The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

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Tiburcio Vasquez

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Henry Melville Attracted to Coast by Los Burros Gold

Giant-strong Henry Melville came to Los Burros for the gold — and left stories they still tell: robbers thrown from his cabin, a loaded wagon lifted bare-handed.

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The Tres Pinos Massacre

A newspaper account of the night Tiburcio Vasquez's gang broke into Snyder's store at Tres Pinos — and left three men dead.

The Plaskett Family

Celebrating the descendants and friends of William Lucas Plaskett (1818–1909) and the coast they called home.

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