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Theodore Murray LOOP [Murray(7), Peter Jr.(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the second child of Murray LOOP and Mary Ann ARNOT, was born June 10, 1832, in Bath, Steuben County, New York. The following excerpts from the History of San Diego County describe his interesting career:
Among those who enlisted in the hazardous service of the Express Company as treasury agents was Theodore Murray Loop ... Theodore left home in the winter of 1849, in St. Louis, to come to California the next year. After wintering in Jackson, Amador County, he followed [gold] mining the first three years. In 1853 he went into the service of the Adams Express Company as treasury-carrier... He was next in the employ of the Langton's Express Company until 1858... In 1854 he marvelously escaped being shot to pieces by a Walker's band of highwaymen, who attacked the stage running between Downieville, Marysville and Comptonville. They stopped the coach at the Oregon House, and a fierce battle took place, both parties firing incessantly with revolvers and double-barreled shot guns. William Dobson and Theodore Loop fought with a wild desperation and killed three of the robbers; the others took fright and retreated to the mountains, where they were pursued and killed. During the fight a lady passenger was shot through the head, and a man on the coach had is leg badly shattered. The messengers had over $125,000 worth of treasure in the coach this trip... In 1858, Mr. Loop resigned and went up north in the employ of the California Stage Company, which carried the mail and treasure from Yreka and the mountains. In 1859-'60 he was on the route from Weaverville to Humboldt Bay, during the great Redwood Indian war... He traveled the road for months when the Indians were so fierce that no white man dared to show himself. He made the trip at night-time to avoid attacks from them... One night about two o'clock, Mr. Loop stopped at Bremer for his usual cup of hot coffee, and sat back and listened to the outrages committed by the Indians... He concluded to be alert. After he had gone into the dense redwoods, he could not see or hear anything, and trusted entirely to his faithful, intelligent mule... The Indians suddenly came upon him with fearful yells, the woods resounding with their wild screams and sharp musketry. Mr. Loop pulled out his revolver and fired as fast as he could, the mule whirled suddenly and started off at a rapid pace, while Mr. Loop hastened his speed as much as possible with the spur. The animal pitched off the mountain into a deep gully; Mr. Loop was thrown against a tree, knocking him senseless, and he remained in this condition until daylight, when he found the mule still motionless by his side. He aroused him and managed to continue his journey... Several times the United States troops guarded Mr. Loop in his journey, but the dangers increased, ... and he resigned and went north to Puget Sound. From 1860 to 1862 he was in the express business in British Columbia. In 1862 he was caught in the snow between Fort Douglas and Lillonite, and had to carry $25,000 worth of treasure on his back. At the head of the Lillonite river, ... he procured four Indians and a canoe and went down the river... It was an exciting trip, for the river was full of waterfalls... When they reached Fort Douglas, the entire population came out and stood on the shore... as he was the first and only white man that had ever dared to navigate the dangerous stream... In 1863 he went into the employ of Wells Fargo & Co., ... and carried treasure from the Idaho Basin to the Columbia river and to Portland.... At Guinina ranch, four suspicious-looking men got aboard the coach. When the stage reached Gibraltar Point, a very steep portion of the road across the Blue Mountains, near the summit, the passengers alighted from the stage and walked up the grade. Loop stayed behind to guard the treasure. One of the four men, evidently the leader of the band, carelessly approached Loop, and in a pleasant, joking way, said "That is a pretty nice gun you have; let me see it for a moment." Loop turned quickly and brought the gun, full cocked, up to his shoulder, and covered the stranger, saying "The only way you can look at this gun is down the barrel, and at a reasonable distance." ... The mysterious quartette dropped off at the Mountain House and at the Twelve-Mile station out of Walla-Walla, although they had paid their fare clear through. Another time, when crossing Idaho Basin, four men stood waiting on the road. The coach had on board ... 1000 pounds of gold and 1200 pounds of silver. In coming over the summit and looking over the point, Mr. Loop saw a packed mule and three horses tied at a tree. A single man stood close by, watching the animals... The keen eyes of Mr. Loop discovered them in time and turning sharply to the driver, he said, "Gallop the horses as fast as you can right down this mountain, or I will blow your brains out." The driver made an effort to keep the horses on the road, but glancing at Loop, saw a peculiar hard look in his eyes, and dashed the horses down the mountain, far away from the road, as commanded. The highwaymen followed, but the stage kept ahead of them, and arrived at Placerville that night. Mr. Loop subsequently found out that the leader of the band was the notorious Ned Bledsoe, who was a murderous villain...
