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Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive |
CD Of County History Can Be Ordered NowPublished Wednesday, May 16, 2001 in the Nevada County PicayuneThe Nevada County Depot Museum is releasing a computer CD-ROM, containing the first edition of its "History of Nevada County" project. The CD includes articles, cemetery surveys and digitized photographs. The release is in association with the Prescott Community Freenet Association, whose PCFA.ORG Internet server is the source of the material. All content can be viewed through a web browser. Articles include information about Prairie DeAnn battlefield, the iron bridge, the city of Prescott at 62 years old, past industries, the Oak Grove School District, the McRae Schools and "Old Mike". There are also articles on several of the county's historic churches, quick facts organized by year from 1871 to 1932, and listings of early city and county officials. The cemetery surveys were conducted by the Extension Homemakers Clubs in the 1950s and indexed by CETA workers in the 1970s. There are alphabetical listings for each of the 92 cemeteries plus 26 surname indexes. In all there are 12,760 listings. The electronic version of the depot's first four photo albums contains 649 pictures with captions. The photos, which represent a great start of a pictorial history of Nevada County, have been copied from family pictures taken to the Depot Museum. The CD allows photos to be accessed by book number or decade. Once a picture is chosen, it's possible to browse through the pictures and captions. The depot's photo books were created by and are maintained by John Teeter. James Cross entered the captions and scanned the photos. Articles were entered by Martha Smith, Jo DeWoody and Donna Wingfield. Betsy Mills entered the cemetery records into a computer database and provided an update to the records. The depot's electronic and Internet web projects are managed by Danny Stewart. CDs should be available in June and will be sent to persons who send a $20 donation to the Nevada County Depot Museum. CDs should also be available at the Chicken and Egg Festival. Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
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Newspaper articles have been contributed to the Prescott Community Freenet Association as a "current history" of our area. Articles dated December 1981 through May 2001 were contributed by Ragsdale Printing Company, Inc. Articles June 2001 to ? were contributed by Better Built Group, Inc. Articles ? to October 2008 were contributed by GateHouse Media. Ownership of all Nevada County Picayune content from the beginning of the newspaper, including predecessors, until May 2001 was contributed by the John and Betty Ragsdale family to the Prescott Community Freenet Association. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without express written permission. Web hosting by and presentation style copyright ©1999-2009 Danny Stewart |