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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Evans family

Jonathan Evans

1800

Patriarch of Evans family. From Wales. Emigrated to Wisconsin, then sons came to California.

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Tale of the Evans Family

From a green valley in Wales to the Big Sur coast — the Evans family's voyage on a side-wheeler with their cattle penned above the paddle wheel.

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