Page 170 - blm_stickelweinmanroberts1980
P. 170

.




                 Valley region.     It had its beginnings in the days of mule freighting and
                 covered wagons when the stations mentioned above served travelers along
                 the trail.    Two such station stops were in the Barstow area:            Grapevine,
                 north of the Mojave River      (at the old junction of Highway 91 and the road
                 to Mojave) and Fish Ponds      (close to present-day Nebo)      .  In the 1860s
                 shortcuts led to the south at a spot between Point of Rocks and present-
                 day Helendale and from Fish Ponds past Stoddard Wells to Victorville.                In
                 those days the district around Barstow' s location was known as Grapevine
                 due to the wild grapes.       The Grapevine Station was run by a man named
                 Miller who supplied travelers with hay, groceries, and hardware.               In 1880
                 Robert W. Waterman and John L. Porter stopped at Grapevine while on a pros-
                 pecting trip, a trip that led to the development of Waterman Mine just to
                 the north.    The Waterman Porter Mill was located south of the mine, a
                 settlement grew there known as Waterman, and in 1884 when Southern Pacific
                 built their tracks from Mojave to Needles they listed a station at Waterman.
                 Fish Ponds Station on the east was the last stopping place common to both
                 the Old Government Road and to the Salt Lake Trail since the two trails
                 parted at Forks-of-the-Road to its east.          Lafayette Mecham moved his newly
                 located store at Camp Cady to Fish Ponds in 1870 or 1871, and Mecham' s sons
                 discovered some of the silver in the Calico Mountains.           b

                        When the California Southern Extension Railway tracks made a connection
                with the Santa Fe Mojave-Needles Line, this junction was named Waterman
                 Junction.    In 1886 it was renamed Barstow after William Barstow Strong,
                president of the Santa Fe Railroad.          The same year the Waterman and Porter
                quartz mill was turning out $15,000 in silver bullion a week, and the city
                directory listed the following by trade

                        Baber, A.   J. miner                       Martin, Norman, engineer
                        Baker,  0.  H.  , miner                    McAllister, James G.     , laborer
                        Banks,  J. A., waiter                      McDerment, Hugh, fireman
                        Beach, M. E. merchant                      McDonnell, John, farmer
                        Beatly, J. M.   , merchant                 McNally, J.    L.  , assayer
                       Berry, N. W. , laborer                      McPhee , James, millwright
                        Bugbee,  P. J., miner                      Modie, J. C.   , stockraiser
                        Davis,  F. E., engineer                    Morrow, N. L., miner
                        DeBow, Samuel, bookkeeper                  Nickless , Wesley, miner
                        Deen, C.  R.  , miner                      Parker,   J. L.  , farmer
                       Dickson, James, railroader                  Parsons,   F. C, clerk
                       Duffy, C. A., blacksmith                    Pore, Eli, miner
                       Elliott, W.    R.  , merchant               Porter,   J. L., miner
                        Fox, Chas., farmer                         Potts, J. E., machinist
                       Francis, Robert, conductor                  Preble, C. B., clerk
                       Gruwell, Green, teamster                    Pritz, Jacob, laborer
                       Hawkins , Thomas , barber                   Rhinehart, J.    T.  , clerk
                       Heeb, N. F.   , laborer                     Rogers,   R.  R.  , clerk
                       Hine, A. B., conductor                      Ross, J. K. , fireman
                       Hisom, F. H., machinist                     Scribner, Eben, miner
                       Howard,   G. E.  ,  R.  R. agent            Seibert, Daniel, farmer
                       Hughey, A.    C.  , millman                 Shephard, George, stockraiser
                        Her, W. S., laborer                        Thomas, E. W.   , laborer
                       Kelly John, R.R. employee                   Twaddell, Thomas, merchant
                                       , cook                                      , farmer
                       Kenney , A . F .                            Wagner ,   . F .
                       Macdonald, Jerome, millwright               Waterman , W .  S .  , merchant
                       Malon, J. E., railroader                    Waters, A. L., waiter
                       Maloy, M.J. laborer                         Wilkins, D. J. teamster
                       Maro,   A. W.  , engineer
                                                           159
   165   166   167   168   169   170   171   172   173   174   175