Summer 1969 [PDF]

  • Cattle Business in Sierra Valley
  • Post Offices in Sierra County

Sierran Spring 1969 [PDF]

  • Miles Goodyear
  • Mines in the Sierra City Area
  • Last of the Golden West