History Spotlight

Remembering the Gorda-Rat Creek Fire, Pt. 2

(Continued from last Saturday...) “I can't remember all of those that helped in the following days but Greg Byrne and…

8 years ago

Remembering the Gorda-Rat Creek Fire or how the South Coast extension of the BSVFB got started

First the backstory: Soaring contacted me about gathering local stories to include with her stories of her look-out days up…

8 years ago

Photo Sunday, 10/29/17 – Nutcracker Suite, 1965

Remember this photo from last week? Look what else Sylvia found:  

9 years ago

Photo Sunday, 10/15/17

This little history lesson started because Janet (Sommerville) Hardisty asked me to put her in contact with Sylvia Deen Trotter…

9 years ago

Then & Now

Thanks to Sylvia Trotter Anderson, in a comment on an earlier post, I was pointed to this valuable resource. Whoever…

9 years ago

Paul’s Slide Area in 1983

These photos were sent to me by Leon Miller Trice. That same year, 1983, the South Coast was cut off…

9 years ago

Pitkin’s Curve Project

Per Cal-Trans, "This area is part of an historically active landslide. Repairs were required in 1998 after the El Nino…

16 years ago

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