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James Marshall’s first cabin was built bear the sawmill. That cabin was sold and a second floor was added and used as a hotel. In 1857, he purchased fourteen acres and built a cabin on this spot. He used this existing mining ditch for irrigating his vineyard. The cabin eventually burned in 1862. This third cabin was built on the foundation of the second cabin. He ended up selling this cabin and moving to Kelsey where he continued to mine and work as a blacksmith until his death in 1885 at the age of 74.
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