Walkers Whiskey Tops

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A Brief History of Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters

Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters was first introduced to the California public on August 31st 1867. The very first advertisement shows the bitters to be marketed from 222 J Street in Sacramento California by Dr. C.M. Renz and his son John.

John Renz had a paints, oils and glass business when he began marketing his fathers bitters. The bitters sold well in the Sacramento area so John tried to expand his bitters product to the competitive San Francisco market. San Francisco based competitors included Dr. Henley's Wild Grape Root Bitters, Lacour's Bitters and Cassin,s Grape Brandy Bitters, very stiff competition indeed.

Several different newspaper advertisements show different San Francisco agents handling Renz's product without much success. He continued in Sacramento promoting his bitters and eventually Langley & Co. began distributing Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters in the San Francisco bay area. Renz's bitters won a silver medal at the 1869 State Agricultural Fair after narrowly losing to Dr. Henley's Wild Grape Root Bitters in 1868.

John sold his Sacramento paint business sometime in 1870 and later moved to San Francisco to pursue the sale of his award winning bitters full time.

There are three variants of the Renz bottle. The small letter variant is considered by most western collectors as the earliest example of the Renz bottle. It is not known if this bottle was manufactured at the San Francisco or Pacific Glass Works. These early examples of the Renz's bitters bottle are seen in several different colors with three different style tops and most likely date from 1868 - 1869.

The second variant of the Renz bottle has large letters and "straight legged" R's. This bottle exhibits the same exact lettering style and apostrophe font as the Dr. Wonser's Indian Root Bitters; The Wonser's started being marketed in December of 1870, and is attributed to the San Francisco Glass Works. An original label found on an example of the second variant shows that John Renz was still marketing the product fron the Sacramento location and probably dates from 1870.

The third and last variant of this bottle has large letters and the distinctive western "curved" R's associated with the San Francisco glass houses. This variant uses an apostrophe that is seen on several different whiskies of the early and mid 1870's and has the same font style as the E. Martin crown shoulder and mid crown whiskey fifths. This last variant has been found with an original label confirming that John Renz was marketing the "curved" R bottle from the San Francisco location during 1871 and until he discontinued the embossed bottle.

Western collectors consider the Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters a highly collectible bottle and the small letter variant is the most coveted of the three variants. Any western bitters collector worth his salt has completed the Renz hat trick, all three variants of the bottle in his collection.

From left to right: the "curved legged" R variant, small letter variant & the "straight legged" R variant.

Wanted Ad Pays Off ?

If you noticed the Chalmer's Catawba Wine Bitters wanted ad was missing from the Bottles Wanted - For Sale section its because our Oregon Western Glass Addict just scored his Chalmer's.

As Miller's Extra related to me " After lengthy negotiations, and a little pain, a mint Chalmer’s resides in Oregon. Please remove my “wanted” listing when you get a chance.
Now, I am seriously going after an M. Keller, a Dr. Miller’s Ratafia, and amber Henley’s IXL (cylinder)".

Wow! A Chalmer's on the shelf and on the trail of an amber IXL, Miller's Ratafia and a California Wine Bitters - That's what I'd call bottle collecting.

Congratulations!

Origin of the E.G. LYONS & CO MANUFACTURERS SAN Fco bottle

I've been researching this particular bottle as I was fascinated with what type of product was being marketed in it. The only story we collectors/diggers were really ever told was printed in the Western Bitters book by Bill Wilson. After my extensive research into early western bitters quite a few inconsistencies began showing up on many of the different bitters written about.

The above information along with other research tells of an interesting story. The ad immediately above the text is the earliest found for the E. G. LYONS & CO, which began by being the successors to the Crevolin & Co, with this advertisement being placed in the S. F. Alta California paper on January 7th, 1865, and ran for 1 month in duration, the firm was located at 510 Jackson St, S.F. Could these square embossed bottles have been made this early? Most likely not by the SFGW, but it quite possibly could have been by PGW, however there is no evidence to be able to prove this.

The middle ad was placed on October 14th, 1865 and ran until January 20th, 1866 in the Sonora Union Democrat paper. This advertisement is very interesting as it shows they were carrying quite a few well known brand bitters. The California Wine Bitters referred to I believe is not Sainsevain's brand but I believe M. Kellers brand. Mercado & Seully who first marketed the Sainsevain's California Wine Bitters with the aid of G. A. Simon began marketing this product around 1860. When Simon left in 1863 from their employ, and marketed his own California Wine Bitters in 1864, Mercado & Seully gave the manufacturing rights of their bitters to D. Ghirardelli.

