Salinas Valley
Route taken by Plasketts on journey to coast 1869
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The Great Journey to Pacific Valley
July 1869: ox teams over Pacheco Pass, Indian trails over the coast range, and a valley at the end of it.
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Dani Family History Is Told
A shelf of level land a thousand feet above the sea: the Dani place, where Gabriel Dani built a one-armed empire and Lucia got her name.
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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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Post Summit Named for One Of Early Big Sur Settlers
Post's hill is the very heart of Big Sur — named for W.B. Post, who landed at a coast whaling station in 1850 and built a ranch that outlived the century.
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“The Red House,” Three Story Log Structure, Still Standing
The three-story log house on the Little Sur — Jeffers' 'zebra-striped' landmark of 1885 — still standing when Mabel wrote, paint and poetry intact.
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Aerial Applicators Create New Image
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Gabriel Dani Lost His Arm in Threshing Machine
A threshing machine took Gabriel Dani's right arm. It did not slow him down.
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.
- Gabriel Dani 1832–1908 · 2 stories
- William Lucas Plaskett 1818–1909 · 2 stories
- Alice Eastwood 1859–1953
- Allen McClain
- Alvin Dani
- Billy Plaskett 1890–1961
- Byron Plaskett 1835–1906
- Charley Plaskett 1872–
- Clifford Plaskett (Virgin Islands) 1920–1990
- Curnell Mansfield 1892–1972
- Frank Post 1860–
- Gordon Laurence Plaskett Sr 1913–1953
- Innocenti Anselmo Post 1830–
- Jack Plaskett 1898–1935
- Jasper Mansfield 1860–
- Jessie Case Plaskett
- Jim Prewitt
- John Lowe
- Joseph Post 1858–1951
- Lawson McKern Plaskett 1883–1966
- Lucy Plaskett Davis 1886–1975
- Mabel Sans 1831–1932
- Nancy Summers Plaskett 1858–1936
- Roy Plaskett
- Sarah May Barnes Plaskett 1827–1923
- Tony Vasquez 1884–
- Wesley Plaskett 1831–
- Wilbur Harlan 1882–1881
- William Brainard Post 1820–
- William Lucas 1551–1621