Borland Hotel, James Borland Prop.
Auburn Station, Auburn, Placer, California
James Borland was born in Glasgow, Scotland, October 27, 1825. In 1852, at age 27, he came to the United States and located in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in his former occupation of mining. On April 14, 1856 he landed in San Francisco, having made the journey by water. He came at once to Placer County and located in Forest Hill. There he engaged in mining until 1867. Desiring a change of business he started in as a hotel-keeper at Forest Hill, until he came to Auburn , March 2, 1872. . . .he took charge of what is now known as the Borland House in Auburn. The house as we find it today is a very different affair from what he found in 1872. At that time, it was a shabby one story building, containing only four sleeping-rooms, with nine beds. This house at present is two stories high, 200 feet long, with verandahs above and below, extending around both fronts; has thirty-two well furnished rooms, and is first-class in every respect. It is a popular resort for tourists, and is well patronized by the traveling public, Mr. Borland’s fame as "mine host" having extended for miles in all directions. The building is situated convenient to the railroad depot, and has a large barn and corrals for the accommodation of teams and stock