George Ames
Rode from Santa Cruz in early 1860s at age 14. Worked for Plasketts and Mansfields his whole life. Never looked at a woman. Saved small fortune on $30/month wages. Died 1931, buried King City Cemetery.
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Mailmen Are Important Link In Coast Country History
Before 1890 the mail came by horseback from Jolon. Seventy years of coast mail carriers — including the Plaskett boys swimming icy rivers with the pack mule.
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George Ames - Bunk House Hero
George Ames was fourteen when he hired on with Jim Prewitt — and the bunkhouse tales grew from there.