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'i j1 H- 'k 1 s' V'V! a 'Up fci 7v W'V'VV xV 7 2 mi A 4 2 -Kryv V-- -J 4- )' XT A iffWMO 1 missed Papers 7 Subscribers who do not receive their Daily Times by 5i3Q pjn please dial EL 4-3800 'XV before pan Put this number la your phene book- -'S' a "eeif 1 Second Section I Pages 7 to 10 HA-' I0M i f- 1 I 'i'- i' -iLV' -Vj' Ntstlid hi tbi BikutifulWooded WesternFootbills Ovirlookingtb PamousKSantaCU'aValUybtitbeHiartpfCalifornta -A i March 26 1953 1 To Rest iri By SAM HANSON Times County Editor i SARATOGA MJohn Brown's people are romiogi'V That news whipped angrily through Saratoga' nearly three -quar tors of a century ago'1 The South had once- been home to many residents of this' little community in' the' foothills of the Santa1 Crus mountains Xn 1181 memories of their land overwhelmed and ravaged In the War Be-1 tween' the States were still bitterly fresh in their minds and hearts And now' coming into their- Saratoga state thoughts turned again tto Mrs Salmon Brown 1 wrote Three OxTeams They set off again -with ox I teams TJere was one fw Salmon Brown bis wife arid two chil-1 dren) The second carried Widow Brown and Sisters An- Widow Brown hery daughters nie and Sarah ydUng unmarried Sarah and-Ellen and hus-women and 'Ellen a little girL band James Fablinger and the The third wagon haulestx Span- three little Fablmger chUdren ish Merino sheep'and was driven came to live on a mountain above by two young men' who wanted 1 Saratoga- v- to go to California They lived in peace but for It was a dangerous 4 time for I awhile at least the little chil-emigrants crossing the plains and I drenr lived in fear For their ears mole than 200 met death at the I ha4 heard of-the threats-to tiie of Indians that year The I family and each" 'evening they very midst were John Brown's people the kith and kin of that martyred Abolitionist jth at fierce old man of Osawatomle whose flaming hatred of slavery had helped rouse the North to the mighty effort of the Cl vU War It was the ultimate humiliation They hanged John Brdwn And hanging was 'good enough for his people should they eome to Saratoga- Hanging' Or shooting Or some other violent thing That was th sentiment in Sara-( toga in 1881-when Widow Brown 'and the remnants of her family came1 to the quiet' little community "Si Bitter Moment It was a 'fearful moment full of bitterness and tensions and dark 7 vv But when 'the people of 1 Saratoga looked upon the Widow Brown and her family the hif-temess passed They wpre made welcome' A Some who 'had their coming' became their 'fondest friends Widow Brown Dlea v- -And when Mary Brown died she found her final peaceful resting place "in the beautiful dronia Cemetery in Saratoga i I The headstone in Madronia Cemetery in Saratoga which marjut grave of Mrs' John Brown She was buried there on March 2 1884 Daily Times photo She I Remembers fflarv-Brown --And Her Funeral the Congregational- churoh here 98' ber husband ll Cun- inmgham who died April 71943 "je moved to Saratoga 1881 When Widow Brown fand her-f am SARATOGA Mrs Anna Cuningham who resides on Sar atoga avenue is one of the few people still living who attended the funeral of Mrs John Brown at ben ber- i am- moy dowd off the mountain Jam pablier vnhlinppr and I were I vide with the Mrs' Cunningham also had a close friendship with Miss Sarah Brown i daug ht who' never married She remembers Sarah as a' woman with considerable arils- yveweevMe ie wnaitv yuusuig va Mt Diablo' done in pastels by Sarah A Story There Is a' story behind that lies a mouldering in' New Adirondack mountains that of his beloved is resting -a continent away in qulet Madronia cemetery In Saratoga 1 How did it come about (hat this fragmentary footnote lory should be carved upon modest heads The story Is a lengthy one starts across the continent North Mountains: was where wife who bore 20 children John Brown ill-fated raid him hanged Charles 2 Elba in the Adirondack Ains: of NeW That Mm 1iJ MnMkl by -Mrs Salmon Brown for'a Portland -Oregon hewspaperman in 1914 Saratoga She arise save iwsmoiv I I i-- The Congregational Church at 4th and Oak streets in Saratoga where the funeral Of Mrs Mary A Brown the widow Of John I Brown of Harper's Ferry was held in 1884 XV Picture courtesy of Miss Florence Cunningham -The: WidoVr Brown' second' wife of John Harper's Ferry whos 4 grave-is ixi Madronia Saratoga) courtesy of Miss-Mary Fablmger Of-pijkmp'bell her graiiddaughter pastor of the Congregational Chu rc at Saratoga': who preached sermon at Mary -t Brown's funeral in i 881) picture courtesy of Tlorence Cunningham wpited in apprehension until their father walked -into view -up the father walked -into view up the mountain trail from where he taught school in Saratoga three miles The scenic mountain ranch on which family made its home or couple of years has become a historical landmark in the Sara- toga areal Befbro the "family moved down into the- valley on the outskirts "of Saratoga 'many people braved the difficult mourn- Win road to inakerpilgrimage to Widow Brown At present iwVn i i theanch is a Boy Scout camp the: gift in 1944 jit Mjf andMcs Stuai owneM df Ihe prop- impractical for tjie raising of chil- dren and the family moved Into a laa nn ITrilffuflla Ivanna off Feb: 29 Warm pleas- mmmW John' Brown died yesterday in the City- and her remains will coaie down this evening Sarah her daughter will also come wl I'-MaSrch 1'1884 Jennle and I "I went down to Mrs place last and found I