J. F. Schultz. It is on the main-travelled road from the south to Plumas and Sierra counties, and is well patronized.

BANGOR.

This little hamlet, though at one time of considerable importance as a mining-camp, cannot date its existence, as such, as far back as many other places in Butte county. The first permanent settlements were made there in 1855, by L. C. Hyland and J. R. Lumbert and brother, who opened two stores something over a quarter of a mile apart. Hyland laid out a town around his premises, and had a finelyexecuted plat with about two hundred blocks marked out upon it recorded at the county-seat. Hylandville looked quite imposing on paper. There were several squares reserved for the public use, and one immense park in the centre, as though the designer apprehended at some future period lack of play-room in his imaginary city. The utmost development that Hylandville ever reached was the single store built by the founder of the city.

The Lumbert brothers, though they laid out no town, were fortunate enough to originate a flourishing mining-camp, which took the name of the pine-tree city whence they hailed from-Bangor. It was located about two miles from the south Honcut on the east, being in the southeast part of Wyandotte township as now defined. Considerable prospecting was carried on for a year or two without much results, but in the spring of 1857, the miners struck pay-dirt in the blue lead, at depths varying from sixty to one hundred and twenty feet. Immediately the gold-seekers flocked thither, swelling the population of the camps to eight hundred in a very short time. The principal companies that sank shafts there were the Oroville Company, the Floyd, the Tucker and the Boyle. Beneath the town there is a well-defined river channel which dips rapidly to the northwest. Most of the holes were worked profitably for some time.

At this period Bangor could boast of three hotels and two restaurants. The Bangor Exchange was kept by Samuel Delaney, who took the palm in all that region for his unbounded loquacity, which earned for him the characteristic soubriquet of "Blow-hard." A. Swain, one of the very first settlers of Wyandotte township, presided as landlord and proprietor of the Bangor House, which was the pioneer caravansary of the place. Bangor also had four stores. Besides the Lumbert establishment and the Hyland bazaar, was a store kept by Joseph C. Potter, and another by a man to us unknown. In addition to Wells, Fargo & Co.'s bank and express office, were four lively saloons and three blacksmith-shops, all of which comprised the business of the place.

Bangor in her palmy days was favored liberally with stage connections. Two daily stages came from Oroville, and one from Marysville. All were loaded with passengers coming and going. Bangor now has only one stage, a tri-weekly, being on the line of the Marysville and LaPorte stage-route.

The first school established in Bangor was a private affair. In 1858, a man named Cole was hired by the citizens to teach the young ideas of Bangor in a small shanty with a dirt floor. He was followed by the pedagogue Selby, and in turn superceded by W. A. Jones, who had the honor also of teaching the first public school of Bangor. The present school-building was erected in 1876.

An immense amount of prospecting has been done in and around Bangor. The Fraser river excitement caused a great many to abandon their shafts before striking pay dirt, and a permanent check was given to the further growth of the town.

Some time in the year 1858, a desperately hard case came into town with his "pal," who was an effeminate youth of jaunty appearance. They appeared to be "flush," and for several days held high carnival among the alcoholic spirits of the place. Finally a man called Fox ferreted them out and