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Bears, Cougars, and Wild Animals of Pacific Valley
Winter in Pacific Valley meant bears in the stock pens and cougars in the hills.
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View from Lucia Lodge Draws Thousands of Guests Each Year
In 1932 the road ended at Krenkel Corners; beyond lay wilderness. Lucia Lodge grew where the trail gave out — and the veranda still hangs over the sea.
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William Plaskett Jr. 1734–1796
William Plaskett Jr., son of William Plaskett (d. 1748) and Margaret Lucas Plaskett, born in Trenton, NJ between 1735-1748. Occupation: tailor. Married Elizabeth [surname unknown] before March 1775. The Chesterfield Monthly Meeting of Friends noted in March 1775 that "William Plascot hath married a…
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Mother Krenkel- A Coast Legend
City-bred Margaret Krenkel rode a mule to her own wedding at Los Burros and dug her well by hand — the real-life 'Hannah' of the coast.
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Nacimiento Homesteaders Picked Real “Beauty Spot”
Up the Nacimiento from the old McKern place, the homesteaders of the 1890s picked the prettiest valley in the Lucias.
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Name of George Ames Is Etched in Coast History
George Ames rode down from Santa Cruz at fourteen to work for Jim Prewitt — and rode straight into coast legend.
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One of Few Remaining Jolon Indians Resides in Lockwood
In an old adobe near Lockwood lives Joe Moro, one of the last of the Jolon Indians — his mother born of the mission people under the great oaks.
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Pacific Hot Springs Lodge Is A Popular Coast Spa
On the old Esselen encampment above the sea, Hot Springs Lodge draws bathers from around the world — the place we now call Esalen.
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Pacific Ocean Holds Wide Fisherman, Vacationer Appeal
Byron's 'deep and dark blue ocean' — the fishermen, abalone hunters, and vacationers drawn to the coast's edge, in Mabel's salute to the sea itself.
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