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Ruby Hill Drugstore and Druggist F. J. Schneider Prescription Records

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Ruby Hill Drugstore and Druggist F. J. Schneider Prescription Records
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Lot of 20 handwritten medicinal notes from The Ruby Hill Drug Store (3) and druggist F.J. Schneider of Eureka.
Schneider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 24, 1834, and his German parents emigrated to this country and settled in Cincinnati when young people. Schneider was educated in his native city and learned the drug business there. For three years he was engaged in trade in New York City, and then during the 1850s came to San Francisco, where he followed his business for some years. He was next in Downieville, CA, and in 1860 came to Virginia City, Nevada. Thirty pack mules carried his stock of drugs and miners` supplies, and he employed Mexican drivers. He set up his establishment, building his own drug store, and was the first druggist to enter that prosperous mining center. He also built another building, which at that time rented for six hundred dollars a month, but lost both structures in the devastating fire which swept the town. He at once rebuilt and continued his business until he sold out to Dr. A. M. Cole. Schneider went from Virginia City to Mountain City, where he was in business a short time, was in Marysville, CA. for two years, then in Truckee, and then came to Eureka, CA. in 1870. He opened his store as one of the pioneer business houses of the growing mining center, and in the early days of the town was burned out twice within eleven months. He succeeded, however, during a great flood, in keeping the water out of his place of business. No disasters disheartened him or caused more than a slight check to his prosperity, and he enjoyed a long continued career of business activity [Ref: Wren, A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People, 1904]. All are in good condition, each having a small hole where it rested on a note tack. Each is written in pencil and like present day prescriptions, are more than a little difficult to decipher.

City: Eureka
State: Nevada,
Date: 1881-97

FHWAC#: 55048