Interesting Laneburg - Something About the Lower Section of Albany Township

This article appeared in the Sept. 1, 1906 issue of The Nevada News.  See Map I for the location
of Laneburg.  This community still exists. 

     Probably no other section of Nevada County is more closely identified with Prescott than
is the lower end of Albany Township.  And perhaps no section of the county comprises a better
class of people or more enterprising citizenship.  As in the case with the other communities in the
county, the people around Laneburg are farmers.  But they are progressive farmers.  They own
the land, raise fine stock, and always have plenty to eat.

     The educational and religious advantages are fine.  Churches and school houses dot all
sections of the township and around Laneburg especially is interest in this matter very manifest. 
The Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists have structures of their own, and services are held at
regular intervals.  An 8 month public school is held each year and none but experienced teachers
are employed.

     Laneburg itself is a place of considerable importance.  Surrounded by rich agricultural
country, the two mercantile establishments there do a handsome business.  The imposing business
structure of J. B. Munn and Co.'s is about the first thing that one notices upon entering Laneburg,
and it is somewhat of a surprise to note the immense stock of goods he carries.  T. P. Callicott
also has a neat store building and carries a handsome stock of goods.  Dr. T. W. Woodul has a
nice little stock of drugs and enjoys a splendid practice.   He is a nice gentleman and has the
confidence and esteem of the community.  

     Mrs. J. W. Gann is the postmistress of Laneburg and has been there for a score of years. 
The mail facilities are fine.  Besides lots of patrons served by the rural route from Rosston, there
is daily mail from Prescott which leaves here at one o'clock.

     The timber industry is quite profitable in this section of the county, and numerous saw
mills are a source of profit to their owners, besides furnishing employment to scores of hands. 

     Albany Township is next to the largest in the county.  It has a voting strength according to
the poll tax books of 301, about 30 of whom are Negro.  This is the lowest percentage of colored
people of any township in the county, except Georgia, which hasn't  a Negro voter in it. 

     Possibly no better society exists in the county than that around Laneburg.  One has but to
call to mind such men as J. W. Hudson, J. A. Nelson, the Woodul's, J. W. Gann, the Murry's, E.
Matthews, Bob Martin, the Garrett's, the Daniel's, the Beauchamp's, the Purtle's, the McGough's,
the Beckman's, J. W. Ingram, the Sampson's, Jasper Jones, J. H. Neimeyer, J. E. Waters, W. E.
Calhoun, and dozens of others to convince anyone who knows these excellent families that some
of the best people in the world live in lower Albany Township.  

     These people have close communication to the outside world by telephone, and Laneburg,
being only nine miles from Prescott, at once makes the county seat the market place for the
produce of these farmers.  The splendid condition of the levee through Carouse bottom and the
iron bridge across Carouse Creek, make the highway passable all times of the year. 

     We would like to give a detailed write-up of the citizens of that community, but to attempt
to tell all the good things we know about these people would make a page.

Note: Picture included in the newspaper article: 

1. A street scene at Laneburg, looking east