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Book Title: History Of Butte County

POWELLTON, INSKIP AND LOVELOCKS.

    Powellton, in Kimshew township, was located in 1853, by R. P. Powell. The
place was for a long time known as Powell's ranch, but when it became a
postoffice it received the name of Powellton. Mr. Powell blazed out and
constructed the road that leads to Susanville, the place being now at the
intersection of the Oroville and Chico routes to that town. There were very rich
diggings near there, and quite a settlement sprung up. In 1856, Mr. Powell ran a
hotel, which is now conducted by E. C. Carr. Chapman & McKay's big saw-mill is
at Powellton. It was built in 1861, by Charles Clark, and was afterwards owned
by J. M. Clark and several others. The mill has two circular saws and other
machinery for reducing logs to the desired dimensions. The mill turns out twenty
thousand feet of lumber per day. A year ago Powellton had three saw-mills, two
of which have since burned down. One of these was owned by Chapman & McKay and
the other by Carpenter. With the former over a million feet of lumber was lost.

    Lovelocks, five miles above Dogtown, was settled by George Lovelock in 1855.
At that time he ran a hotel and store. The dry diggings at this point were
excellent and a great many were there prospecting in an early day. Considerable
quartz-mining has also been done there, and many claims are still being worked.
Lovelocks has a quartz-mill, owned by Victor Pomerat, which is not running now.
Mr. Pomerat keeps a store there, and Mr. Simpson a saloon. The place also
supports a good hotel. The postoffice is some distance away, and kept by John
Benner.

    Inskip, seven miles above Powellton, on the Susanville road, was in 1859 and
for several years after, one of the liveliest camps in the county. A man named
Kelly was the original locator, settling there in 1857. He opened a hotel called
the Kelly house. In the following year the rich mining of the locality brought
hundreds thither. At its most palmy period Inskip had five hotels—two good ones
—several scores, blacksmith-shops, etc., and did a big business. In a few years,
however, the town suffered the fate of its kind and gradually retrograded. The
one hotel of Inskip is now kept by Mr. Stokes. The Dewey ditch runs through the
place.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.

I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.

The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California.
Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. 
The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.

II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.

BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
1882.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in
the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers
517 Clay St., San Francisco


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