Downieville

This he could do without telling Hintzen, so he instructed Keeler, after having seen that gentleman at Forest City, to continue over the mountains to Downieville, as if on private business.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

Beyond, up the bare valley of a mountain stream, lay the trail to Downieville, nine miles away.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

While reckless young men were swarming up the valleys of South, Middle and North Yuba, finding fabulous quantities of gold and squandering the same upon the Chinese harlots of Downieville, Robert Palmer was making hay while the sun shone, which was every day in the Sacramento Valley.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

His mission to Hintzen performed, he would spend the night at Forest City, and push on to Downieville the next morning.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

John Keeler had hardly spent an hour in Downieville before he had met a Golden

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

No doubt these Californians rest as peacefully as those whose mortal remains have been gathered into the cemetery at Downieville.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

Downieville with the law-firm of Spears & Thornton, to collect, by suit, a certain note of Green & Purdy for twelve thousand dollars.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

I had to make two visits to Downieville on this business, and there, made the acquaintance of Mr. Stewart, now a Senator from Nevada.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

This was Keeler's first visit to Downieville since the crime, and as he had known the Frenchman he determined to visit his grave.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall

The traveler refreshed himself at a mossy spring by the side of the trail, then, as he emerged from the cañon at a sudden turn, Downieville appeared.

Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Angelo Hall