The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Places

Calaveras County

County in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, part of the Gold Country. Former home of the Cruikshank family before they moved to the Big Sur coast.

Stories set here

mabel article

Willey Cruikshank - Mining Was His Life

The boy who watched Chinese miners pan Salmon Creek struck the Last Chance mine — and vanished into the Lucias in 1937. His life, told by a woman who knew him.

The people of Calaveras County

Everyone the family archive records in the story of this place. Descendants: if one of these is yours, we’d love to hear from you.