Plumas-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Rockwell, Calvin W. 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

COLONEL CALVIN W. ROCKWELL.—The colonel is a native of the state of New York. He
came to this state in 1852, and embarked in mining at Galena Hill, Yuba county.
He first honored Plumas with his presence in 1856. He is the Colonel Sellers of
the day, and his wise counsels are often invoked by the mining fraternity. For
several years he was the acting road manager of Whiting & Co.'s express,
engineering the dog-team during the winter months, and became famous for his
celerity of transits over the snow belt. He never yields the palm for a good
story of the days of yore. He is the proprietor of Rockwell Park, near Quincy,
and all who patronize his stables on that turf testify to his gentlemanly
deportment. He is considered high authority in racing annals, and his famous
trotter, Blue Ruin, has long been the admiration of the turf men. He was one of
the founders of the town of Camptonville, in Yuba county.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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