Extracts from Jim Orndorff's Scrap Book, n.d.

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Extracts from Jim Orndorff's Scrap Book, n.d.

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Typed transcript of three newspaper articles taken from a scrapbook compiled by James W. Orndorff and later owned by his step-daughter, Mrs. James W. Finchley, of Paradise, California. The titles are: "James W. Orndorff," "Knights of the Lash" by Maj. Ben C. Truman, about stage coach drivers, and "The Comstock Lode" by Sands W. Forman.

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Forman, Sands W.

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Orndorff, James W., d. 1923.

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James W. Orndorff, who died in 1923, moved to California in 1852. He prospected in Yuba County and was mined on the Comstock Lode. He ran several hotels both in Virginia City and San Francisco. From the description of Extracts from Jim Orndorff's Scrap Book, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132441 ...

Truman, Benjamin Cummings, 1835-1916

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Journalist and author. From the description of Manuscripts, 1874-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122377029 Rhode Island born journalist who wrote for the New York Times and San Francisco Bulletin before becoming editor of the Los Angeles Evening Express and owner of the Los Angeles Star (1837-77). He became a press agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1879. (Hart, Companion to California, p. 528). From the de...