Prewitt Creek
Prewitt Creek reaches the sea just north of the Plaskett valley on Highway 1 — one of the coast’s small creeks in the family’s stretch of the South Coast.
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Albert Barnes Orchard on Pepperwood Ridge
Sarah's brother Albert Barnes proved up a quarter-section on Pepperwood Ridge and set it to fruit trees.
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An Old Landmark Lost with Removal of Mansfield Home
'This old house is getting shaky...' — watching the Mansfield home, a Pacific Valley landmark for generations, hauled away.
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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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History of Early Orchards Linked to Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank's cuttings came down the coast in 1898 with Linwood Mitchell — and the mountain orchards still bear the evidence.
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Mansfields Were Pacific Valley Pioneers
From Indian shell beds to a 4,000-acre cattle empire — the Mansfields, who came to Pacific Valley when the lilac grew as tall as trees.
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Plasketts Among Early Coast Settlers
How the valley was settled: William Lucas Plaskett's family clearing lilac 'grown to the dimension of small trees' — her classic account of the family's beginning.
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Tale of the Evans Family
From a green valley in Wales to the Big Sur coast — the Evans family's voyage on a side-wheeler with their cattle penned above the paddle wheel.
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Little Harry Mansfield Drowned in Prewitt Creek
Twelve Mansfield children were born in the valley without a doctor. Eleven grew up. Prewitt Creek took Harry.
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.
- Jasper Mansfield 1860– · 3 stories
- William Lucas Plaskett 1818–1909 · 3 stories
- Albert Barnes 1834–1899 · 2 stories
- Curnell H. Mansfield 1835–1906 · 2 stories
- Jim Prewitt · 2 stories
- Robert Plaskett 1835–1908 · 2 stories
- Alice Eastwood 1859–1953
- Allen McClain
- Alvin Dani
- Amos Mansfield 1741–1795
- Billy Plaskett 1890–1961
- Bob Digges
- Byron Plaskett 1835–1906
- Cape Horn
- Charley Plaskett 1872–
- Clifford Plaskett (Virgin Islands) 1920–1990
- Curnell Mansfield 1892–1972
- Fanny Plaskett Mansfield 1916–1973
- Jack Plaskett 1898–1935
- Jessie Case Plaskett
- John Lowe
- Jonathan Evans 1800–
- Lawson McKern Plaskett 1883–1966
- Lillian Dennis Evans 1880–
- Linwood Mitchell 1860–
- Lucy Plaskett Davis 1886–1975
- Mabel Sans 1831–1932
- Marion Plaskett 1848–1906
- Marno Dutton
- Martha Plaskett 1790–1844
- Nancy Summers Plaskett 1858–1936
- Paul Harlan
- Roy Plaskett
- Sarah May Barnes Plaskett 1827–1923
- Thomas Evans 1835–1918
- Tony Vasquez 1884–
- William Cruikshank Sr. 1835–
- William D. "Willey" Cruikshank 1862–1937