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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.
Stories
True stories of the Plasketts and their neighbors — bears and gold, shipwrecks and weddings — drawn from letters, newspapers, and family memory.
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Henry Melville Threw Robbers Out of His Cabin
Henry Melville came home to find two men robbing his cabin. It went very badly — for them.
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Melville Lifted Loaded Wagon While Son Greased Wheel
No jack handy, so Henry Melville lifted the loaded wagon while his son greased the wheel.
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Joe Moro - Last of the Jolon Indians
Joe Moro, born at Morro Bay in 1881, carried the blood of the San Antonio Mission people to the end.
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Lucia Post Office Named for Lucia Dani
The post office at Lucia keeps the name of Lucia Dani, the coast daughter who never left it behind.
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Mabel Plaskett Poem to Peggy on Her Birthday
'When first I held you in my arms, Oh twenty years are long…' — Mabel's poem for her daughter Peggy.
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Dora Thomas Ray Smith - Awaiting 100th Birthday
Dora Ray Smith, whose father captained an 1849 wagon train, lived to see her hundredth year approach.
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Three Mills Shipped from San Francisco by Sled
Three sawmills came down the coast by ship in 1886 — then went up the mountain to Los Burros by sled.
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Reil Dani First to Operate Automobile on Stage Route
Reil Dani drove the Jolon stage for years — and was the first to drive the route with an automobile.
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Evans Family Voyage on Sierra Nevada
The Evans family came down the coast on a side-wheeler with their cattle penned above the paddle wheel.
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Clinton Evans Lost at Sea
Clinton Evans took his new forty-foot boat out on October 10, 1959, and the sea kept him.
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Tony Fontes - Mission Indian Horseman
Tony Fontes's people heard the first Padres sing at San Antonio Mission. He became the coast's great horseman.