Compiled from the pages of The Beacon By Debbie L. Holmer 125 Years Ago Nov. 26, 1887 The egg famine still continues. Although eggs bring 60 cents a dozen, it is almost impossible to find any in the market. Frank Caughey, of Cuffey”s Cove, was in town on Monday. He informed us that the Cuffey”s […]
Nannie Escola, one of the first chroniclers of Mendocino coast lore, left the Kelley House notebooks full of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about local happenings. What follows are some tidbits of interest about Comptche, 12 miles inland, gleaned from those three-ring binders. In the fall of 1884. Newman E. Hoak showed off a gloria […]
Questions about the Albion Lumber Company’s miles of railroad on the Mendocino Coast have been popping up at the Kelley House Museum recently. Here’s a review of how this little-known railroad came to be, what it did, where it went, and what remains for us to see.