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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Dani family

Gabriel Dani

1832  —  1908

Born 1832, died 1908. Settled in the Big Sur region and established the Lucia Post Office at his home around 1900.

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Dani Family History Is Told

A shelf of level land a thousand feet above the sea: the Dani place, where Gabriel Dani built a one-armed empire and Lucia got her name.

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