He married March 15, 1869, Ella Perry MONROE in Vallejo, Solano County, California. She was born August 2, 1850, in New York State, the daughter of Col. John MONROE and Esther Josephine WHITFIELD. In 1880 they settled in San Diego, California, where he contracted railroad construction and dealt in real estate. He died in 1907 in San Diego, California. In 1910, she was living in Cincinnati, OH, with her son Arnot. She died May 18, 1933. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
(The Loop Family in America, by Victor L Bennison, 1994)
Theodore Murray LOOP [Murray(7), Peter Jr.(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the second child of Murray LOOP and Mary Ann ARNOT, was born June 10, 1832, in Bath, Steuben County, New York. The following excerpts from the History of San Diego County describe his interesting career:
Among those who enlisted in the hazardous service of the Express Company as treasury agents was Theodore Murray Loop ... Theodore left home in the winter of 1849, in St. Louis, to come to California the next year. After wintering in Jackson, Amador County, he followed [gold] mining the first three years. In 1853 he went into the service of the Adams Express Company as treasury-carrier... He was next in the employ of the Langton's Express Company until 1858... In 1854 he marvelously escaped being shot to pieces by a Walker's band of highwaymen, who attacked the stage running between Downieville, Marysville and Comptonville. They stopped the coach at the Oregon House, and a fierce battle took place, both parties firing incessantly with revolvers and double-barreled shot guns. William Dobson and Theodore Loop fought with a wild desperation and killed three of the robbers; the others took fright and retreated to the mountains, where they were pursued and killed. During the fight a lady passenger was shot through the head, and a man on the coach had is leg badly shattered. The messengers had over $125,000 worth of treasure in the coach this trip... In 1858, Mr. Loop resigned and went up north in the employ of the California Stage Company, which carried the mail and treasure from Yreka and the mountains. In 1859-'60 he was on the route from Weaverville to Humboldt Bay, during the great Redwood Indian war... He traveled the road for months when the Indians were so fierce that no white man dared to show himself. He made the trip at night-time to avoid attacks from them... One night about two o'clock, Mr. Loop stopped at Bremer for his usual cup of hot coffee, and sat back and listened to the outrages committed by the Indians... He concluded to be alert. After he had gone into the dense redwoods, he could not see or hear anything, and trusted entirely to his faithful, intelligent mule... The Indians suddenly came upon him with fearful yells, the woods resounding with their wild screams and sharp musketry. Mr. Loop pulled out his revolver and fired as fast as he could, the mule whirled suddenly and started off at a rapid pace, while Mr. Loop hastened his speed as much as possible with the spur. The animal pitched off the mountain into a deep gully; Mr. Loop was thrown against a tree, knocking him senseless, and he remained in this condition until daylight, when he found the mule still motionless by his side. He aroused him and managed to continue his journey... Several times the United States troops guarded Mr. Loop in his journey, but the dangers increased, ... and he resigned and went north to Puget Sound. From 1860 to 1862 he was in the express business in British Columbia. In 1862 he was caught in the snow between Fort Douglas and Lillonite, and had to carry $25,000 worth of treasure on his back. At the head of the Lillonite river, ... he procured four Indians and a canoe and went down the river... It was an exciting trip, for the river was full of waterfalls... When they reached Fort Douglas, the entire population came out and stood on the shore... as he was the first and only white man that had ever dared to navigate the dangerous stream... In 1863 he went into the employ of Wells Fargo & Co., ... and carried treasure from the Idaho Basin to the Columbia river and to Portland.... At Guinina ranch, four suspicious-looking men got aboard the coach. When the stage reached Gibraltar Point, a very steep portion of the road across the Blue Mountains, near the summit, the passengers alighted from the stage and walked up the grade. Loop stayed behind to guard the treasure. One of the four men, evidently the leader of the band, carelessly approached Loop, and in a pleasant, joking way, said "That is a pretty nice gun you have; let me see it for a moment." Loop turned quickly and brought the gun, full cocked, up to his shoulder, and covered the stranger, saying "The only way you can look at this gun is down the barrel, and at a reasonable distance." ... The mysterious quartette dropped off at the Mountain House and at the Twelve-Mile station out of Walla-Walla, although they had paid their fare clear through. Another time, when crossing Idaho Basin, four men stood waiting on the road. The coach had on board ... 