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A Tale of Two Cities and A Train #1449 Juanita Kennedy Browne HardCover SIGNED
A Tale of Two Cities and A Train #1449 *Signed by Juanita Kennedy Browne Hard Cover
#1449
Signed by Juanita Kennedy Browne
A Tale of Two Cities and A Train
History of the Navada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 1874-1942
Juanita Kennedy Browne
Hard Cover
216 Pages
Copyright 1987
Contents
FOREWORD 1
Book 1. IN THE BEGINNING
The Dormant Weasel Stirs-1874 5
Tracking the Railroad-1875 9
The Whistle and Chug of the Engine-1876 16
Happy First Anniversary-1877 23
Picnics and Moonlight Excursions-1878 24
Going on Three and Meeting General Grant-1879 26
Death Rides the Rails-1880 27
Of Guards and Goats, Accidents and Dividends-188127
Battling Snowballs and Lions-188229
A First Step Backward-1883 31
Book 2. JOHN KIDDER'S LITTLE RAILROAD
Kidder Takes Over Officially-1884 33
Judge Stidger Hunts for a Hippopotamus-1885 36
Of Cows and Drunks and Battered Engines-1886 38
Rough Railroading-1887 39
Another Step Backwards-1888 42
From Wilderness to Chicago Park-1889 43
The Cyclops Versus the Snow King-1890 43
Of Kidder's Prize Potatoes and Hot Air Balloons-189147
National Newspapers Discover the Twin Cities-189250
When the Circus Came to Town-1893 51
Of Death and Politics-1894 55
Kidder Claims He Shouldn't Be Blamed for Everything-1895 57
Of Suffragettes, Debris Commissioners, and Burning Bridges-1896 58
Of Coal and Ice-1897 59
When the Boys Went Off to War with Spain-1898 60
When the Boys Came Rolling Home Again, Hurrah!-1899 64
Kidder Becomes an Exalted Ruler and a Resigned Commissioner-1900 66
The Passing of the Old Guard-190169
Book 3. CAN A LADY RUN A RAILROAD?
Sara Kidder Carries On-190275
The Day the President Came to Colfax-1903 81
Good News and Bad News-1904 85
Sarah Gains Fame-1905 87
The "Never Come, Never Go" Gets Fasterby Several Minutes-1906 92
Of the Kidder-Fletcher Case, a Motor Car, and the Cutoff-1907 95
A Shortcut to Colfax-1908 98
Of Automobiles, Airplanes, and Bright Futures-1909105
An Old Bridge and a Dog with New Tricks-1910107
A Deal Is Not Complete Until the Money Is in the Bank-1911110
How Much Is that Alligator in the Window?-1912112
Book 4. OUTSIDERS TAKE OVER
Sara Sells and an Era Ends-1913114
Out with the Old, In with the New-1914119
Trial by Fire-1915121
The Little Railroad Bumps into More Trouble-1916126
Nevada County Goes to War-1917 128
One of the First to Go Comes Home-1918 129
A Daring Daylight Railroad Heist-1919130
"Most People Will Never Own a Car-1920 131
The Second Great Railroad Heist-1921132
Less in the Red-1922133
InJeopardy-192 3 134
More Losses-1924135
The Committee of Twenty-one to the Rescue-1925135
Book 5. COMING HOME
Saved in the Nick-of-Time-1926137
Thrown into Receivership-1927138
Rethrashing Old Straw-1928142
Invasion of the Trucks-1929144
Train 2, Automobile 0, Truck 0-1930144
Fire! Fire!-1931148
Ex-Nevada County Miner, President Herbert Hoover,
Passes Through Colfax-1932150
Plagued by Problems-1933151
If You Can't Whip 'em, join 'em-1934156
From Trains to Trucks-1935157
Of Cats and Chickens and Missing Fish-1936 159
Thirty-seven at the Dinner Table-1937165
Another Era Ends and a Sinner Repents-1938172
The End is Near-1939 178
More History Goes Up in Smoke-1940 184
The End is Nearer-1941188
Engine No.5 Goes to Hollywood and the "Never Come,
Never Go" Goes to War-1942 189
The End is HereAlmost-1943 195
The Big Bridge Bending and Cable Snapping Caper-1963197
AFTERWORD
The Future Lies Ahead-1986 201
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THE BOOK 206
NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERS FOR 1987 207
INDEX 211
Introduction
During her operation for more than 66 years, from 1876 to 1942, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad became affectionately known as the "Never Come, Never Go." And for good reason. She was a long time in getting here, a long time here, and a long time coming back.
But during her many years of service, the Narrow Gauge was always more than just a railroadmore than just a means of transportation. She was a main artery that wound into the heart of Nevada County. She was a personalityan integral and vital personality who grew and matured with the local communities and helped Nevada County grow from a raucous and rambunctious youth to a historical and eccentric adult. This is her story.
She was talked about, planned for, and longed for long before she arrived.
Although Nevada City and Grass Valley rapidly developed into two of the largest cities in California in the 1850s, their growth was based on the fact that this was where the gold was. Unlike San Francisco and Sacramento, which developed mainly because they were smack dab in the middle of major water routes that led to and from the gold fields, Nevada City and Grass 'Valley grew up despite the fact that they were smack dab in the middle of nowhereexcept the chief gold mining district in California and perhaps the world. As they said at the time, the Twin Cities were essentially disconnected from the "outside world."
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