Cherokee
Stories set here
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Prized Possession of the Coast Are Its Big Trees
'My earliest memories are of playing house in a hollow redwood' — Mabel on the big trees, oldest of living things and the coast's proudest possession.
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Reason Plaskett - Church Builder and Plant Collector
Born in a mining camp, Reason Plaskett built churches with one hand and collected rare plants with the other.
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R.A. Plaskett First White Child Born in Cherokee
The miners of Cherokee camp celebrated their first native son: Reason Alpha Plaskett, born December 1852.
Land transactions
- 1852-01-01 US Government → William Lucas Plaskett
The people of Cherokee
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 Eastwood 1859–1953
- Sarah Plaskett 1933–2018
- William Lucas 1551–1621
Born, lived, or died at Cherokee
- Reason Alpha Plaskett 1852–1933 · born here
- Francis Marion Plaskett 1854–1906 · born here
- Mendocino Plaskett 1892–1972 · born here
- Alice Isabelle Plaskett –1909 · born here