Ed Dutton
Ed Dutton was the constable of Jolon and a member of the well-known Dutton family.
MARRIAGE: Married Oda Butterfield, who was a close friend of Emily Cruikshank.
CONSTABLE: Served as constable of Jolon. Once “teased Willey about finding bodies” after Willey found a Dutchman’s body on the Los Burros trail.
Married: Oda Butterfield Dutton
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The Los Burros Mining District and the Lost Town of Manchester
Organized 1876, transformed by Willey Cruikshank's Last Chance strike in 1887 — and gone by 1897, burned and grown over. The rise and fall of the coast's gold district, and the lost town of Manchester.
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Jolon Remembered as Thriving Community on Camino Real
Portolá camped there in 1769; a century later Jolon was the thriving crossroads of the Camino Real — saloons, hotels, and fiestas three days long.
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Lumber Mills Once Buzzed in the Lucias
Where the Nacimiento road tops the divide, Mill Creek springs to life — and once powered the sawmills of the Lucias, including her father's.
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Parishioners’ Labor Has Built St. Luke’s
In 1884 three Plaskett brothers rode horseback from Pacific Valley to Jolon to raise a church — St. Luke's, built by its parishioners, standing yet.
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South Monterey County Writers Part II
A 2007 appreciation of Mabel herself — 'Belle' Sans Plaskett with her horse Cleo — by historian Susan Raycraft.
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Willey Cruikshank - Mining Was His Life
The boy who watched Chinese miners pan Salmon Creek struck the Last Chance mine — and vanished into the Lucias in 1937. His life, told by a woman who knew him.
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“Old Rocky” – A Tale of the Mighty Hunter of the Lucias
Absolam Beasley — 'Old Rocky,' raised with an Indian tribe in the Rockies — the mighty hunter who kept the Lucias' lions honest.
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Jack Dempsey Breaks Cast Iron Skillet Over Mans Head
The Mill Creek rough named Jack Dempsey once settled an argument with a cast-iron skillet.