Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — INTERESTING RELIC IS FOUND [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING RELIC IS FOUND

Oxen Yoke Bearing Date of 1850 Picked Up Near the Ancient Emigrant Trail.

-> Placerville, Cal. —Campers near the summit of the Sierra Nevadas discovered a relic of “the days of old, the days of gold, the days of *49.** It Is a yoke for oxen and was lying near the long-ago abandoned emigrant trail. Over this trail came thousands of persons from the eastern states and foreign shores. Along the almost obliterated trail are still to be seen remnants of prairie schooners, here and there a rough hewed tombstone, each in itself a chapter in the life of some pioneer. The yoke has stamped on it a date, “1850," and several initials which the elements have made indecipherable. The yoke was made of oak and has withstood the rains and snows of sixtytwo winters remarkably well. It will be placed in the Native Sons’ Home at Coloma as a part of the collection of “days of *49” curios.