Cape San Martin
Stories set here
gold mines
The Los Burros Mining District and the Lost Town of Manchester
Organized 1876, transformed by Willey Cruikshank's Last Chance strike in 1887 — and gone by 1897, burned and grown over. The rise and fall of the coast's gold district, and the lost town of Manchester.
mabel article
People From Every Walk of Life Lured by Coast Magic
Gorda: a handful of buildings against the pines, and a cast of characters from every walk of life — including an instant-portrait artist in the hills.
The people of Cape San Martin
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.
- Alice Dutton
- Alvis Davis
- Augusta Stringle Cruikshank
- Byron Gianavil Plaskett 1846–1911
- Dave Moro
- Dudley Plaskett 1869–1949
- Ed Dutton
- Edward Abbott Plaskett 1881–1973
- Francis Marion Plaskett 1854–1906
- Henry Kilsdonk
- Henry Melville
- Howard "Tuck" Krenkel 1912–1974
- James M. Krenkel 1862–1943
- Joe Moro
- John D. Cruikshank
- John Evans 1875–1954
- John Lowe
- Lawson McKern Plaskett 1883–1966
- Leonidas Hamlin Plaskett 1848–1918
- Linwood Mitchell 1860–
- Luneta Thelen
- Margaret Voss Krenkel 1874–1964
- Reason Alpha Plaskett 1852–1933
- Roy Mitchell
- William Cruikshank Sr. 1835–
- William D. "Willey" Cruikshank 1862–1937
- William Lucas Plaskett 1818–1909
- William Plaskett 1812–
Born, lived, or died at Cape San Martin
- Joseph N. Plaskett 1810–1845 · died here