1000 pounds of gold and 1200 pounds of silver. In coming over the summit and looking over the point, Mr. Loop saw a packed mule and three horses tied at a tree. A single man stood close by, watching the animals... The keen eyes of Mr. Loop discovered them in time and turning sharply to the driver, he said, "Gallop the horses as fast as you can right down this mountain, or I will blow your brains out." The driver made an effort to keep the horses on the road, but glancing at Loop, saw a peculiar hard look in his eyes, and dashed the horses down the mountain, far away from the road, as commanded. The highwaymen followed, but the stage kept ahead of them, and arrived at Placerville that night. Mr. Loop subsequently found out that the leader of the band was the notorious Ned Bledsoe, who was a murderous villain...
He married March 15, 1869, Ella Perry MONROE in Vallejo, Solano County, California. She was born August 2, 1850, in New York State, the daughter of Col. John MONROE and Esther Josephine WHITFIELD. In 1880 they settled in San Diego, California, where he contracted railroad construction and dealt in real estate. He died in 1907 in San Diego, California. In 1910, she was living in Cincinnati, OH, with her son Arnot. She died May 18, 1933. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
(The Loop Family in America, by Victor L Bennison, 1994)
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Theodore Murray LOOP [Murray(7), Peter Jr.(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the second child of Murray LOOP and Mary Ann ARNOT, was born June 10, 1832, in Bath, Steuben County, New York. The following excerpts from the History of San Diego County describe his interesting career:
Among those who enlisted in the hazardous service of the Express Company as treasury agents was Theodore Murray Loop ... Theodore left home in the winter of 1849, in St. Louis, to come to California the next year. After wintering in Jackson, Amador County, he followed [gold] mining the first three years. In 1853 he went into the service of the Adams Express Company as treasury-carrier... He was next in the employ of the Langton's Express Company until 1858... In 1854 he marvelously escaped being shot to pieces by a Walker's band of highwaymen, who attacked the stage running between Downieville, Marysville and Comptonville. They stopped the coach at the Oregon House, and a fierce battle took place, both parties firing incessantly with revolvers and double-barreled shot guns. William Dobson and Theodore Loop fought with a wild desperation and killed three of the robbers; the others took fright and retreated to the mountains, where they were pursued and killed. During the fight a lady passenger was shot through the head, and a man on the coach had is leg badly shattered. The messengers had over $125,000 worth of treasure in the coach this trip... In 1858, Mr. Loop resigned and went up north in the employ of the California Stage Company, which carried the mail and treasure from Yreka and the mountains. In 1859-'60 he was on the route from Weaverville to Humboldt Bay, during the great Redwood Indian war... He traveled the road for months when the Indians were so fierce that no white man dared to show himself. He made the trip at night-time to avoid attacks from them... One night about two o'clock, Mr. Loop stopped at Bremer for his usual cup of hot coffee, and sat back and listened to the outrages committed by the Indians... He concluded to be alert. After he had gone into the dense redwoods, he could not see or hear anything, and trusted entirely to his faithful, intelligent mule... The Indians suddenly came upon him with fearful yells, the woods resounding with their wild screams and sharp musketry. Mr. Loop pulled out his revolver and fired as fast as he could, the mule whirled suddenly and started off at a rapid pace, while Mr. Loop hastened his speed as much as possible with the spur. The animal pitched off the mountain into a deep gully; Mr. Loop was thrown against a tree, knocking him senseless, and he remained in this condition until daylight, when he found the mule