Lumber Mills Once Buzzed in the Lucias

Lumber Mills Once Buzzed in the Lucias

By Mabel Plaskett 🔊 Listen to Post On the coast side of the divide where the Nacimiento road crosses the summit of the coast range a small stream springs into existence. This is the north fork of Mill Creek which, joined by a middle and a south fork, becomes a...

Name of George Ames Is Etched in Coast History

By Mabel Plaskett             🔊 Listen to Post One of the most colorful characters living on the coast in early days was a man by the name of George Ames. Riding down the coast from his home in Santa Cruz in the early 1860’s he started working for Jim Prewitt...