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Aroma Restaurant at the Groveland Hotel: Taste and Talent
We’re delighted to welcome Aroma Restaurant & Wine Bar at The Groveland Hotel back for another year as 49er Festival Main Stage sponsor....
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5 days ago


Heritage Quilt: Stitched in Time
Left to right: Carol Willmon, Anita Millard, Grade to Gate Foundation Chair Eric Voogd, and Dee Small proudly display the finished...
Yosemite Chamber
Jul 29


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 Quilt: Historic Businesses
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.
Kathy Brown
Jul 10


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...
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Jun 19


A Stop on the Big Oak Flat Road Part 2 - Remembering the Cliff House
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The South Fork, with its covered bridge,...
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Jun 4


Our Medical Past: Part 3 Groveland’s Hospital Staff
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Doc Degnan with the Hope baby after nursing...
Kathy Brown
Mar 13


Groveland's Medical Past: Part 2 Groveland Gets a Hospital
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The 1918 Hetch Hetchy Hospital before it...
Kathy Brown
Feb 13


Groveland's Medical Past - Part 1 Early Medical Needs and Practices
How did the locals get medical care during the Gold Rush?
Kathy Brown
Jan 16


Taking You Back in History: Priest Hotel Part II
By Margaret Corcoran Anker courtesy of Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society This month Taking You Back in History is sharing The...
Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society
Nov 23, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Life at Priest Hotel
By Margaret Corcoran Anker courtesy of Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society This month Taking You Back in History is sharing The...
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Nov 9, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Strong Women of Tuolumne County in the Gold Rush (and Beyond) - Part II
By Scott Belser, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society A short-lived revival in gold mining...
Scott Belser
Oct 26, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Strong Women of Tuolumne County in the Gold Rush (and Beyond) - Part 1
By Scott Belser, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Throughout history many wise people have...
Scott Belser
Oct 11, 2023


Taking You Back in History: The Big Ditch and The Big Gap
Written by Ted Carlsen for STCHS Newsletter, July 1988 “During the gold era of Groveland and Big Oak Flat, water, much needed by the...
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Aug 10, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Securing Basic Needs Part 2
By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Brothers Albert and August Mack were also...
Karen Davis
Jul 27, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Securing Basic Needs Part 1
By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society In our world today “laying in supplies” is...
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Jul 13, 2023


Why Did They Name It That? Area Street Names Part 2
By Kathy Brown, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society Information on our area street names and...
Kathy Brown
Jun 29, 2023


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...
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Jun 8, 2023


Taking You Back in History: Memorial Day Part 2
By Karen Davis, Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum/Southern Tuolumne County Historical Society The oldest burial place in our locale is...
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May 25, 2023
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