Old California
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Hello everyone,
I'm going to make good on my word with sharing several stories on this forum maybe even as much as ten, Some of you may not find them interesting and those that so please do enjoy. Some have never been posted on any forum and a few including today's have been posted once before on another forum.
I know some of you out there are interested in California history and maybe some of the locals here have seen me post this on another forum but non the less it is a wonderful story from our area especially for those that are not familiar with the 1858-62 Town of Venice, Locating an old settlement or village can be just as exciting/rewarding as recovering finds and hopefully this post can bring out some of the old timers or even the new eager treasure hunters to press forward and share their stories as well.
In many cases, Many here including myself would rather walk on old soil instead of detecting them after putting together the many pieces of information found from history books and old maps. Would you believe even some of the clues can come from the stories themselves, Stories of men fighting the Indians or against themselves, dying or surviving only to escape and later meet their fate from a strange accident. Allot of valuable information can be obtained and if used correctly can open the gates to many older sites when the pieces of puzzle come together, Believe me we know first hand how the most important clue of solving a mystery can come from a sentence of an old book, Read read and read is the best source of obtaining information to unlocking the mystery of finding old settlements.
Below, Are a few pictures of the 1858-62 Venice town location, Which isn't too far from the 1851 Woodsville massacre and in fact on the same old Fremont trail running through both towns.
The town is now under several feet of sand and top soil due to the massive flood of 1862, The entire town was destroyed and is now buried, Using old maps and reams of information I finally located the buried town of Venice about three years ago.
Not too far from the buried town of Venice lies a hill top in which the Indians would use as a lookout post and many of the Indians lived among the lower parts of the hill and both directions of the river. Behind these ponies and cattle is the hilltop. Also, It has been said and is recorded in our history books the Indians had captured two bothers and tied them down near this area, Maybe not more than 100 yards. What was to happen next no one knows but miraculously a troop of soldiers were coming around this hill top and when the Indians seen the soilders they escaped and left the two unharmed brothers tied to the stake, The two brothers were set free by the soldiers.
At the time, In order to get these pictures permission from the different property owners had been granted to me to enter the properties at will and no trespassing has ever taken place.
Thanks for looking, Hope you and your families all the best!
Paul (Ca)
I'm going to make good on my word with sharing several stories on this forum maybe even as much as ten, Some of you may not find them interesting and those that so please do enjoy. Some have never been posted on any forum and a few including today's have been posted once before on another forum.
I know some of you out there are interested in California history and maybe some of the locals here have seen me post this on another forum but non the less it is a wonderful story from our area especially for those that are not familiar with the 1858-62 Town of Venice, Locating an old settlement or village can be just as exciting/rewarding as recovering finds and hopefully this post can bring out some of the old timers or even the new eager treasure hunters to press forward and share their stories as well.
In many cases, Many here including myself would rather walk on old soil instead of detecting them after putting together the many pieces of information found from history books and old maps. Would you believe even some of the clues can come from the stories themselves, Stories of men fighting the Indians or against themselves, dying or surviving only to escape and later meet their fate from a strange accident. Allot of valuable information can be obtained and if used correctly can open the gates to many older sites when the pieces of puzzle come together, Believe me we know first hand how the most important clue of solving a mystery can come from a sentence of an old book, Read read and read is the best source of obtaining information to unlocking the mystery of finding old settlements.
Below, Are a few pictures of the 1858-62 Venice town location, Which isn't too far from the 1851 Woodsville massacre and in fact on the same old Fremont trail running through both towns.
The town is now under several feet of sand and top soil due to the massive flood of 1862, The entire town was destroyed and is now buried, Using old maps and reams of information I finally located the buried town of Venice about three years ago.
Not too far from the buried town of Venice lies a hill top in which the Indians would use as a lookout post and many of the Indians lived among the lower parts of the hill and both directions of the river. Behind these ponies and cattle is the hilltop. Also, It has been said and is recorded in our history books the Indians had captured two bothers and tied them down near this area, Maybe not more than 100 yards. What was to happen next no one knows but miraculously a troop of soldiers were coming around this hill top and when the Indians seen the soilders they escaped and left the two unharmed brothers tied to the stake, The two brothers were set free by the soldiers.
At the time, In order to get these pictures permission from the different property owners had been granted to me to enter the properties at will and no trespassing has ever taken place.
Thanks for looking, Hope you and your families all the best!
Paul (Ca)
