William mentions Nicholas Sinnott who owned a barn near the Beacon Station which he turned into a six stall livery stable. He and his uncle used the horses to built roads in the Zayante are and Nick used to have two Stanley Steamers he used to take tourists up to big Basin. He operated a store allied Sinnott brothers with his brother JB until he became sheriff. JB moved the hardware store and brought his son in to help manage it.