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.

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...

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

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

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

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

By Margaret Corcoran Anker courtesy of Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society This month Taking You Back in History is sharing The...

By Margaret Corcoran Anker courtesy of Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society This month Taking You Back in History is sharing The...

By Scott Belser, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society A short-lived revival in gold mining...

By Scott Belser, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Throughout history many wise people have...

Written by Ted Carlsen for STCHS Newsletter, July 1988 “During the gold era of Groveland and Big Oak Flat, water, much needed by the...

By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Brothers Albert and August Mack were also...

By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society In our world today “laying in supplies” is...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Information on our area street names and...

By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society During the early days of the 1849 Gold Rush...

By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The oldest burial place in our locale is...

By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society It was May 30th 1868 that Memorial Day was...