The weekly Placer herald., 1853-09-17
For the Placer Herald


For the Placer Herald
Dear Mitchell: Having for the first time
paid flying visit to that portion of our
county known as Yankee Jim and Michi-
gan Bluff, am unable to restrain this ex-
preston Of my impressions of this county.
The fatigue of winding up those inter-
tnlnable hills between Auburn and the
Bluff, is amply compensated in some of
the most comprehensive and beautiful
landscape views one can desire, extending
as 1t does, in clear day, to the valley of
the Sacramento. AS the traveller APP
proaches Yankee Jim the timber increases
in variety, and the tops Of the great pines
climb higher and higher into the blue of
Heaven. Yankee Jim is city in nina
ture, with its fine saloons, Bars, Hotels,
Baths, Merchant princes, and the fastest
set of B'hoys one can scare up in "a weeks
travel.
There it stands right in the woods, as
"'o"eo' "i' u'Pi OtCHuiilS as IL hCI IliiHcIS
were not coinlng their psles out of the
golden hills that encompass it. must
not forget Herrick's grand hotel, for no
man can tell, without testing the point,
how many good things the polite host
does keep wherewith to refresh the inner
man.
Leaving this point your road winds up
to the summit of ridge, when the eter-
nal glaciers of the Sierra Nevada burst
upon your enraptured vision--now com
paratively close to you.
For ten miles you gallop over the most
delightfully."- shaded road in the State, re-
mndlng one more OF those magnificent
baronlaI parks we read of in European
geography. he timber becomes thicker
and more majestic-gsd, it's worth visit
there to see one of those stalwart and
graceful pines, winding upward and yet
upward, with It's spiral hight pointing to
Heaven and Truth. Would you sIake
your rthirst-withOut the assistance of Mo-
ses' rod you have gushing from mother
earth sparkling water ali along your path,
Iimpid, fresh, and as cold as the icebergs
of the great ocean.
Michigan Bluff az you are aware has
sprung into importance within the past
five months, and from what know of it,
| hazard nothing in saying that it will be
this coming fall and winter the most thri-
wing town in Placer. The location will
then be supplied with water; the diggngs
about it are rich, and new localities are
being daily discovered, giving promise of
great and inexhaustibe resources The
names given to some of these places arc
worth mentioning, and | give you Bogus
Thunder, Ground Hog GIory, HELPS De-
light, DEVILS Elbow, Dead Wood, Dew
iI's Basin, and HELPS Half Acre, as spe-
cimen of the taste of the Boys that do the
in those parts. Houses are
being run up like magic--in fact go where
you wi about The town, and the carpen-
ter's saw and hammer keeps up most
deafening catter.
For amusements you have " fold JOS"
to dance at in the evening, and WAS told
Billiards and fen-pins could be furnished
for ready cash, whilst in the way of sub
stantlal comforts the doors Of the "Mchi-
gan Hotel' and "Sierra Nevada" stand
wide open to greet you
From practical experience am able to
recommend the latter establshment-such
rich, juicy steaks! Lord, my mouth wa
ters as | remember them; and then the
biscuit-no one could be fooled with corn
bread when such biscuit were on the table
sure Huzza for tho Bluff it's a great
institution. A J.
September 18th, 1858.