Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 1876 o mepere ụlọ ọrụ na-ese ihe osise na San Jose na Louis Lussier, na-aga n'ihu naanị ya mgbe Lussier nwụsịrị na 1882. N'afọ 1889, o mepere Hill na Franklin Photography Studio na Art Gallery na J. C. Franklin. Mgbe Franklin hapụrụ otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, ya na nne di ya, Laura Broughton Watkins, dịka Hill na Watkins Photographers Studio. Ruo afọ atọ, Sidney Yard sonyeere ha. Mgbe ala ọma jijiji ahụ mere n'afọ 1906
, ụlọ ọrụ Hill na ọrụ ndị dị ebe ahụ bibiri, dị ka eserese ya "The Murphy Party", nke a kwụgidere n'ụlọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke California Pioneers Association na San Francisco ma gosipụta ndị mbido mbụ na-agafe Sunset Pass. Mgbe ahụ, ọ tụgharịrị na njikwa nke ọla edo na Calaveras County, na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma, mana ọ gara n'ihu na-ese ihe na foto site n'ụlọ ya.