Happy New Year to all. Here's my best find of last year....fading from a cranberry red to ripe persimmon. Love the burst top! A lovely oil lamp... The best of luck in the new year.
Placerville ~ After the discovery of gold in nearby Coloma, CA by James W. Marshall in 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush, the small town known as Dry Diggin's came to be. In 1849 the town earned its historical name "Hangtown" because of the numerous hangings that had occurred there. By 1850...
Downtown Marysville several years ago: Huntindog, Bob & I had secured permission to dig on main street. The owner of the business had a severely sunken concrete slab in the rear corner of his brick building. He was retrofitting the structure for a new business and gave us permission to tear up...
October 2013
The mornings are starting to chill & that first cup or two of coffee is a grand way of kicking myself out the door. A short drive later and I'm in a sort of Nirvana...that special place in the Northern California Delta and that special place inside of me that thrills at the sight...
AntiqueMeds.......We the people.....yep that about sums it up......The Hawleys did not ask for money...just knowledge. So sad they had to go to Canada for advise....This was not a money issue....This was a “boys club†mentality. I'm sorry, but I have seen just too much poor government in this...
Many years ago I had the pleasure of sitting with the Hawleys in their office & talking about the wreck of the Arabia.....The entire operation was private (no government assistance or intervention). At one point they actually tried to get some government assistance in conserving the items &...