Craig Ashcraft
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September 26, 2012
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Come to Rough & Ready for chili, stay for fun

Be prepared as you pass through The Great Republic of Rough and Ready on Rough and Ready Highway on Sunday. That’s the day of the annual Rough and Ready Chili Cook-Off, and it’s also the day that you may be approached for a voluntary 25-cent toll by one of several lovely dance hall girls as you drive through town. Col. E. F. Brundage, president of The Great Republic, has issued a proclamation stating the once-historic toll road between Grass Valley and Penn Valley will be re-instated for the day, with the two-bit toll collected for “every wagon, buckboard, dray, coach …

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