June 7, 2023
Blowing winds & heavy snow will cause whiteout conditions. If you have travel plans, it will be best to finish your travel by 1 pm tomorrow. Travel is HIGHLY DISCOURAGED Friday afternoon – Monday night
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General information meeting Debrief on Last Year’s Event.
Meeting Date: TUESDAY, JANUARY 24th
The local G.A.R. was the Placerville Post No. 108. An 1886 listing shows 26 members from a variety of services and from several states. “841 model mountain howitzers designed to propel a 12-pound shot and used on the east coast during their early years and they probably saw service during the Civil War”
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“George was an El Dorado County native and although now dead (he was in his 80’s when he passed) he has a number of children (Harry Dean, Fred Dean, a daughter married a Larsen, etc.) still living locally. [The “daughter that married a Larsen” is Betty Linville] The Dean Family has been in the County many years and perhaps Harry, Fred or one of the others can flesh out another story.”
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Through late Saturday, 1-3 inches of rain is forecast for the Sacramento Valley while 4 to 8 inches of rain, locally higher, can be expected to impact the foothills and favored upwind portions of the Coastal Ranges into the central and northern Sierra Nevada.
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“Monday morning brought apprehension and uneasiness in Placerville because with a high wind blowing there was evidence of fires in almost every direction. Very little was saved from any building that burned because once started the fire was too swift and hot. Chas. Baumgardner was one of the men on the roof of the cottage when a gable at one corner began to burn. He crawled to the burning gable, tore it loose and hurled it to the ground, but a shingle had caught fire and being without water he actually laid flat and spit out the tiny blaze and then smothered it with his hand.
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