Sari hed comewUh her moth- rcome-oui --Sunday March A 1884 No 1 -regular church service today fat four church on' account of funeral of Mrs'John I which look place at 2 pjnf from 1 7 the Congregational Church 'of 1 which she was a memberi A large number of people were present Mr CrW preached I '-the sermon Some signs of rain 1 Warm and cloudy No- wind I 1 That is hbw it came about that while the body of John Brown SENTINEL rCAvictor IX I- 1 FX-gato 4-4962 I i I I ree- rree rree 0W00 0Ma '4 1857 at North Elba to Salmon I The climate at Red Bluff how one of the sons who had followed I eve'rjprbv'ed too hbtapd malarial his father in Kans'as for-tie 'Cold-hardehed family end but had broken away and re-1 they decided to move on to oooler turned to North Elba before the (parts' Vr Ferry' affair Then she! Thfcy Went to Rhonerville wrote 1 county andr settled wrote Browns 'escaped this" danger but almost succumbed to another I RaitNilsV' I As Mrsalmon Brown tojd the jtory many were coming West and the Browns un? knowhigly jpinbd iC train of these I Southerners After two youhg men tiptth'em off lhatva rpltjt was being Kaiched 'Ltd' murder I them the -Browns and' qthet i in I their party ap vdrov'e 1 their wagons ehead thy cDvild Aftfr' beina pursued by the rebif train for a week they t-M 11 found sanctuary ata- ppst jwliere I a number ot -Union toldiejrsw? re stationed' 'Thfeir 'purtuers Werf furnished for 200 tb Bown train when II mntfa1 'n't Polifnpnt I years- The Widow Brown was given a house lotV by the I therm for a relatively long time Annie married and raisedja-fam- lily and litiletEllen grew up and In Santa Clara shermet real estateagint who took her across the Santa Clara-Valley and up into- the mountains 'above Sgra toga Vhe 'showed her a ranch with a'sweeping view of the valley below- WasArtistlc: was icihd of an imprac tical artistic sort of one of her nieces Yemembers of Sarah went dear past the fine level valley and Up to lhe'moim I tain We think the beautiful view 1 appealed to her That is how it happened -that MOTOROLA PHILCO 4 -r I I I I 1 I I I I CHUCK ROAST (Salmon) Brown who was a man of great determination and energy went intoj theforest 'and cleared several of land and painting too- Mrs Cunningham was bdrn and raised in Suismi valley in Solano county From her home -she could see the top of Mt Diablo from across Sail' Francisco bay apd to her it was always a thrilling sight we moved here Igot homesick 1 for Mt Diablo and asked -Sarah to -paint a picture of it for me and she Mrs Cunf I ngRk jra rlw ROUND STEAK 5 remains! took our light I' wagon and wont down to Fab-also a barn I To'-Move- Again and took up to the had a cow a yoke of oxen I vIn i891 MrsBrown and daui- -cemetery the rough box for the some sheep and poultry I ters Ellen' and Sarah decided to I coffin and they selected a lot 1 lonesome Hole I move: again this' time to Central for the'-grave A Mr HerlelL was! a lonesome old hole ih I California They believed -there I a German minister came down the woods but was happy with would be more opportunities near I -with Sarah -Brown and -we myhusband dnd children and did San Francisco) "JmX I brought him home with us last not know enough! to realize that I Sarah Brown the daughter who night and took him back this we were shut off from most ev-1 never married took what money morning- He goes back to Ok-erything that' is supposed to coq-1 the- family scrape together today where -he has a tribute to comfort and happiness and came dowrvito' bay area I church Warm dayr sultry The 1 Uved she -years' hr that to find place- built a house of hewed logs' and took James Fablinger or a hus- I bandi fruit tr are beginning "to HILLS COFFEE TASTEWELL MARGARINE AVOCADOS CARROTS 6-YR-OLD WHISKEY OLD GENERAL cold inhospitable climate which as one man expressedit months winter end the other six months was mighty cold weather California Beckons were contented with1 our lot -and probably would have spent many more years there! If not our whole lives if an uncle of mine had' not returned from California MHe came to see us one day and told such glowing tales of that state while he rocked 'my-baby in its meal cradle and prepared the in the one' roam which served as kitchen dining room and parlor- that we -felt impelled to emigrate to that land 01 gplden I I I tr ninghem recalls V- In this area Amaricla Cunningham is a historical figure in her owii right Wth hex husband a pioneer orchardist in Santa Clara valley helped el6ar the lane they bought find and tent fruit trees Her daughter Miss Florence' Cunningham known as Uhe Saratoga historian and is (Continued bn Page 10) y- -X1 i y- -i or-7 'f' a 4 i IS i 5 VJ- i mm rnmmW -'1 ft -I i -J Xl It-y I jf 4 A -V A I Jy! 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EASTERN BEER 7 f- -s -s- 1 -rj-' i -U -St -A :) opportunities and As Mr mother and sisters favored -the plan we made arrangements to leave' as soon as In September: 1883 they left for Iowa intending to go oni to California in the Spring But Iowa looked good-to them when they arrived and they decided to settle there They contracted to buy some -land The Iowa winter however was the coldest yet In -that i We ualntaln-the most modoxn and comploto sorvieo departmont- in IhiS vicinity to ihsuro your unlntonruptod TV ploasuro -i FO BOX 605 LOS GATOS'- Op Thureddy fnil 9 pm 217 N' SANTA CRUZ AVENUE 128 EMAXN STREET a 1 al i rL a 4 4 -4 44 (Sk-d jFS-r-ar-aa -Nd as -m mim-c vr 4 1 -i- 1 mfm -X' 't rr-i'iiar i 4 A 'If---' V'ri.