MRS. NANCY MYRICK.
It has never been conceded even by the most prejudiced that the greater part of the credit for the pioneer development of California is due to men alone. Indeed, women have ever been the abiding inspiration of the men who came as pioneers to the west and the credit due them for their helpfulness must ever overshadow anything that man has accomplished. Among the noble and self-sacrificing women who have witnessed the development of California from the days of the mining excitement until the present is Mrs. Nancy Myrick, who came to the west when a child of ten years and has literally grown up with the country.
Near Galena, Jo Daviess county, Ill., Mrs. Myrick was born in 1842 into the home of her parents, Henry and Lucy Minerva (Imus) Ryse, and until she was ten years of age, her life was associated with her birthplace. Her father, who was a native of North [sic] Carolina, had followed farming for many years after his removal to Illinois, apparently contented with his lot until the finding of gold in California created an interest in the far west that made him wish to participate in its advantages. With the household goods and sufficient supplies for the long journey across the plains the family set out from Illinois in the spring of 1852 behind ox- teams and finally, after a long and tiresome trip, landed at Santa Cruz. Accommodations for caring for the newcomers to the west at this time were limited indeed as compared with the demands, a fact which Mr. Ryse readily recognized upon locating in Santa Cruz and his decision to open a hotel in the town proved a wise one. In addition to conducting his hostelry for many years he also served as judge for four years and for one term represented his county in the state legislature. Subsequently he purchased and located upon one hundred and ninety-two acres of land four miles from Santa Cruz, which he ran successfully for twenty-eight years or up to the time of his death, September 29, 1889.
When she was only fourteen years old, in 1856, Miss Nancy Ryse was united in marriage in Santa Cruz with Samuel Myrick, who died two years later in Mazatlan, Mexico, where he was interested in mining and milling. After the death of her father Mrs. Myrick took up the responsibilities of maintaining the ranch, and continued his policy in making a specialty of raising live-stock and hay. Later, however, she gave her efforts more particularly to raising fine blooded stock, and was one of the few women who have made a success of the business. Notwithstanding her success Mrs. Myrick sold out her ranch about 1905 and has since lived in quiet retirement in Santa Cruz, in a neat little cottage on Branciforte street. Having made her home in this locality for over fifty years Mrs. Myrick has a fund of reminiscences of pioneer days from which to draw which seems inexhaustible, and the fact that they are her personal experiences gives an added charm.
Source: History of Santa Cruz County, California; with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (1911); By Edward Martin; Published 1911 by Historic Record in Los Angeles (out of copyright); pg 337-338
It has never been conceded even by the most prejudiced that the greater part of the credit for the pioneer development of California is due to men alone. Indeed, women have ever been the abiding inspiration of the men who came as pioneers to the west and the credit due them for their helpfulness must ever overshadow anything that man has accomplished. Among the noble and self-sacrificing women who have witnessed the development of California from the days of the mining excitement until the present is Mrs. Nancy Myrick, who came to the west when a child of ten years and has literally grown up with the country.
Near Galena, Jo Daviess county, Ill., Mrs. Myrick was born in 1842 into the home of her parents, Henry and Lucy Minerva (Imus) Ryse, and until she was ten years of age, her life was associated with her birthplace. Her father, who was a native of North [sic] Carolina, had followed farming for many years after his removal to Illinois, apparently contented with his lot until the finding of gold in California created an interest in the far west that made him wish to participate in its advantages. With the household goods and sufficient supplies for the long journey across the plains the family set out from Illinois in the spring of 1852 behind ox- teams and finally, after a long and tiresome trip, landed at Santa Cruz. Accommodations for caring for the newcomers to the west at this time were limited indeed as compared with the demands, a fact which Mr. Ryse readily recognized upon locating in Santa Cruz and his decision to open a hotel in the town proved a wise one. In addition to conducting his hostelry for many years he also served as judge for four years and for one term represented his county in the state legislature. Subsequently he purchased and located upon one hundred and ninety-two acres of land four miles from Santa Cruz, which he ran successfully for twenty-eight years or up to the time of his death, September 29, 1889.
When she was only fourteen years old, in 1856, Miss Nancy Ryse was united in marriage in Santa Cruz with Samuel Myrick, who died two years later in Mazatlan, Mexico, where he was interested in mining and milling. After the death of her father Mrs. Myrick took up the responsibilities of maintaining the ranch, and continued his policy in making a specialty of raising live-stock and hay. Later, however, she gave her efforts more particularly to raising fine blooded stock, and was one of the few women who have made a success of the business. Notwithstanding her success Mrs. Myrick sold out her ranch about 1905 and has since lived in quiet retirement in Santa Cruz, in a neat little cottage on Branciforte street. Having made her home in this locality for over fifty years Mrs. Myrick has a fund of reminiscences of pioneer days from which to draw which seems inexhaustible, and the fact that they are her personal experiences gives an added charm.
Source: History of Santa Cruz County, California; with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (1911); By Edward Martin; Published 1911 by Historic Record in Los Angeles (out of copyright); pg 337-338
MRS. NANCY MYRICK.
