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Isaac Requa History, Nevada.
History article on Isaac Requa and White Pine County!
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I saac Lawrence Requa was born in 1828 in the township of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. Isaac's ancestors as his name suggests were the Huguenots, who fled from France into England in 1681. In addition, by 1689 came to America and settled in the Westchester County. Both of his parents were well Connected, Requa's grandfather served in the Revolutionary War as a captain. On his mothers side, the Lawrence's, of Westchester County, all descended from three brothers who came from Holland to the New Colony of New Amsterdam in 1641.
H e obtained his education at the Newman Academy in the schools of Tarrytown. Leaving home
at eighteen, he ventured to New York City where he remained until 1850. Upon hearing of the riches in California, later that year he embarked on a voyage to San Francisco. Destine by clipper ship around Cape Horn, he followed his ambition to try mining. Isaac's first direction was in that of Sacramento, and after a period in the "City of the Plains," he aimed at the mountains and employed himself in placer mining.
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his month book is The Big Bonanza by Dan De Quille (William Wright)
I have used this book for research many, many times, and have covered it all. To get the real effect
of a book you need to read it cover to cover. Anybody interested in learning Nevada, this book is a must.
It is one of the best ones I have read yet. Next on the list is the Donner Party!.
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Every day for the last three weeks have been over, one hundred. Even when it rains it still stays over one hundred. At least we had great weather for our last outing. The last week it has been raining off and on, the yard needed it. I read last week that we have set a few records this last month, for the heat.
If the weather keeps this up I might have a good fall for outings.
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Trip Logs
July 10, 11, 12, 2005 With the photos from Kiln Canyon taken on this trip, we can put the Central Nevada Glorious Past Journal
to rest. Done deal. After the last trip up to the canyon, I do not believe I will see 10 inches of snow this time.
The weather is running in the 110's, around Vegas, so this could be a great trip.
Thinking of the Journal, first stop is the Central Nevada Museum. I do not have it listed on my site and I want to meet
Eva La Rue, who runs the museum, and editor of the Central Nevada Glorious Past Journal. Well, I will list it now on my site.
While we are in Tonopah, I always wanted to get photos of the B-24 Hangers at the airport, maybe I can find some history
to go with them, they were a big part of Nevada's effort for the War.
10:00 am, now we head for Kiln Canyon, or I should say Italian Springs first stop. After a short drive and a heathy walk, we found nothing
up there. Actually, we found some cattle and a large bull who did not seem to like visitors. We left him and the springs, then ran back over to
Kiln Canyon. I thought we would just go all the way to the end and work our way back down. Three Brick Kilns, three charcoal pits, one large
stone house foundation, a couple of smaller foundations, two oven like stone foundations and two hours of walking. Beautiful place!
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Trip Logs, Continued
July 10, 11, 12, , 2005 3:00 pm, now we arrive at the Tee, or intersection. Here you can behold two brick charcoal kilns, two stone house foundations and the stage road
up to Tybo. I really do not know what came over me but, I had to try the stage road to see how far I could go. Bad idea! I had to drive three
quarter of a mile before I could find a place to turn around, and it was not wide enough to turn around. After using my bumper guard to push a few boulders
over, and getting on top of several, we made it, I don't know how. At that point we were only a quarter mile from the off road kilns, over the ridge and down
in the next canyon. roughly 200 feet climb up, and about 500 foot drop down and we would have been there. By this time I was in no mood for this S''.
It was going on 4:30 pm by the time we got back down to the Tee, camp time. We drove down to about 50 yards above where the map shows a road
going north over to the next wash and made camp. After camp setup, and a couple of soda's, we explored to find the road. Yeah, lady luck was with
us, there was no road. The tree's were too close and too big to plow over, so that left me with one thought. More soda's! That night we made plans to walk
first thing in the morning.
Breakfast over at 9:00 am, with water, cookies, cupcakes, M&M's, and camera in hand we set out. You could probably get an ATV across the mile to the wash, but it would not be easy. The canyon going up the back side of the mountain to the off road set of Kilns is too narrow and rough for an ATV. It was only about a mile up to the kilns, but it seemed a lot farther, with the heat well over one hundred. Melt in your mouth, who wrote that slogan, he has never been in Nevada.
We found a site about half way up, trash, stone foundation of something. Finally, at about a mile I sent Wesley up to climb as far as he could, hoping to see the kilns. When I called him on the radio, he said he could not see any kilns at all. Then, he called back and told me he could see some red showing through the trees about a hundred yards ahead. I was about ready to beat my self over the head with the melted M & M's, the camera cost to much. Two brick Kilns, surrounded by trees, still standing. This was a nice set to find. There was also another charcoal pit and several of the small oven like foundations. We explored for about an hour after cooling off inside the kiln. Well we have our photos and the trip is a great success. Time to head back to camp. By the time I reached the bottom of the canyon, I had heat blisters on both feet, and I was warring shoes this time. We ended up walking from shade tree to shade tree to get back over to camp. Time for more soda's, the day is done for my part.
In the morning after breakfast, Wesley and I drove up through Hot Creek Canyon and around to Tybo for up dated photos of the town. On the way home we stopped at the Clifford Mine to get new photos and the McKinney Tanks as well.
Now I really love it when the whole trip go's as planned. Wesley and I had a lot of fun despite the few draw backs. The weather was hot, we were hotter, and it did not snow! This is the best way to learn history, first hand. I ended up with 365 photos and a great trip!
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Brenda is now trying to set up the time for the operation on her back.
We have a new insurance company at work, so this is turning out to be a chore. They have done all they are going to do, finally. When she gets the three disk and her tailbone taken care off, she should feel a whole lot better. I hope to get her back on her feet at least by Christmas. She really is upset about all of the trips she is missing. Brenda is not getting any better at driving that wheelchair, I hope to get her out off it soon.
Upcoming Plans, UPDATED
Well, we have knocked out Kiln Canyon. I hope to throw in a few one day trips soon. I really need the time out of the house, I know Wesley does!
Plan A, August maybe, is to make a two day trip back to Bodie. I need to get photos of the old Bodie- Benton railroad, or what is left of it. From what I hear the old Trestle is still standing and it would be a great shot for the article. We now have the Bodie and Benton article approved, it will be published after the first of the year.
Plan B, is our annual three or four days in Ely. This trip will happen I as soon as we get the chance and time. It now may fall somewhere in late August or September. Brenda and I are looking forward to visiting our friends there. This may have to wait till Brenda is back on her feet.
Plan C, pending approval from Nevada Magazine. In September Tom and I are going to cover the Pine Nut Festival. This we are really looking forward to. The Festival and rodeo lasts about three days. I hope they approve this soon, as we need to make reservations as soon as possible.
I am still working on the Project Faultless Article, but I have almost given up hope of finding anyone who remembers it. Besides, I have a new article on the burner for the Central Nevada Glorius Past Journal.
I still have to find the Bennett Pass Charcoal Kiln ruins.
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