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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

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Hunter Liggett Military Reservation

· 1941-present

The Army took the Jolon country in 1941 — but the church the Plasketts built still holds services for soldiers.

The old St. Luke’s Church at Jolon is still in good condition and is used as a chapel for the soldiers at the Hunter Liggett Military Reservation.

In 1941, the National Defense Department informed the author that some military operations would be held on the Hunter Liggett Reservation at Jolon and it is possible that some of the military maneuvers will extend into the former Plaskett lands.

Part of the National Defense property, the lovely Pacific Valley where the Plaskett family tried to settle and tame the land is now a Federal Recreation area.

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