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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Davis family

Alonzo Davis

1880

Husband of Lucy Plaskett. Relocated Western Star mine as Bull Frog claim 1911. Lived on Plaskett Ridge. From Santa Maria.

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Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing

A dozen mining claims on Plaskett Ridge — including the arrastra her husband's grandfather built — and the gold still waiting in the family's hills.

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