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 On Sept. 22, 1880, a man wearing a hood and holding a gun stepped in front of the Auburn-Forest Hill stage. The driver, Charley Watkins, pulled the reins and stopped the wagon. Sitting next to him was James Nickerson of Forest Hill.
The robber demanded Nickerson’s money and he complied. The robber took about $5 and handed the rest back. Then he ordered the five passengers inside the wagon to get out. Three women and two Chinese men stepped out and the highwayman said the women would not be harmed, but he took about $20 from the men.
At this point, the robber ordered everyone into the brush while he tried to blow open the strongbox.
After three failed attempts, he gave up, but the sound of an approaching buggy caught his attention. He stepped in front of the buggy and demanded the two men in the buggy to “shell out.”
One of the men turned out to be Congressman Page, who represented the 2nd District of California, which included Placer County. The congressman handed over $300, but the robber returned $20 so he could pay his expenses home.
The robber was never caught, at least for this crime. But don’t feel sorry our congressman being robbed of what was almost $9,000 today, because he was the one who introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act onto the floor of the House of Representatives in 1882, which suspended immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled) for a period of 10 years but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902. It was repealed in 1943.
Photo: The Auburn-Forest Hill stagecoach on display in the Placer County Museum – the very same wagon.
 Don’t miss the fun coming this next week in...
Granite Bay: Gold Star Families Day event
Roseville: Cutting Edge - A Contemporary Glass Exhibition
Lincoln: Dora Dain Farm’s Pumpkin Patch, The Great Auburn Ravine Clean-Up
Auburn: Old Town Co-Op Septemberfest
North Lake Tahoe: Tahoe City Oktoberfest
...and many Placer County Library and Placer County Museum events.
Visit our regional partners to discover more of the fun happening right here in Placer County!
Placer County Visitors' Bureau
North Tahoe Community Alliance
Tahoe City Downtown Association
The Arts Council of Placer County
Placer Valley Tourism
PlacerGROWN
Placer Wine Trail
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