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San Simeon Rancho Story Is Told by Mabel Plaskett

Cabrillo's 'Bay of Sardines,' a whaling captain's store, the Hearst boys at play — four centuries of San Simeon in one telling. Sebastian's Store was 102 years old when she wrote it.

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Celebrating the descendants and friends of William Lucas Plaskett (1818–1909) and the coast they called home.

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