Title: The Burgess and Rice Families in Southern Trinity County 1870-1900
Description: The story of the Burgess and Rice families in Southern Trinity County, California from 1870-1900.  These families were pioneers in a part of California that remains lightly settled today.  Although the Burgess and Rice families are the focus of the story, many other families who interacted with them are also discussed.
Subjects: history, pioneers, Indians, homesteads, lawsuits, murder trials
Places: Southern Trinity County, Zenia, Blocksburg, Petaluma
People: George Washington Burgess, Nancy Sylvina Buress, Ezekiel (Zeke) Virgil Burgess, Edward F. Burgess, Charles Benedict Rice, Jennie Picket Rice
Time periods: 1870-1900