In January of 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. It was found by Peter Wimmer and James Marshall. This “first find” entered in...

In the Museum collection we have a log scaler. Catalog number 2004-024-0002, Ed Hudson Collection. It is a 60 inches long rule with a set of...

Excerpt From: A Lady in a Forest Fire By Josephine Clifford McCrackin Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (May 18, 1902) and...

The Chimney Tree, Big Basin. Courtesy Jill Ramar Redwoods are somewhat fire resistant and can survive, and in fact heal, after being ...

Before contact in 1769, the Ohlone people lived and managed the land here. Their total population once numbered 10,000 or more with many vil...

Fredda Carlisle Carr Collection, San Lorenzo Valley Museum,  2009-011-1292 Fredda was born on May 28, 1903 in Lynn, Massachusetts to M...

Ellen Rand Perkins Van Valkenburg was the widow of  Henry Van Valkenburg, who established the San Lorenzo Paper Mill in 1860. He was kille...