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175th Anniversary Heritage Quilt: Historic Buildings
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Irene Clark’s drawing of the former...
Kathy Brown
Sep 3


175th Anniversary Heritage Quilt: Historic Hotels
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society For such a small town, Groveland seems to...
Kathy Brown
Aug 6


175th Anniversary Heritage Quilt: Essential Services
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.
Kathy Brown
Jul 22


175th Anniversary Heritage: the Cassaretto Family
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.
Kathy Brown
Jun 19


(The) Groveland Loves a Parade
Everybody loves a parade. And unless you’re up on the Hotel Charlotte’s balcony singing the National Anthem (Jackie Sample), giving...
Yosemite Chamber
Sep 5, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Headquartering Hetch Hetchy Part 2
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Aside from worker's housing and...
Yosemite Chamber
Apr 20, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Headquartering Hetch Hetchy
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Soon after San Francisco selected the...
Yosemite Chamber
Apr 6, 2023


Water, Water, Water: Water Supply Contracts
Excerpts from the GCSD March 2023 Newsletter shared by Roni Lynn Rudy At the March 7, 2023 Board Workshop, General Manager, Pete Kampa...
Yosemite Chamber
Mar 16, 2023


Taking You Back in History: A Snapshot in Time, Part 2
Republication of Jean McClish's 1975 article on the centennial of Groveland's renaming and our downtown history continues. “1901 found...
Yosemite Chamber
Dec 21, 2022


Taking You Back in History: Chalk Board Days Part 2
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The first segment of “Chalk Board Days”...
Yosemite Chamber
Sep 29, 2022


Taking You Back in History: Securing Water Part 2
By Scott Belser, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society By 1900, Groveland had successfully...
Yosemite Chamber
Aug 25, 2022


More Gold: Rush Creek & Evergreen
Rush Creek and Evergreen are bringing it again this year as Gold sponsors of the 49er Festival. The sister properties are as unique as...
Yosemite Chamber
Aug 25, 2022


Taking You Back in History - The Old Ball Game Part 2 Groveland's Golden Era of Baseball
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society In the early 1900s a confederation of...
Yosemite Chamber
Jul 27, 2022


Around The Horn: Two Years & Two Golds
This Saturday, July 16, Around The Horn Brewing Company will celebrate its second anniversary from 10 am to 6 pm. As if surviving the...
Yosemite Chamber
Jul 14, 2022


Taking You Back in History: Serendipity's Roots
By Kathy Brown Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Did you know the Serendipity once housed a...
Yosemite Chamber
May 12, 2022
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