Averee McNear, Kelley House Museum, Author at The Mendocino Voice

McNear: Caspar Lumber Company employed thousands from the 1870s to the mid-’50s

The mill produced 45,000 feet of lumber daily. Four schooners carried milled boards to San Francisco.

Why did Elise Drexler pay for a 16-year-old’s schooling—and why only for 5 months?

Wagons brought the older folks, the youngsters rode horses to camp for a week or two of swimming, fishing and hiking.

Little historical documentation exists of area brothels, then called Fashionable Boarding Houses.

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming employed more than 100 extras, many of them children.

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