Monthly Archives: April 2018

1865 – Augusta Tabor’s Wash Day

Posted on April 18, 2018 by JvL Bell

Mrs. Elizabeth Entriken, a 59er and the sister of our beloved snowshoe minister, Reverend John Dyer, shared this interesting story about Augusta Tabor’s labors to wash teamsters shirts to earn a bit of her own gold dust. Read in PDF … Continue reading →

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1859 – The Lynching of Edgar Vanover for a Crime he Threatened to Commit

Posted on April 9, 2018 by JvL Bell

1859 – Edgar Vanover lynched for a crime he threatened to commit. Continue reading →

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