LOWER LAKE >> Local archaeologist Dr. John Parker will speak on the prehistory of Anderson Marsh at the Sunday meeting of the Lake County Historical Society (LCHS). The free meeting, to be held in the picnic area under the trees at the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park on Highway 53 in Lower Lake, is open to the general public and begins at 1:30 p.m.
Parker has studied and excavated the history of the area for 40 years and was a major force in the creation of the Anderson Marsh State Historic Park. Archaeological sites in the area date back 10,000 — 12,000 years, making it one of the oldest known locations of continuous human habitation in California. For more information about Anderson Marsh, visit the website https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=483.
The meeting program will also feature updates on the planned transfer of the Gibson Museum and Cultural Center from the LCHS to Lake County and the expansion plans for the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum. Refreshments will be served.
Guests are asked to carpool to the meeting and to park along the parkway if they are able to walk a short distance. Persons with limitations may park inside the gates and the LCHS will cover the $4 parking fee for those people. The LCHS suggests guests bring their own comfortable folding chairs.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Highway 53 about 5/8ths eighths of a mile north of the Highway 29/Highway 53 intersection in Lower Lake. Turn off of Highway 53 onto Anderson Ranch Road to approach the park. If you are traveling south on Highway 53 from Clearlake, the park is just south of Cache Creek.
For more information contact Bonnie Skee at 262-1432 or Jackie Ridgel at 279-4062.
The LCHS presents history programs at its meetings, publishes a magazine on Lake County history and operates the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum in Kelseyville and the Gibson Museum and Cultural Center in Middletown. The LCHS website http://www.lakecountyhistory.org/ has information about the society’s programs and activities.
