GENOA COURTHOUSE

Couldn't find the barn where Cradlebaugh held court, but here is the courthouse that was finally built in Genoa. It went up in 1865. Federal cases were being heard in Carson City by then.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

October 20th 2019
JUDGE JOHN CRADLEBAUGH John was from Circleville, Ohio. He got loaded up with book learning and became a lawdog, and eventually a judge. In 1858 President Buchanan appointed him to the Federal Bench in the Territory of Utah. The Mormons were in an uproar over what they mistook as their sovereignty when federal troops were sent to Utah to enforce federal law. The Mormon War, as it came to ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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