Marion Plaskett
Marion Plaskett was born in 1848 in Gorda Monter. Marion died in 1906, aged about 58.
This summary is assembled from the family record. If you know more about Marion Plaskett — stories, photographs, corrections — the family would be glad to hear from you.
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History of Coast Schools Concluded
Part two: Pacific Valley School — kept since 1880 on the east side of the highway at Plaskett Creek — and the teachers who came to the edge of the world.
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History of Early Orchards Linked to Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank's cuttings came down the coast in 1898 with Linwood Mitchell — and the mountain orchards still bear the evidence.
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Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing
A dozen mining claims on Plaskett Ridge — including the arrastra her husband's grandfather built — and the gold still waiting in the family's hills.
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History of Coast Schools Part 2
gold mines
The Arrastra on Plaskett Creek
Built by William Lucas Plaskett about 1885 and turned by a water wheel on the creek, the family arrastra ground the Western Star's gold ore — and its timbers, iron and basin are still there.
- 1905 Francis Marion Plaskett → Byron G. Plaskett · $900
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