History of Nevada; . very month in the j-ear, so that only the hardiervegetables can be raised. Juno, July and Augustare generally very warm. The winters are usuallylong and the snow-fall very heavj. The prevailingwind is from the southwest. The annual rain-iallat the fort in three years was inches. Thehealth of the country is excellent. The mean tem-perature is 46°. The maximum tompcraluro forseveral years past was 108°. Minimum, 27° belowzero. Maj. Geo. B. Sanford, of the First UnitedSlates Cavalry, is commander of the fort. The gar-rison consists of Company I, First United StatesCaval
History of Nevada; . very month in the j-ear, so that only the hardiervegetables can be raised. Juno, July and Augustare generally very warm. The winters are usuallylong and the snow-fall very heavj. The prevailingwind is from the southwest. The annual rain-iallat the fort in three years was inches. Thehealth of the country is excellent. The mean tem-perature is 46°. The maximum tompcraluro forseveral years past was 108°. Minimum, 27° belowzero. Maj. Geo. B. Sanford, of the First UnitedSlates Cavalry, is commander of the fort. The gar-rison consists of Company I, First United StatesCavalry and Company G, Eighth United StatesInfantry. HON. J. B. TOLLEY Is a native of La Fayette County, Wisconsin. Whenbut thirteen years of age, ho started for Californiaby the overland route in company with a brother,and being a delicate boy suflered greatly from theprivations consequent upon such a long and tedioustrip. His first occupation after reaching the land ofgold was mining at Placorvillo, El Dorado County,. V/,/ ? J. B. Tolley. California, where he was not favored by dame for-tune, and soon afterwards accepted the position ofclerk in a grocery store at Michigan Bar, Sacra-mento County, wheio he remained during the 1851, he emigrated to Trinity County, in thesame State, and again sought his fortune in themines on Texas Bar; but the hostility of the Indianswas a great hindrance, and the severity of thewinter of 1852, caused much suffering among thebold pioneers of that region. In 18.)3. Mr. Tollej^invested in a pack-train, packing supplies fromColusa to the northern mines, enduring all mannerof hardships in the interests of his enterprise. In1854, ho returned to the State of W^isconsin, anddevoted himself to a course of mental culture, attend-ing a select school at Mineral Point, and afterwardsthe seminar^ at IMattsville, reaping invaluable bene-fits therefrom. In 1861 he, in company with hisfather, drove a herd of cattle across the plains toTrinity County, C
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