The Sainsevain Bros began to market their own version of Wine Bitters with their name on it, and gave exclusive rights to manufacture and sell Sainsevain's Wine Bitters to E. G. LYONS & CO. on January 28th, 1874, see the top advertisement. By now Lyons had expanded to 506 & 508 Jackson St.

The known example of this square Lyons bottle with a partial Sainsevain's label would seem to put the bottle's age a little newer than had been previously stated. I have seen and examined several examples of the Lyons bottle and they range from being quite crude in appearance to being quite neatly made. How long in production was this bottle is uncertain. When did it begin is also unknown, but one piece of evidence we seem to have, is a photo of a bottle that very much seems to resemble this E. G. LYONS square in an exhibit of the PGW display at the 1869 S. F. Mechanics Institute Fair. My belief is that this bottle was indeed made at this glassworks.

A Recent Acquisition

Even though this recent acquisition is not a western bitters, it sure is a beautiful bottle with a wonderful story.

A friend of mine was out deer hunting last week here in Northern California, when he stopped to take a quick breather, and spotted a piece of amber colored glass sticking out of the duff near an old pine tree. Upon closer inspection (he kicked the piece of glass and it didn't move) he noticed that it was more than a piece of glass. Bending down and scratching away the pine needles, laying on the original ground, was the bottle pictured at left.

Embossed on three panels are: RUSS'S AROMATIC / SCHNAPPS / NEW-YORK. The base has an iron pontil

He put the bottle in his pack and after finishing his hunt brought it home. Later in the week he stopped by where I was working and told me the story and offered the bottle to me.

The pictures show the bottle exactly as I received it, un-washed and in original as found condition. Hundred's of seed bubbles, a crudely applied top and a smokin' shade of amber make this a magnificent piece of gold rush era glass!

I guess its about time I started "deer hunting" again !!!!!!!

Just Another W.V.B.

Here is a strong green V. Bitters, got this at the old Reno Show years ago from Ralph. Can't find my blue one, yet, former ME bottle. These are a Great Bottle to collect, they remind me of the Jakes, everyone is different and crude, some serious good color in em too. DB

Beautifully Colored Western Bitters...Walkers

There are some superb examples of Western bitters that have been posted on this site. I know of collections that are simply stunning to look at, with great early glass. Lately it has become even more difficult that ever to acquire a nice colored Western bitters. Everyone seems to want them, and almost no amount of money will pry one loose it seems. As I unpacked some great glass which I picked up at the Canyonville show, I realized that there are still a few bargains to be had if one looks hard enough, and does not follow the herd. I was able to add a couple colored Walkers Vinegar Bitters to my collection, and placing them in the case with some others made me aware of just how absolutely gorgeous these bottles are. Here are four in various colors. The off colors from regular aqua are as rare as some five figure bitters, and have crudity, and overall appeal that is under appreciated in my opinion. The early 1870s examples blown in San Francisco are spectacular, and can be a bit of a challenge to locate. Maybe some of you could post some crazy Walkers. Does anyone have a whiskey top version? They are the earliest I believe, and are rare. I guess one does not have to spend a fortune to have a collection of Walkers, but the prices do keep rising. Better start grabbing them while you can, or I will.

What are the Differences?

Pictured are three different variants of the Lacour's Bitters. The bottle on the far left is a variant 3. The bottle on the far right is a variant 2. The bottle in the center is a variant 1.

I'll pose some questions about these variations of the Lacour's bottles; and let's see if any of our followers can name the answers!

1) What 3 features does the variant 1 & 2 share in common? Same style of top, same style of lettering & small dot in base center.

2) What 2 features does variant 2 & 3 have in common? Same shoulder design of mould & same bottom brad design of base.

3) Variant 1 & 3 each have 1 unique feature not found on any other variant; what is it? Variant one has a period after the word BITTERS & variant three has a unique design top.

