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Gehlen Palmer will share stories at Saturday’s Fireside Chat. - Contributed photo

Fireside Chats resume Saturday

MIDDLETOWN >> The popular monthly series of Fireside Chats featuring speakers on local history was briefly interrupted by 2017’s October fires, the holidays and changes of personnel.The series resumes Saturday,...
Dean Enderlin is scheduled to speak at the next Fireside Chat, if flames don’t intervene. - Davis Palmer

Fireside chat, if fires allow

MIDDLETOWN >> With fires in the area and an advisory evacuation order in place, Saturday’s scheduled Fireside Chat at the Gibson Museum may or may not take place. If it...
Members of the Round Valley Indian Tribe retrace the 1863 route of the Nome Cult walk, a forced relocation of Indians from Chico to Covelo. - U.S. Forest Service

History of the Nome Cult Walk

MIDDLETOWN >> Barbara White’s work as zone archeologist for the U. S. Forest Service digs into the history of 20 or more native American tribes, collectively now referred to as...
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Middletown cyclist to ride ‘Pedal 4 Polio’

About 30 cyclists have signed on to pedal the length of Rotary International’s Northern California District 5130, from Crescent City to Petaluma. The ‘Pedal 4 Polio Ride to End Polio...
Record-Bee outdoors writer Terry Knight will speak at tomorrow’s Gibson Museum Fireside Chat, likely without his dog, Max. - Contributed photo

Fireside Chat features Terry Knight

MIDDLETOWN >> Terry Knight will relate a few of the fascinating things he has learned about Lake County history in the course of several decades as outdoor life columnist for...
Locals take part in Contra dancing. - CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

A Contra dance at local mansion

It seems superfluous to say anything about Contra dancing beyond that it is fun. That’s what it’s all about — fun.Entertaining the 200-300 people invited to thrill folk hereabouts with...
Aged family photos are shared on genealogy sites. Here the family of Margaret Berry Young, whose brother built the first house in Middletown, and her husband Charles Marsh Young, who bought John Berry’s interest and had the town platted. Son Baxter behind his daughter Lois, his wife Hattie; Wirt, eldest son behind his son Ray; Velma and Charles W. Young. - archival photo

Fireside Chat focuses on genealogy

MIDDLETOWN >> Anita Crabtree, Lake County’s most eminent genealogist, will be speaker for the Fireside Chat at Gibson Museum on Saturday, June 10.Her presentation will be enjoyed by those already...
A moment from last year’s Civil War reenactment in Middletown. - Contributed photo

Civil War reignites at Middletown Mansion

MIDDLETOWN >> The blue and gray are at it again. Well, there will at least be vivid reenactments of the real war that devastated almost half of the continental United...
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Former fire chief at Fireside Chat

MIDDLETOWN >> Gene Bates has followed the evolution of firefighting in south Lake County since he moved here from the East Bay in 1957. He’s played important roles in that...
Dr. John Parker finds the characteristics of discarded bottles can help him piece together Lake County history. - Contributed photo

Parker headlines Fireside Chat

MIDDLETOWN >> “What we can learn from old bottles” will be the theme of Gibson Museum’s Fireside Chat Saturday, March 11.John Parker always delights audiences with his wealth of archeological...