I'm looking for information on Elisha Thompson, a miner and a Maine native, who was living in Butte Township, post office Downieville, Sierra County, California in 1870.

On page 355 of the book "Over North in Sierra County" by James J. Sinnott, there is a statement that one "Snowshoe Thompson" participated in the Third Snowshoe Races (1869) sponsored by the Alturas Snowshoe Club (club formed in 1867).

As time permits, I am currently creating a surname index for this book and am posting it at:
http://cagenweb.com/sierra/Ref_books/OverNorthIndex.html

Rick Hanson
Sierra County CAGenWeb