SF & PGW

This article appeared in the S. F. Daily Alta California newspaper on May 15th, 1889, the glassworks in reference is the San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works located at 7th & Townsend Sts. Carlton Newman died a little over 2 mos previously and now his works were run by Sara Newman and probably his son George. Both previous glassworks locations were abandoned and dismantled a few years back when these works were completed in 1886.

PGW

Here is another interesting tid bit that came from the May 2nd, 1885 edition of the S. F. Daily Alta California newspaper. This would be at the location of Iowa and Mariposa Sts. in the Potrero district. The two glassworks would soon be merged into the new location of the S.F. & PGW works at 7th and Townsend Sts. the following year.

SFGW

In my research for writing on the early California glassworks, I came across some interesting little tid bits that the readers might find somewhat amusing. This was found in the August 20th, 1884 edition of the S. F. Daily Alta California newspaper. This would be at the King St., foot of Fourth St. location.

Fuzzy Bennet's Tops $400

Last week on ebay this Bennet's Celebrated Stomach Bitters sold for $416.77.

Although the description left a bit to be desired "Nice western bitters in a medium amber color. Clean glass with no damage. Has nice applied top." and the pictures of the bottle were somewhat fuzzy, this Bennet's sold for what I thought was a reasonable price. Maybe the reason for the bargain price was the fact that only 6 bidders placed 16 bids during the 5 day auction.

That being said, it would be hard for this old collector to place a bid on a bottle that had a sketchy description, fuzzy photos and absolutely no picture of the top. But then, I guess I'm from the old school.

More on the Turner Brothers concoctions.

Here is a more comprehensivc advertisement for the Turner Brothers medicinal beverages that were marketed in California during the latter 1850's and early '60's. It's not surprising that diggers/collectors have unearthed at least four different mould variations of the bottle. Those bottles most likely had a myriad of different labels attached to cover their wide array of offerings as seen in the above ad.

The Turner Brothers

The five Turner Brothers, James, Malcolm, Archibald, Thomas and Robert, were manufacturing soda water in Buffalo New York as early as 1850.By 1853 they have opened a branch depot in San Francisco and are listed as syrup and cordial manufacturers. The Turner Brothers are advertising in the October 1858 Nevada Journal newspaper that they are manufacturers of Turner’s Ginger Wine, Forest Wine Bitters, syrups, cordials and an unrivalled Vegetable Bitters, all manufactured at their San Francisco depot. Sometime in 1865 the Turner Brothers sellout to the firm of McMillan and Kester and thereafter McMillan & Kester start advertising that they are the proprietors of the Turner brands. I do not have any information on how long McMillan & Kester used the Turner Brothers brand or if they bottled their bitters or cordials in Turner embossed bottles.

The Turner bottles come in four different variants with the earliest and rarest variant having a pontil base. Although these bottles are considered scarce the California gold rush country seems to be where most of the known examples have been found in the west.

Early Western Glass

A lot of advanced western bottle collectors admire and talk about the sparkling, beautiful fire aqua coloration of western manufactured glass, but that wasn't always the case. When the two most successful glassworks were starting out in San Francisco, the raw ingredients that were being used came mostly from various parts of California, with some experimenting being done along the way to come up with good working formulas of ingredients that could be had locally without incurring substantial expense of having to import them. Eventually it was found necessary to import some of the ingredients to get the quality of glass desired.

In the earlier years for the commoner glass, the glassworks would use sands from the North Beach area of S.F. as well as the surrounding hills, along with sand from the Oakland side of the bay. This sand was coarse and not free of iron oxides. Along with glass blowers of limited experience and various skill levels bottles were often made with what I call "in manufacturing flaws", these are often referred to as bruises, crazing, flashes, fractures, etc. They are in reality the result of poor manufacturing process and or annealing process.

Another effect that occurs on early western glass is devitrification, this is caused by the glassblower reheating the glass too often to finish it, causing the crystalization of the surface of the glass, both inside and or outside. This condition is sometimes mistook for haziness or staining in the glass. Examples of this are seen on variant 1 & 2 Lacour's, variant 1 Cassin's and variant 1 Dr. Henley's bitters.


Here is an example of a early western blown variant 1 Rosenbaums Bitters bottle, when placed in a window sill with light, it is easily seen with several in making flaws. Most likely these large western examples were blown during the 1866-67 time frame.