It has never been conceded even by the most prejudiced that the greater part of the credit for the pioneer development of California is due to men alone. Indeed, women have ever been the abiding inspiration of the men who came as pioneers to the west and the credit due them for their helpfulness must ever overshadow anything that man has accomplished. Among the noble and self-sacrificing women who have witnessed the development of California from the days of the mining excitement until the present is Mrs. Nancy Myrick, who came to the west when a child of ten years and has literally grown up with the country.
Near Galena, Jo Daviess county, Ill., Mrs. Myrick was born in 1842 into the home of her parents, Henry and Lucy Minerva (Imus) Ryse, and until she was ten years of age, her life was associated with her birthplace. Her father, who was a native of North [sic] Carolina, had followed farming for many years after his removal to Illinois, apparently contented with his lot until the finding of gold in California created an interest in the far west that made him wish to participate in its advantages. With the household goods and sufficient supplies for the long journey across the plains the family set out from Illinois in the spring of 1852 behind ox- teams and finally, after a long and tiresome trip, landed at Santa Cruz. Accommodations for caring for the newcomers to the west at this time were limited indeed as compared with the demands, a fact which Mr. Ryse readily recognized upon locating in Santa Cruz and his decision to open a hotel in the town proved a wise one. In addition to conducting his hostelry for many years he also served as judge for four years and for one term represented his county in the state legislature. Subsequently he purchased and located upon one hundred and ninety-two acres of land four miles from Santa Cruz, which he ran successfully for twenty-eight years or up to the time of his death, September 29, 1889.
When she was only fourteen years old, in 1856, Miss Nancy Ryse was united in marriage in Santa Cruz with Samuel Myrick, who died two years later in Mazatlan, Mexico, where he was interested in mining and milling. After the death of her father Mrs. Myrick took up the responsibilities of maintaining the ranch, and continued his policy in making a specialty of raising live-stock and hay. Later, however, she gave her efforts more particularly to raising fine blooded stock, and was one of the few women who have made a success of the business. Notwithstanding her success Mrs. Myrick sold out her ranch about 1905 and has since lived in quiet retirement in Santa Cruz, in a neat little cottage on Branciforte street. Having made her home in this locality for over fifty years Mrs. Myrick has a fund of reminiscences of pioneer days from which to draw which seems inexhaustible, and the fact that they are her personal experiences gives an added charm.
Source: History of Santa Cruz County, California; with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (1911); By Edward Martin; Published 1911 by Historic Record in Los Angeles (out of copyright); pg 337-338
It has never been conceded even by the most prejudiced that the greater part of the credit for the pioneer development of California is due to men alone. Indeed, women have ever been the abiding inspiration of the men who came as pioneers to the west and the credit due them for their helpfulness must ever overshadow anything that man has accomplished. Among the noble and self-sacrificing women who have witnessed the development of California from the days of the mining excitement until the present is Mrs. Nancy Myrick, who came to the west when a child of ten years and has literally grown up with the country.
Near Galena, Jo Daviess county, Ill., Mrs. Myrick was born in 1842 into the home of her parents, Henry and Lucy Minerva (Imus) Ryse, and until she was ten years of age, her life was associated with her birthplace. Her father, who was a native of North [sic] Carolina, had followed farming for many years after his removal to Illinois, apparently contented with his lot until the finding of gold in California created an interest in the far west that made him wish to participate in its advantages. With the household goods and sufficient supplies for the long journey across the plains the family set out from Illinois in the spring of 1852 behind ox- teams and finally, after a long and tiresome trip, landed at Santa Cruz. Accommodations for caring for the newcomers to the west at this time were limited indeed as compared with the demands, a fact which Mr. Ryse readily recognized upon locating in Santa Cruz and his decision to open a hotel in the town proved a wise one. In addition to conducting his hostelry for many years he also served as judge for four years and for one term represented his county in the state legislature. Subsequently he purchased and located upon one hundred and ninety-two acres of land four miles from Santa Cruz, which he ran successfully for twenty-eight years or up to the time of his death, September 29, 1889.
When she was only fourteen years old, in 1856, Miss Nancy Ryse was united in marriage in Santa Cruz with Samuel Myrick, who died two years later in Mazatlan, Mexico, where he was interested in mining and milling. After the death of her father Mrs. Myrick took up the responsibilities of maintaining the ranch, and continued his policy in making a specialty of raising live-stock and hay. Later, however, she gave her efforts more particularly to raising fine blooded stock, and was one of the few women who have made a success of the business. Notwithstanding her success Mrs. Myrick sold out her ranch about 1905 and has since lived in quiet retirement in Santa Cruz, in a neat little cottage on Branciforte street. Having made her home in this locality for over fifty years Mrs. Myrick has a fund of reminiscences of pioneer days from which to draw which seems inexhaustible, and the fact that they are her personal experiences gives an added charm.
Source: History of Santa Cruz County, California; with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time (1911); By Edward Martin; Published 1911 by Historic Record in Los Angeles (out of copyright); pg 337-338
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