Every year since its founding in 1991, the California Cornish Cousins has an annual gathering to celebrate the group’s Cornish heritage. In the past few years the cousins have gathered at Grass Valley, Sonora and Soulsbyville, Nevada City and Paso…
Month: February 2014
Post Offices of El Dorado County, Part 6 – “E” – “F”
In El Dorado County there were, at one time or another, over 100 post offices with some 120 different names. Some had a short life and some apparently never even existed at all, although history books make reference to them.…
The El Dorado Fire of 1923
On Monday, September 17, 1923, a fire at the California Door Company in Diamond Springs got out of control and before it was finally extinguished, it had burned over 1,000 acres of cattle grazing land and most of buildings in…
Steppin’ Out – Mr. Pickle’s
“We looked at the Mr. Pickle’s company for some time before deciding to purchase a store,” said Claude Sutherland, new owner of the Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop at 4601 Missouri Flat Road. “I first looked at one in Modesto, and…