Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-23
The Georgetown Dixide.

EDS. REcoRDUNIoN Some days since
for two weeks hunting trip on the Rubi-
con, ON the Georgetown Divide, in Ell
Dorado county. We were fully equipped
for camping, had good guns and dogs, and
Georgetown, which, by the way. is one OF
the finest mountain towns in California.
our party was joined by ]. o. Forbes, Jr,
who for many years was proprietor of the
Custom House at Lake Tahoe, and he.
being thoroughly acquainted with the sec
ton we were going into acted in the ca
paclty of a guide. From Georgetown up
the country is most picturesque and beau
tiful. A few miles east of the town, from
the summit of Hotchkiss Hill, we could
plainly see the Sacramento valley and the
serpentine course of the Sacramento river
as 1t flows through its slickens bed to the
sea, and by the aid of a telescope
that Charley Eldred took along to pick tree
squirrel out of tall sugar pines. we could
see the dome of the State Capitol The
timber along Canyon creek was the finest
we ever saw, the maple leaves of every
hue and color, the spruce, cedar and oak,
all mingling their foliage, and covering the
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beautiful to behold, was charming in the
extreme; while the pure, cool. clear.
sparkling water in the streams, as they fell
over small cascades, lent cadence to the
air that made us at once forget all else and
loose ourselves in admiration of the beau
ties of nature. We had but Just entered
upon an elysian bower, as it were, which
we were to travel through for miles, in
which were to be found the speckled trout.
the whirring quail, the hiding grouse, the
chirping squirrel, the heet-footed deer
and that NEST dreaded of all other ami
mails of the mountains, the grizzly bear
We found and captured a large number of
all the game mentioned, except the griz-
lilies, which we were not at all anxious to
tackle; in fact, we had not lost any of that
species of bear. At Uncle Toms Cabin we
were entertained right royalty. When we
arrived at Eleven Pines" however we
met and became acquainted with one of the
finest gentlemen we ever met-Will am
Vaughn, frontiersman, with all the nerve
of a Davy Crockett, the hospitality of
Daniel Boone. and so far as entertaining
qualities are concerned, aBufialo Bill would
be no equal. An unerring marksman, his
table is ever supplied with the choice
steaks of venison, and the stranger who
comes his way is ever welcome. The road
through one of the finest timbered sec
tons on the coast, is smooth and
free from dust. "Bill" Vaughn, as he is
called by the mountaineers, has fitted up a
nice eating place, has plenty of stable room
for horses and his is a perfect paradise for
a camping party. Here we met many old
time friends, and hunters, among whom
were the Clark boys of Coloma, Josh, Frank
and Bob We also stopped few days at
Jacobsons dairy, where we were also highly
entertained. Wentworth's and Soda
Springs, not far from Eleven Pines, are
favorite summer resorts, and no doubt in
the future will be patronized by large
number of people, who desire to get into
the heart of luxuriant forests, where game
is abundant angling all that could be de-
sired, and the air purity itself. AT the base
of Sand mountain a man by the name of
Quinn is putting up large saw mill, and
as large number of land locations are be-
ing made there, no doubt next season will
see lively immigration into that now APP
parently wild section. Yours, O. V. II.