Category California History
In late July 2021, the fast-moving Dixie fire scorched the California Gold Rush settlement of Rich Bar, approximately 120 miles northeast of Sacramento. The fire ultimately consumed almost one million acres, mostly in Plumas National Forest, earning the rather shameful… Continue Reading →
It’s a story that’s vaguely familiar to many San Joseans: on November 9, 1933, the young heir to Hart’s Department Store, Brooke Hart, was kidnapped by local oil company salesman Jack Holmes and his unemployed accomplice Harold Thurmond. Hart, a… Continue Reading →
