Hearst Castle
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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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San Simeon Rancho Story Is Told by Mabel Plaskett
Cabrillo's 'Bay of Sardines,' a whaling captain's store, the Hearst boys at play — four centuries of San Simeon in one telling. Sebastian's Store was 102 years old when she wrote it.
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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.
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.
- Alvin Dani
- Alvis Davis
- Angie Potter
- Bob Digges
- Calvin Coolidge
- Dave Moro
- Don Pancho Estrada
- Ed Dutton
- Edward Abbott Plaskett 1881–1973
- Father Juan Cabot
- Gabriel Fontes 1850–
- Henry Kilsdonk
- Joe Moro
- Jose Estrada
- Joseph C. Sebastian
- Joseph Clark
- Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo
- Leopold Frankl
- Linwood Mitchell 1860–
- Louise Sebastian
- Mabel Eva Sans Plaskett 1896–1964
- Mabel Sans 1831–1932
- Manuel Sebastian
- Margaret Voss Krenkel 1874–1964
- Marno Dutton Thompson
- Mary Cayetano Sebastian
- Nick Yost –1954
- Norman Hansen
- Orville Olmstead
- Paul Harlan
- Polk Fancher 1895–
- Roy Mitchell
- Sans Plaskett 1857–1931
- Senator George Hearst
- Thomas Edison
- William Randolph Hearst
- Winston Churchill