Contrasting colors of Western Squares

I noticed over on the Western Glob Top Whiskies blogsite they had been posting several examples showing the various hues of amber those cylinders come in. I thought our followers on this blogsite might enjoy seeing some western squares in some contrasting colors. The photograph below shows a orange-amber colored Bennet's Wild Cherry Stomach Bitters / Chenery, Souther & Co Sole Agents San Francisco, Cal. (I've also owned this bottle in an olive-amber coloration as well). Next to it is a Dr. Henley's Wild Grape Root IXL Bitters in yellow w/slight amber hue. Quite the contrast between these two squares in color.

The photograph to the right shows the two variants of the Hibernia Bitters in contrasting colors also. On the left is the later variant with Hibernia Bitters embossed horizontally across the front panel in a yellow color with slight amber hue. On the right is the Hibernia Bitters Braunschweiger & Bumsted San Francisco, Cal. variant in a reddish orange amber.

A Western Blown Ayers?

Here's a bottle that I ran across on ebay the other day. I am not sure who the seller is but it seems he is pretty hungry to get off of this dirt common bottle. Just check his listing description:

"Trust me, I was skittish putting an AYER'S on, but when I cleaned it up, I had to wonder about the curved "R's" And why not, the White's Prairie Flower was blown for a Toledo, Ohio-based company. The product was simply shipped aroud the horn in casks to avoid the common problem of breaking bottles in land-travel, and filled here, where an agent for the company had a surplus of their bottle at the ready. This bottle is 7 1/8" tall X 2 3/8" wide. It reads CHERRY on one side panel, PECTORAL on the other side, AYER'S in a sunken panel in front, and LOWELL / MASS on the back. There is a booger in the corner of the AYER'S panel, and some nice bubbles.

When San Francisco Glass Works bought out The American Glass Works in 1876, and is renamed San Francisco & American Bottle Works (later, SFPGW). During this time, the most beautiful western bottles were made, and their reputation spanned the globe. SFPGW is attributed with having the very recognized curved "R" on bottles made by their mold makers. This mark has always identified the fact that it was blown in the west, but more specifically by the SFPGW, MAKING THIS BOTTLE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, WESTERN-BLOWN."

All of you that believe this Ayer's is western raise your hands. I have a bridge you might like to buy! Oh, and if you buy bottles with "boogers" in the corners, you may need professional help.

CUNDURANGO...A SFGW blown bottle.

Above is a nice grouping of Dr. Place's Cundurango Bitters, this product was advertised in the Sacramento Daily Union newspaper on November 20th, 1873, this ad ran for 1 month. These bottles were blown at the San Francisco Glass Works, fortunately we were blessed with a photograph taken by a S.F. photographer of SFGW's display of glass-ware at the 1874 S. F. Mechanics Institute Fair. We can actually identify this particular bottle by its embossing in the photograph when enlarged.

The three distinct colors of this bottle shown above can be viewed along with two other examples in terrific colors, also pictured elsewhere on this blogsite. A wonderful yellow-green example owned by Miller's Extra and a beautiful grass green example in Ken Edward's collection.

These Cundurango's were part of Elmer Smith's collection back in 1992. They were acquired and subsequently sold years later.

Mr. Chalmers

Hi All, the good Dr.Barnes here. I ran across this article and pictures concerning the Catawba Wine Bitters. This came from a 1958 copy of a booklet entitled Coloma, California's Golden Beginning. This story is about half way through the booklet so I will just stick to the story at hand. For your enjoyment.

Meanwhile, Robert Chalmers had become the proud owner of the Sierra Nevada Hotel as well as several other properties. In addition to his financial success, he had become a real piller of the community and was well liked and respected.

Widowed twice by the time of Allhoff's death, Chalmers married Louisa Allhoff in 1869 and moved onto the Allhoff land. He expanded the Vineyards and won prize after prize at the State Fair. Allhoff had constructed two wine cellers - one in 1860 and the other in 1866. Chalmers built an adjoining one in 1875, and it was occasioned by a big celebration with the Governor and other notables taking part. James Marshall presented some of his papers and they were placed in the cornerstone along with sample bottles of wine and other objects.

The Vineyard House was built in 1878 as not only a home for the Chalmers family, but as a Hotel. The Grand Opening was on April 4, 1879, and people came from miles around to take part in the festivities. For a short time all was well, as the house became the center of social activities in the area.

