Jasper Mansfield

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An Old Landmark Lost with Removal of Mansfield Home

'This old house is getting shaky...' — watching the Mansfield home, a Pacific Valley landmark for generations, hauled away.

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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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Mansfields Were Pacific Valley Pioneers

From Indian shell beds to a 4,000-acre cattle empire — the Mansfields, who came to Pacific Valley when the lilac grew as tall as trees.

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Name of George Ames Is Etched in Coast History

George Ames rode down from Santa Cruz at fourteen to work for Jim Prewitt — and rode straight into coast legend.

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Plasketts Among Early Coast Settlers

How the valley was settled: William Lucas Plaskett's family clearing lilac 'grown to the dimension of small trees' — her classic account of the family's beginning.

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View from Lucia Lodge Draws Thousands of Guests Each Year

In 1932 the road ended at Krenkel Corners; beyond lay wilderness. Lucia Lodge grew where the trail gave out — and the veranda still hangs over the sea.