most of the passengers were farmers and farm families from the local area. when first sounded out about the post, he had declined it. he was eligible to file a medical exception to use the drug for his heart condition, but he did not do so. this site on the east bank of the river dove is managed as a hay meadow. the jazz previously played in the salt palace. the gold rush was brief, with its peak from 1898 to 1899, for local people spread the word upon arrival that no gold was to be found. 