The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

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William Randolph Hearst

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Sale to Hearst — The End of an Era

Ten dollars on paper for 1,523 acres: the 1922 deed to Hearst's agent that scattered the families and ended 53 Plaskett years in Pacific Valley.

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South Monterey County Writers Part II

A 2007 appreciation of Mabel herself — 'Belle' Sans Plaskett with her horse Cleo — by historian Susan Raycraft.

The Plaskett Family

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

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