still motionless by his side. He aroused him and managed to continue his journey... Several times the United States troops guarded Mr. Loop in his journey, but the dangers increased, ... and he resigned and went north to Puget Sound. From 1860 to 1862 he was in the express business in British Columbia. In 1862 he was caught in the snow between Fort Douglas and Lillonite, and had to carry $25,000 worth of treasure on his back. At the head of the Lillonite river, ... he procured four Indians and a canoe and went down the river... It was an exciting trip, for the river was full of waterfalls... When they reached Fort Douglas, the entire population came out and stood on the shore... as he was the first and only white man that had ever dared to navigate the dangerous stream... In 1863 he went into the employ of Wells Fargo & Co., ... and carried treasure from the Idaho Basin to the Columbia river and to Portland.... At Guinina ranch, four suspicious-looking men got aboard the coach. When the stage reached Gibraltar Point, a very steep portion of the road across the Blue Mountains, near the summit, the passengers alighted from the stage and walked up the grade. Loop stayed behind to guard the treasure. One of the four men, evidently the leader of the band, carelessly approached Loop, and in a pleasant, joking way, said "That is a pretty nice gun you have; let me see it for a moment." Loop turned quickly and brought the gun, full cocked, up to his shoulder, and covered the stranger, saying "The only way you can look at this gun is down the barrel, and at a reasonable distance." ... The mysterious quartette dropped off at the Mountain House and at the Twelve-Mile station out of Walla-Walla, although they had paid their fare clear through. Another time, when crossing Idaho Basin, four men stood waiting on the road. The coach had on board ... 1000 pounds of gold and 1200 pounds of silver. In coming over the summit and looking over the point, Mr. Loop saw a packed mule and three horses tied at a tree. A single man stood close by, watching the animals... The keen eyes of Mr. Loop discovered them in time and turning sharply to the driver, he said, "Gallop the horses as fast as you can right down this mountain, or I will blow your brains out." The driver made an effort to keep the horses on the road, but glancing at Loop, saw a peculiar hard look in his eyes, and dashed the horses down the mountain, far away from the road, as commanded. The highwaymen followed, but the stage kept ahead of them, and arrived at Placerville that night. Mr. Loop subsequently found out that the leader of the band was the notorious Ned Bledsoe, who was a murderous villain...
He married March 15, 1869, Ella Perry MONROE in Vallejo, Solano County, California. She was born August 2, 1850, in New York State, the daughter of Col. John MONROE and Esther Josephine WHITFIELD. In 1880 they settled in San Diego, California, where he contracted railroad construction and dealt in real estate. He died in 1907 in San Diego, California. In 1910, she was living in Cincinnati, OH, with her son Arnot. She died May 18, 1933. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
(The Loop Family in America, by Victor L Bennison, 1994)
Theodore Murray LOOP [Murray(7), Peter Jr.(6), Peter(5), Christian(4), Jacob(3), Sebastian(2), Anthony(1)] the second child of Murray LOOP and Mary Ann ARNOT, was born June 10, 1832, in Bath, Steuben County, New York. The following excerpts from the History of San Diego County describe his interesting career:
Among those who enlisted in the hazardous service of the Express Company as treasury agents was Theodore Murray Loop ... Theodore left home in the winter of 1849, in St. Louis, to come to California the next year. After wintering in Jackson, Amador County, he followed [gold] mining the first three years. In 1853 he went into the service of the Adams Express Company as treasury-carrier... He was next in the employ of the Langton's Express Company until 1858... In 1854 he marvelously escaped being shot to pieces by a Walker's band of highwaymen, who attacked the stage running between Downieville, Marysville and Comptonville. They stopped the coach at the Oregon House, and a fierce battle took place, both parties firing incessantly with revolvers and double-barreled shot guns. William Dobson and Theodore Loop fought with a wild desperation and killed three of the robbers; the others took fright and retreated to the mountains, where they were pursued and killed. During the fight a lady passenger was shot through the head, and a man on the coach had is leg badly shattered. The