Pacific Valley, California
Stories set here
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Jesse James Spends the Night
A quiet stranger was fed at Sarah's table and slept under the Plaskett roof. Only later did the family learn the name he traveled under.
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Boat Day - The Holiday That Surpassed Christmas
Not Christmas but Boat Day was the great holiday — the day the ship came in with everything the coast couldn't make.
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Sale to Hearst — The End of an Era
Ten dollars on paper for 1,523 acres: the 1922 deed to Hearst's agent that scattered the families and ended 53 Plaskett years in Pacific Valley.
The people of Pacific Valley, California
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.
- Edward Robert Plaskett 1924–1995
- Mabel Eva Sans Plaskett 1896–1964
- Sarah I. Plaskett 1837–1881
- William Lucas Plaskett 1818–1909
- William Randolph Hearst