Pacific Grove
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Riding with Ed Culver: When the Mailman Was the Coast
Mabel wrote him up in 1961: the mailman who filled grocery orders and played bass viol in the symphony. Her grandson rode in his van to Monterey — back when the coast ran on trust.
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Henry Melville Attracted to Coast by Los Burros Gold
Giant-strong Henry Melville came to Los Burros for the gold — and left stories they still tell: robbers thrown from his cabin, a loaded wagon lifted bare-handed.
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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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Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing
A dozen mining claims on Plaskett Ridge — including the arrastra her husband's grandfather built — and the gold still waiting in the family's hills.
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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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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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Poems by Mabel Plaskett
A small gathering of Mabel's verse, opening with her poem for Mary Kirwan.
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History of Coast Schools Part 1
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History of Coast Schools Part 2
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Poem To Pacific Grove, Salinas and Gonzales Rebekah Lodge
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 · 4 stories
- Billy Plaskett 1890–1961 · 3 stories
- Dudley Plaskett 1869–1949 · 3 stories
- George Harlan 1885– · 3 stories
- Marion Plaskett 1848–1906 · 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
- Esther Harlan · 2 stories
- Esther Smith · 2 stories
- Frank Digges · 2 stories
- Geneva Evans · 2 stories
- Henry Kilsdonk · 2 stories
- Jasper Mansfield 1860– · 2 stories
- Jean Thomas · 2 stories
- Jessie Anderson · 2 stories
- Jimmy Smith · 2 stories
- Leta Burton · 2 stories
- Lucy Plaskett Davis 1886–1975 · 2 stories
- Lynna Mitchell · 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
- Paul Harlan · 2 stories
- Robert Digges · 2 stories
- Roy Plaskett · 2 stories
- Ruth Lewis · 2 stories
- Sadie Plaskett –1911 · 2 stories
- Alonzo Davis 1880–
- Byron Plaskett 1835–1906
- Charley Plaskett 1872–
- Fred Harlan 1890–
- George Ames 1849–1931
- Henry Melville
- Jim Trickle
- John Bushnell 1870–
- Lucia Dani 1845–
- Lula Harlan 1892–
- Luneta Thelen
- Tiburcio Vasquez
- Tony Fontes 1880–1960
- William Lucas 1551–1621
- William Nicholas Alderson 1956–
- William Plaskett 1812–