messengers had over $125,000 worth of treasure in the coach this trip... In 1858, Mr. Loop resigned and went up north in the employ of the California Stage Company, which carried the mail and treasure from Yreka and the mountains. In 1859-'60 he was on the route from Weaverville to Humboldt Bay, during the great Redwood Indian war... He traveled the road for months when the Indians were so fierce that no white man dared to show himself. He made the trip at night-time to avoid attacks from them... One night about two o'clock, Mr. Loop stopped at Bremer for his usual cup of hot coffee, and sat back and listened to the outrages committed by the Indians... He concluded to be alert. After he had gone into the dense redwoods, he could not see or hear anything, and trusted entirely to his faithful, intelligent mule... The Indians suddenly came upon him with fearful yells, the woods resounding with their wild screams and sharp musketry. Mr. Loop pulled out his revolver and fired as fast as he could, the mule whirled suddenly and started off at a rapid pace, while Mr. Loop hastened his speed as much as possible with the spur. The animal pitched off the mountain into a deep gully; Mr. Loop was thrown against a tree, knocking him senseless, and he remained in this condition until daylight, when he found the mule still motionless by his side. He aroused him and managed to continue his journey... Several times the United States troops guarded Mr. Loop in his journey, but the dangers increased, ... and he resigned and went north to Puget Sound. From 1860 to 1862 he was in the express business in British Columbia. In 1862 he was caught in the snow between Fort Douglas and Lillonite, and had to carry $25,000 worth of treasure on his back. At the head of the Lillonite river, ... he procured four Indians and a canoe and went down the river... It was an exciting trip, for the river was full of waterfalls... When they reached Fort Douglas, the entire population came out and stood on the shore... as he was the first and only white man that had ever dared to navigate the dangerous stream... In 1863 he went into the employ of Wells Fargo & Co., ... and carried treasure from the Idaho Basin to the Columbia river and to Portland.... At Guinina ranch, four suspicious-looking men got aboard the coach. When the stage reached Gibraltar Point, a very steep portion of the road across the Blue Mountains, near the summit, the passengers alighted from the stage and walked up the grade. Loop stayed behind to guard the treasure. One of the four men, evidently the leader of the band, carelessly approached Loop, and in a pleasant, joking way, said "That is a pretty nice gun you have; let me see it for a moment." Loop turned quickly and brought the gun, full cocked, up to his shoulder, and covered the stranger, saying "The only way you can look at this gun is down the barrel, and at a reasonable distance." ... The mysterious quartette dropped off at the Mountain House and at the Twelve-Mile station out of Walla-Walla, although they had paid their fare clear through. Another time, when crossing Idaho Basin, four men stood waiting on the road. The coach had on board ... 1000 pounds of gold and 1200 pounds of silver. In coming over the summit and looking over the point, Mr. Loop saw a packed mule and three horses tied at a tree. A single man stood close by, watching the animals... The keen eyes of Mr. Loop discovered them in time and turning sharply to the driver, he said, "Gallop the horses as fast as you can right down this mountain, or I will blow your brains out." The driver made an effort to keep the horses on the road, but glancing at Loop, saw a peculiar hard look in his eyes, and dashed the horses down the mountain, far away from the road, as commanded. The highwaymen followed, but the stage kept ahead of them, and arrived at Placerville that night. Mr. Loop subsequently found out that the leader of the band was the notorious Ned Bledsoe, who was a murderous villain...
He married March 15, 1869, Ella Perry MONROE in Vallejo, Solano County, California. She was born August 2, 1850, in New York State, the daughter of Col. John MONROE and Esther Josephine WHITFIELD. In 1880 they settled in San Diego, California, where he contracted railroad construction and dealt in real estate. He died in 1907 in San Diego, California. In 1910, she was living in Cincinnati, OH, with her son Arnot. She died May 18, 1933. Both are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California.
(The Loop Family in America, by Victor L Bennison, 1994)
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