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NEWS AND INFORMATION
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
Pine Needlers in Stitches Again
Heritage Quilt Slated for 49er Festival Live Auction Irene Clark's 1970's pen-and-ink illustrations were resized to 8x8 inches, converted...
Yosemite Chamber
Jun 19
A Stop on the Big Oak Flat Road Part 1 - Rainbow Pool
Access to Yosemite Valley in the 1800s was an ordeal and an opportunity, especially for businesses along Big Oak Flat Road.
Kathy Brown
May 1
Why Did They Name It That? Area Street Names, Part 1
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society During the early days of the 1849 Gold Rush...
Yosemite Chamber
Jun 8, 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: Talking Turkey Part II
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society When the earliest gold miners came to this...
Yosemite Chamber
Nov 23, 2022
Taking You Back in History: Talking Turkey Part I
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society With Thanksgiving fast approaching, this...
Yosemite Chamber
Nov 10, 2022
Taking You Back in History: Ghosts of Hotels Past Part 2
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The first part of this article covered the...
Yosemite Chamber
Oct 27, 2022
Taking You Back in History: Ghosts of Hotels Past, Part 1
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Can you name Garrote's very first hotel?...
Yosemite Chamber
Oct 13, 2022
Taking You Back in History - The Old Ball Game Part 1: Baseball's Beginnings
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society America's love of baseball began in the...
Yosemite Chamber
Jul 14, 2022
Taking You Back in History: A Simple Sidewalk Memorial - Part 2
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The first part of this article about...
Yosemite Chamber
Jun 23, 2022
Taking You Back in History: A Simple Sidewalk Memorial
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Have you ever noticed that sidewalk just...
Yosemite Chamber
Jun 9, 2022
Taking You Back in History: the Garrote Pharmacy
By Kathy Brown Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society In our previous "Taking You Back" post, we...
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May 25, 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
Taking You Back in History: More on Buck Meadows
By Kathy Brown Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Did you know that Buck Meadows was the...
Yosemite Chamber
Apr 21, 2022
Taking You Back in History: Where was Hamilton Station?
By Kathy Brown Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society / Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum For most of its known history Buck Meadows...
Yosemite Chamber
Apr 7, 2022
Taking You Back in History: Priest Station
Serving the Public Since the 1850s By Kathy Brown Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society / Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum Atop...
Yosemite Chamber
Mar 9, 2022
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