Then suddenly, tragedy struck again as the court records show that in 1880 Robert Chalmers was declared mentally incompetent and his Brother appointed guardian over his affairs. From then on till his death a year later, Robert Chalmers became a man of mystery to the people of the valley. Wild stories were sread about him including one that he was kept in a windowless room in the basement of the house. This seems very unlikely, but it does appear that he was kept in a room in a nearby building where he had a constant companion, not only because of his mental state but because his eyesight had failed him, he was blind. (I wonder if it was from drinking the product?)

Louisa Chalmers, widowed again, now found herself with a court battle on her hands as one of Chalmer's sons by his first marriage filled a large claim against the estate. Other creditors appeared including a bank in Stockton which held a large loan against the property. ZFor a time it looked as though she and her children would lose even the original land which had belonged to Allhoff, but the courts, after three years, deeded her the house and about ten acres of land. Ohhh the Drama, even way back then. Peace Out. Dr.Barnes.

More on the term Western

Above you will see an advertisement that was placed in the San Francisco Daily Alta California paper on February 9th, 1865, this ad ran for 1 month. Now here is a good example where the business concern and manufacturing of this bitters product are located in the East, specifically in Pittsburg, PA, however the business concern does have a wholesale/retail import business in San Francisco, CA., and who was involved with a San Francisco glass works.

The examples shown above are the three variants in size. Far right is the 31 oz size with the larger lettering, very reminescent of the illustrated drawing shown of this product advertised by the earliest west coast agency, Park & White in an ad of 1859. The middle is the 27 oz size. The far left is the 20 oz size. All 3 examples are quite crude in condition and were dug in Nevada County in Orleans Flat, Nevada and Grass Valley (Centreville).

What Really is Western?

For quite awhile another Western Bitters News author and I have been throwing around the idea of writing a post on "What is Western"

I have asked a half dozen collectors what their definition of western is and have received six different answers. A couple of western collectors looked at me aghast when asked the "W" question, "Just what do you mean by that" or "What part of the country are you considering western" and "why do you want to know" Whoa' boys I'm not trying to pin the tail on the donkey - just asking a simple question. I sure don't understand why these so called "western " collectors get their hackles up when asked "What is Western?"

How about this reply - "To many Easterners the term west used to mean on the west side of the Mississippi or even the western end of Pennsylvania. So should we call the Ohio & Pittsburgh glasshouses western?". Gimme a break anybody knows Ohio isn't in the west, try heading a little further toward the Pacific Ocean feller. Here's one that got me to laughing- "I collect Arizona bottles, do they have to be made in Arizona or just say Arizona to be Arizona bottles?" Huh? Are western bottles only manufactured in San Francisco? Listen to this reply " I have a western whiskey collection, and I am personally not going to throw out all of my bottles that are not pictured in the San Francisco Glassworks display" Come on, start throwing those non S.F. Glass Works fifth's my way!

Most all bottle collectors seem to collect in some area, category or grouping. For instance some folks collect bottles that they found while others collect a type of bottle that is popular or heavily advertised as a desirable category. Other collectors try to put together groupings of what they feel are related bottles.

And then there is the western collector! Now a western collector can be a soda, whiskey, bitters, medicine, seltzer, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada or even a Hawaii etc. collector or all of the above. (can't get much further west than Hawaii unless you call Japan west) Some collectors specialize in whiskey bottles from Sacramento or soda bottles from Oregon. Others in western bitters blown at the Pacific or San Francisco glass works before 1870. Do you get where I am going with this? Well, lets try to put a few parameters on this whole western bottle collecting thing. Here are a few things to consider:

Should you consider a bottle western if it was blown in the east for an eastern merchant that was marketing the product in the west. I believe the Old Sachem Bitters & Wigwam Tonic, Bryant's Stomach Bitters, Liediard's Stomach Bitters, Catawba Wine Bitters and others fit into this category. The gold rush produced an instant market for any product that could be sent to the west. Are these western?

How about considering a bottle western if it was blown in the east for a western merchant that was marketing the product in the west. For instance, most of the pontiled soda bottles such as the Boley, Cudworth and the M&R and the early medicines like the Oil of Manzanita for Sacramento druggists McDonald & Levy fit into this category. Are you calling these western?

