Staying on the main route, the next station east of Junction House, so named because it is also near the junction of Johnson’s Cut-off, Ogilsby Grade and other roads, is Bob Blair’s House. Bob Blair was one of four Blair…
Month: December 2013
American River Canyon, Part 3 – Placerville to Junction House
Up until the late 1880s much of the road from Pollock Pines to Johnson’s (Echo) Summit was a privately owned toll road. Thus, entrepreneurs took advantage of this and often created new bypasses or realigned sections in order to collect…
Steppin’ Out – The Donut Factory (Revisited)
As I have mentioned several times before, over the quarter century plus I have been writing about food, I like apple fritters. I mean, I really like them and really good ones are often hard to find. During Apple Hill…
Letter from Santa Claus – 2013
A Serious Note from Santa Claus A few weekends ago a young lady of about nine hopped up onto Santa’s lap and when I asked her what she would like for Christmas, she replied, “I would like my family back…