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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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Pt. Piedras Lighthouse Keeps Coast Shippers on Course
Spanish embargoes, shipwrecks on the white rocks, and the Fresnel light that finally kept the coast's shippers on course at Piedras Blancas.
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R.M. Digges
R.M. Digges was a rancher who owned land on the mountain above Mill Creek, near Lion Creek. REMOTE LOCATION: The Digges place was so remote that "a goat could barely get to it" - high on the mountain above Mill Creek along the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road. LAND: Purchased a homestead above Lion Creek…
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The Wagon Train Indian Incident
A man on the wagon train shot an Indian woman. The Indians demanded a life for a life — and got one.
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Sarah Plaskett - Banker for the Miners
Miners who trusted no one trusted Sarah Plaskett, who kept their gold under her roof and fed them at her table.
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The Literary Club and Band of Pacific Valley
A brass band, a literary club, and a rare kind of fellowship — culture flourished in a valley days from anywhere.
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Ed Plaskett the Daredevil Horseman
Ed Plaskett rode at a gallop along cliff edges that made grown men dismount and walk.
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Old Cap - The Eccentric Engineer
Orval Olmstead — 'Old Cap' to the children — brought the ways of a sailing ship to a cabin on Mill Creek.
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1791 Ohio River Indian Attack
On the Ohio River in 1791, the flatboat carrying William Plaskett's family came under attack.
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