Left to right: Carol Willmon, Anita Millard, Grade to Gate Foundation Chair Eric Voogd, and Dee Small proudly display the finished...

The third in a series on Groveland/Big Oak Flat's past featuring historic families and the businesses and services they provided to our community over the past 175 years. Illustrations by Irene Clark are being transferred to a Heritage Quilt, up for Live Auction at the 49er Festival on September 20, 2025.

Where the Hell is Groveland? You’ve seen it on the t-shirt* and undoubtedly heard it countless other times from friends-of-friends,...

Second in a series on Groveland/Big Oak Flat's past featuring historic buildings and the businesses they housed over the past 175 years. Illustrations by Irene Clark are being transferred to a Heritage Quilt, up for Live Auction at the 49er Festival on September 20, 2025.

The first in a series on Groveland/Big Oak Flat's past featuring historic families and the businesses and services they provided to our community over the past 175 years. Illustrations by Irene Clark are being transferred to a Heritage Quilt, up for Live Auction at the 49er Festival on September 20, 2025.

Heritage Quilt Slated for 49er Festival Live Auction Irene Clark's 1970's pen-and-ink illustrations were resized to 8x8 inches, converted...

If there’s one thing Leonard Cassaretto loved, it was the annual Old West Days/49er Festival and the Main Street Parade. If there’s one...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The South Fork, with its covered bridge,...

The 2025 tourism season is officially upon us. September 20 may seem months away, but the 49er Festival Committee and our Community...

Access to Yosemite Valley in the 1800s was an ordeal and an opportunity, especially for businesses along Big Oak Flat Road.

Our whitewater season is underway and the snowpack is great but for the third consecutive year, outfitters on the Wild & Scenic Tuolumne...

April 12 marked the official Grand Opening of Dragonfly Dees with speeches,  fanfare and ribbon-cutting scissors for all. It was a...

Plastic Bags and Pepsi Cups become a magical mobile at dusk. If you think the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce and the Grade to Gate...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Doc Degnan with the Hope baby after nursing...

On February 21, and again on March 4, 2025, the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce sent an appeal to Congressman Tom McClintock to be a voice...

Last week marked the 175th anniversary of Tuolumne County. Twenty-six other original California counties share the same birthday. In...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The 1918 Hetch Hetchy Hospital before it...

Sixteen days into his term as District 4 Supervisor, Steve Griefer is entrenched in the challenges facing Tuolumne County and...

How did the locals get medical care during the Gold Rush?

California Senator (District 4) Marie Alvarado-Gil was the surprise guest at a Holiday Party hosted by the Groveland Hotel/Aroma Tavern.