History of Nevada; . rience on the main Yuba River,he went to Oregon, where ho engaged in there he went to Washington Territory, andagain took up the pursuit of mining, and remaineduntil 1861, when he returned to California. TheRebellion breaking out about that time, he was oneof the first to enlist in the defense of his adoptedcountry, joining the Third California InfantrjReg-iment, under Colonel Connor, as a private, in which capacity he served his country only two months,being elected Second Lieutenant during that regiment was ordered to Utah, where he waskept until th
History of Nevada; . rience on the main Yuba River,he went to Oregon, where ho engaged in there he went to Washington Territory, andagain took up the pursuit of mining, and remaineduntil 1861, when he returned to California. TheRebellion breaking out about that time, he was oneof the first to enlist in the defense of his adoptedcountry, joining the Third California InfantrjReg-iment, under Colonel Connor, as a private, in which capacity he served his country only two months,being elected Second Lieutenant during that regiment was ordered to Utah, where he waskept until the close of the war, having re-enlisted asa veteran in the meantime. During his four j-earsservice he commanded a battery of light artiilerj-most of the time. At the close of the war be wasmustered out of sjrviee, and came to Nevada, set-tling in Clover Valley, Elko County, his presentlocation, where he has since resided, engaged infarming and stock-raising. His ranch is situatedeighteen miles south of Humboldt »IB PHOTO BY LOUIS MONACO. EUREKA. NEV. /ohi C. IVood Was born on the twelfth of Januarj, 1829, near Rose-ville, Parke County, Indiima. At the age of nine-teen he went to the State of Illinois, where heremained until 1850, when he came to California byway of the plains. The haps and mishaps incidentto such a trip were passed in safety, and upon reach-ing the Pacific Const he entered the usual field oflabor, that of mining, which occupation he followedin Calaveras County for five years, al Angels Campand other places. In 1855 he went to San JoaquinCounty, where he remained until 1859, when heremoved to the State of Iowa. In 18()2 he returnedto California, and one year later came to Carson City,Ormsby County, where he engaged in the lumberbusiness, remaining until the j-car ISfiO. Soon afterthe excitement upon the discovery of the mines inWhite Pine County broke out, ho went to Hamilton,in that county, thence to Eureka, thence to SpruceMountain, and in the fall of
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