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Flowing Springs Station was a station on the Chico/Idaho stage line. | Flowing Springs Station was a station on the Chico/Idaho stage line. | ||
One source states it was 10 miles | One source states it was 10 miles from [[Cold Springs Station]] and 15 miles further to [[Soldier's Meadows Station]].<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chico-weekly-courant-route-to-owyhee/129705511/ Route to Owyhee and Montana]," The Chico Weekly Courant, March 3, 1866, p. 2.</ref> | ||
Another source states it was 12 miles | Another source states it was 12 miles from the Cold Springs Station and 24 miles to Soldier Meadows.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chico-weekly-courant-the-chico-route/134218506 The Chico route to Ruby City, I. T.]," The Chico Weekly Courant, May 12, 1866, p. 1.</ref> | ||
Yet another source states it was 12 miles | Yet another source states it was 12 miles from the Cold Springs Station.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chico-weekly-courant-idaho-stage-roa/106531396/ Idaho Stage Road]," The Chico Weekly Courant, Jul 7, 1866, p. 2. Brief description of stations.</ref> | ||
Flowing Springs Station was either at the springs behind [[Wheeler Ranch]] or at [[Wagner Springs]]. | Flowing Springs Station was either at the springs behind [[Wheeler Ranch]] or at [[Wagner Springs]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:35, 28 October 2023
Flowing Springs Station was a station on the Chico/Idaho stage line.
One source states it was 10 miles from Cold Springs Station and 15 miles further to Soldier's Meadows Station.[1]
Another source states it was 12 miles from the Cold Springs Station and 24 miles to Soldier Meadows.[2]
Yet another source states it was 12 miles from the Cold Springs Station.[3]
Flowing Springs Station was either at the springs behind Wheeler Ranch or at Wagner Springs.
Fairfield writes that in 1867 "Charles P. McClelland and Louis M. Crill were taking care of stage stock for the Chico and Idaho line" at Flowing Springs.[4]
References
- ↑ "Route to Owyhee and Montana," The Chico Weekly Courant, March 3, 1866, p. 2.
- ↑ "The Chico route to Ruby City, I. T.," The Chico Weekly Courant, May 12, 1866, p. 1.
- ↑ "Idaho Stage Road," The Chico Weekly Courant, Jul 7, 1866, p. 2. Brief description of stations.
- ↑ "Fairfield's pioneer history of Lassen County, California," Asa Merrill Fairfield, 1916, p. 414.