Carmel
Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California. Near Plaskett family territory.
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Camp Pico Blanco Is Ideal For Scout Summer Activity
In the Ventanas — 'the Windows' — below Pico Blanco, the Boy Scouts made a summer camp of the old Harlan country.
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Exotic Gardens Is Popular Tourist Stop Near Cambria
Old-timers rode from Gorda to Cambria in a day, saddling before dawn — now the Exotic Gardens greet tourists at the trail's end.
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Few Drives as Scenic as Coast’s Cabrillo Highway
Where does Big Sur begin and end? Mabel settles it, then takes you the whole way — San Simeon to Point Lobos, stop by stop. Now with our interactive map and free PDF drive guide.
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Forget Your Worldly Cares At Nepenthe Restaurant
'Wherever you may go, people ask about Nepenthe' — the cliff-top restaurant where the coast forgets its worldly cares.
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History of Coast Schools
Part one of her history of the coast schools — starting with the Redwood School of 1878, built of notched logs without a single nail.
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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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Mailmen Are Important Link In Coast Country History
Before 1890 the mail came by horseback from Jolon. Seventy years of coast mail carriers — including the Plaskett boys swimming icy rivers with the pack mule.
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Post Summit Named for One Of Early Big Sur Settlers
Post's hill is the very heart of Big Sur — named for W.B. Post, who landed at a coast whaling station in 1850 and built a ranch that outlived the century.
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Quaint Big Sur Inn Is Work Of the ‘Master Builder’
Grandpa Deetjen's hand-built Norwegian inn at Castro Canyon — rustic rooms, record concerts, and the 'Master Builder' himself.
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Sea Otter Population on the Upswing Along the Coast
Hunted to near-extinction for their fur, the sea otters were rediscovered off Bixby Bridge in 1938 — and by Mabel's day were thriving down the whole coast.
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Ship Wrecks Stressed Need For Point Sur Lighthouse
The wrecks of the Los Angeles and the Ventura — 150 victims clinging to rigging, salvaged linens dressing the coast ranches — made the case for Point Sur's light.
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View from Lucia Lodge Draws Thousands of Guests Each Year
In 1932 the road ended at Krenkel Corners; beyond lay wilderness. Lucia Lodge grew where the trail gave out — and the veranda still hangs over the sea.
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History of Coast Schools Part 1
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History of Coast Schools Part 2
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William Brainard Post - From Whaling Station to Empire
W.B. Post started at a whaling station near Lucia in 1850 and ended with a ranch that carried his name.
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.
- Mabel Eva Sans Plaskett 1896–1964 · 5 stories
- George Harlan 1885– · 4 stories
- Paul Harlan · 4 stories
- Billy Plaskett 1890–1961 · 3 stories
- Wilbur Harlan 1882–1881 · 3 stories
- Albert Sans 1908– · 2 stories
- Alfred Davis 1912– · 2 stories
- Alice Stewart Harlan · 2 stories
- Alvis Davis · 2 stories
- Bessie Robinson · 2 stories
- Charley Digges · 2 stories
- Charley Krenkel 1906–1989 · 2 stories
- Clarence Plaskett 1888–1916 · 2 stories
- Corrine Harris · 2 stories
- Dudley Plaskett 1869–1949 · 2 stories
- Esther Harlan · 2 stories
- Esther Smith · 2 stories
- Frank Digges · 2 stories
- Geneva Evans · 2 stories
- Henry Kilsdonk · 2 stories
- Innocenti Anselmo Post 1830– · 2 stories
- Jasper Mansfield 1860– · 2 stories
- Jean Thomas · 2 stories
- Jessie Anderson · 2 stories
- Jimmy Smith · 2 stories
- Leta Burton · 2 stories
- Lynna Mitchell · 2 stories
- Marion Plaskett 1848–1906 · 2 stories
- Marion Smith · 2 stories
- Michael Dani 1840– · 2 stories
- Michelle Ann Evans · 2 stories
- Mike Harlan · 2 stories
- Olive Plaskett 1882–1939 · 2 stories
- Olive Sans 1905– · 2 stories
- Robert Digges · 2 stories
- Roy Plaskett · 2 stories
- Ruth Lewis · 2 stories
- Sadie Plaskett –1911 · 2 stories
- William Brainard Post 1820– · 2 stories
- Alvin Dani
- Byron Plaskett 1835–1906
- Cape Horn
- Charley Plaskett 1872–
- Frank Post 1860–
- Fred Harlan 1890–
- George Ames 1849–1931
- Helmuth Deetjen 1892–1972
- Joseph Post 1858–1951
- Lucia Dani 1845–
- Lucy Plaskett Davis 1886–1975
- Lula Harlan 1892–
- Tony Fontes 1880–1960
- Sans Plaskett 1857–1931 · born here
- Mabel Olive Plaskett 1919– · born here
- John Thompson 1946– · born here
- Corey Brian Wardell Thompson 1974– · born here
- Quinn Jamyang Norbu Thompson 1976– · born here