To begin, let me report that after submitting the previous Rainbow story to the Advertiser, it occurred to me that I had not asked the…
Posts published by “Brad Wiley”
Very early in these Anderson Valley stories and reminiscences, I wrote a couple of articles on the subject “what is a hippie anyway?,” which described…
Anne Fashauer’s first recollections of her life on Greenwood Ranch were of the original Louis Fashauer Ranch. Around 1970 she was, age three, living with…
I met Anne Fashauer at Mosswood on a wet Saturday last month for morning coffee and ancestors story-telling. We consumed about two hours of her…
Sheriff Matt Kendall’s father Burl was born in the Fort Bragg Lumber Company hospital in Fort Bragg in March, 1935, and spent his early childhood…
The Kendall family settlers in Anderson Valley, founders of Kendall City (soon subsequently renamed Boonville) descended from English, Scots, Irish and perhaps Spanish ancestors. Y.I.…
In early January I spent a couple of fascinating hours with County Sheriff Matt Kendall and his wife Melissa at their home off of Highway…
Gary Johnson and I met again at his mother Eva’s house’s back yard to fill in the “rest of the Johnson Ranch story.” I asked…
Late last month, I spent an afternoon at the Johnson home in Boonville with Gary, Wanda and Gary’s mother Eva, age 89, exploring the history…