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.

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

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Aside from worker's housing and...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Soon after San Francisco selected the...

It was a perfect day. A light breeze, the sun shining and a dish of fresh craft ice cream from The Grove Mercantile at the end of the...