Oh, how about a bottle that was blown in a different country for a western merchant that was marketing the product in the west? The red whittled whiskies and bitters of the late 1880's come to mind. Is that what you would call western? Or would you call these foreign?

And then there's the ( what my old friend Roger Terrry would call the royal flush ) bottle that was blown in a western glass house, for a western merchant, filled with western ingredients, marketed exclusively in the west and discovered by a western bottle digger in a western state. WOW! THAT HAS TO BE WESTERN!

Advertising their products.

For the past couple of years I've been researching as much as possible to be able to fill in the histories behind some of the bitters that I like to collect. I think it adds a tremendous amount of interest to the bottle itself, knowing some history about it, when it was marketed, for how long and where it was advertised. Interestingly, when we put out the Western Bitters Survey we listed some 94 different embossed bitters; and when you count the known variations of these there are over 100 examples currently accounted for. Yet, when I began my research efforts to document these bitters products I found that certain bitters were difficult to find any type of advertisements for them, and I wondered why. I still haven't found an answer; but the proprietors of these products must have felt it unnecessary to expend the effort or the monies to promote their goods. I was fortunate to have been able to provide a story for some of the early western bitters that I covet, however there are a few that I have found little if anything on. Some of these products, the agent or proprietor probably left it up to the wholesaler or retailer to promote the product. One of the products that I have found little information on its marketing has been the Dr. Boerhaave's Stomach Bitters. Above you will find the only advertisements I know of for this product. It was a relatively short lived bitters being advertised only during the March '68 thru January '69 time period. Wertheimber and Waterman were the manufacturers and dealers for this bitters.

The earliest advertisement is the bottom ad which shows only Siegfried Wertheimber at the earlier address of 311 Commercial St, S.F. in early 1868. The advertisement directly above it shows both S. Wertheimber and Louis Waterman at their later location at 219 Commercial St, S.F. This ad ran thru most of 1868 and into January 1869. The ad above and to the left show the agents for Oregon being Millard & Van Shuyver, this ad ran from May 15th, 1868 thru January 28th, 1869. This same advertising form was used in a Los Angeles paper by a local druggist who sold this product during the 1868 time as well.

I know of 9 collectors with whole examples of this bitters, one collector who has 2 examples, accounting for 10 examples in collections that I am aware of. The prevalent colors seem to be a dark green, old amber and yellow-olive. If this is a western made bottle it would most likely have been blown at Pacific Glass Works. I have no evidence to substantiate this though.

Wertheimber & Waterman exhibited their products at the 1868 San Francisco Mechanics Institute Fair, the San Francisco Daily Alta California reported this in their Sept 9th column on the fair's exhibiters "Wertheimer & Waterman have two casks, lettered in gold leaf, containing respectively the Boonekamp and Maag Bitters. They also have a large collection of bottles containing Boerhaave's stomach bitters, and the new drink known as the 'Splendid'."

Shortly after the last advertisements of this product, the partnership of S. Wertheimber and L. Waterman was dissolved on September 25th, 1869, Siegfried Wertheimber selling all his interest in the firm to Phillip Wertheimber with the firm name staying the same. It is not known whether the Dr. Boerhaave's bitters was still being carried or marketed by the new firm, one would have to find an advertisement or a labeled example of this product to know.

Where are they now?

The above photo was taken back in 1993. It is a grouping of western bitters that were part of the Elmer Smith collection before being consigned to Glassworks Auction. Elmer had amassed 54 variants of western bitters. (L to R)

1. Variant 2 Lacour's Bitters; formerly of Quinn collection, now in ?

2. N. B. Jacobs / San Francisco; formerly of Friedrich collection, now in Madruga collection.

3. Dr. Wonser's / U S A Bitters; formerly of Friedrich collection, now in Siri collection?

4. Variant 2 Rosenbaums Bitters; formerly of Friedrich collection, Balch collection, now in ?

5. Variant 1 Lacour's Bitters; formerly of Quinn collection, now in Hubbel collection.

Downieville Show Pictures

Snackin' at the Saloon

Lead labeled Food Bottles
Need a Tool Top Whiskey?

Downieville "09"

Here are a few pictures from the 09 Downieville Show:

John hangin' at the
Friday Night BBQ

The Saloon and Brewery Cave

Lane checking out the displays