The Archives

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September 12 & 16, 2009
  Cecil Gowan, The original Anderson Valley Apple Show Philo

September 19 & 23
  Lura Frati, Teaching at the Indian School Covelo

September 26 & 3
John Fayal, Playing accordion at dances & saloons Mendocino

October 7 & 10
  Aldine Gorman, The “river drive” Greenwood

October 14 & 17
James Brashear, Railroading Willits

October 21 & 24
  Elsie Allen, Rediscovering her basket weaving art Ukiah Valley

October 28 & 31
Tom Jameson, Panthers & grizzly bears Redwood Valley

November 4 & 7
Elsie Farnsworth, Smoking salmon Navarro Flat

November 11 & 14
Caspar Hexberg, Steam schooners Fort Bragg

November 18 & 21
Mart Hurt, Cattle & Indians Covelo

November 25 & 28
Hattie Kerr, Getting & making food Bell Springs

December 2 & 5
  Monte Bloyd, Gambling & robbery Anderson Valley

December 9 & 12
Blanche Brown, Peddlars Philo

December 16 & 19
Chester Mack, Up a stump by a wild boar Comptche

December 23 & 26
Remembrances of Christmases Past
Melissa Kendrick, Anderson Valley & Ukiah
Lena Meshishnek, Comptche
Elise Pimental, Covelo
Ruth Hood, Little River

December 30, 2009 & January 2, 2010
Irene Carlson, Finnish theatres and sauna Fort Bragg

January 6 & 9, 2010
Tom Moungovan Abalone, blacksmiths in winter Point Arena

January 13 & 16
  Lura Reed McKinley, Homesteading, winter burial Mina (pronounced Mye-nah)

January 20 & 23
  Bey Barnwell, Playing the violin Willits

January 27 & 30
  Home Remedies
William Robertson, Covelo
Myrtle LeValley, Kibesillah
Annie Michaels, Duffy

February 3 & 6
David Warren Ryder Revival meetings Potter Valley

February 10 & 13
George Hee Coming from China Mendocino

February 17 & 20
Dan Jensen Smoking opium Pt. Arena

February 24 & 27
Leo Sanders Angora goats Philo

March 3 & 6
John Snider Haley’s comet Covelo

March 10 & 13
Tom Jimerson Importance of family for the Pomo

March 17 & 20
  Mollie E. Moore Spring pleasures Mendocino City

March 25 & 27
Tom Jameson High school track champions Ukiah

April 3 & 7
Aldah Nunn Rooks Murder in the family Town of Christine in Anderson Valley

April 10 & 14
Joe Scaramella Arriving in San Francisco from Italy on April 16, 1906 PART 1 Point Arena

April 17 & 21
Joe Scaramella Arriving in San Francisco from Italy on April 16, 1906 PART 2 Point Arena

April 24 & 28
Joe Scaramella Arriving in San Francisco from Italy on April 16, 1906 PART 3 Point Arena

Point Arena May 1 & 5
Harvey Reynolds Lynching of Indian Charley Willits

May 8 & 12
Claire Kempe Her mother Ten Mile

May 15 & 19
  David Warren Ryder Halley’s comet and the strange wind Potter Valley

May 22 & 26
Lillian Sterling Childhood Photograph Point Arena

May 29 & June 3
Ken Ornbaum Family Feud Ornbaum Valley

June 5 & 9
Hazel Pittman Secessionists Ukiah

June 12 & 16
Ewell McMillen How his dad made a living Gualala

June 19 & 23
Their great grandfathers
Zola Snider, Boonville
Wanda MacFarland, Fort Bragg

June 27 & 30
Emil Lindberg Becoming a U.S. citizen Fort Bragg

July 3 & 7
In Honor of Independence Day, Remembrances of July 4th
Maurice Tindall, Mendocino
Whit Ham, Covelo
Walter Sandelin, Ukiah

July 10 & 14
  Thelma Sawyer Skin graft Willits

July 17 & 21
George Emerick Falling down a log chute Comptche

July 24 & 28
Aldine Gorman Caught on the railroad trestle Cuffey’s Cove

July 31 & Aug 4
  Leo Sanders Boontling nursery rhymes Philo

Aug 7 & 11
Mark Walker Joel Starkey stories Willits

Aug 14 & 18
Walter Sandelin Hotels and Tourists Ukiah

Aug 21 & 25
Clare Coombs Wilsey and Kate Mallory Tom Bacon stories Little River & Mendocino

Aug 28 & Sept 1
Albert Wantt Hops picking and drying Covelo

Sept 18 & Sept 22
  Indian Stories
Ed Downing, Laytonville
Chief Dock, Ukiah
Harry Hopper, Potter Valley

Oct 16 & 20
  Dorothy Hutchings. California Dry in 1914, Part 1, Willits

Oct 23 & 27
  Dorothy Hutchings. California Dry in 1914, Part 2, Willits

Oct 30 & Nov 3
Lillian Sterling, Lost on Halloween, Point Arena

Nov 6 & 10
Ray Scammon, Hard times on the ranch, Coyote Valley

Nov 13 & 17
John Vinton, Hog drives, Round Valley

Nov 20 & 24
Herman Fayal, Logging camp cookhouse, Mendocino

Nov 27 & Dec 1
Othel Sawyers, Early housekeeping appliances, Willits

Dec 4 & 8
Ruth Hood, The Old Gray Mare, Little River

Dec 11 & 15
David Warren Ryder, Major Wilsey’s wife, Potter Valley

Dec 18 & 22
 Remembrances of Christmases Past
  Sylvia Backlund, Fort Bragg
  Thelma Sawyers, Willits
  Claire Kempe, Ten Mile
  Elsie Farnsworth, Navarro

Dec 25 & 29
 Remembrances of Christmases Past
  Paul Scammon, Ukiah
  Aldine Gorman, Greenwood
  Ruth Evans, Ukiah

Jan 1 & 5, 2011
 Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 1(Grandfather’s Dream) Round Valley

Jan 8 & 12
 Merril Williams
  Lost Town of Cahto (pronounced Kah-doe)

Jan 15 & 19
 Elizabeth Scholl, Losses in war, Ukiah

Jan 22 & 26
 Myrtle LeValley, Early Telephone office, Fort Bragg

Jan 29 & Feb 2, 
Max Ware, Chinese in Fort Bragg

Feb 5 & 9
 Frank McCarthy, Tanbark, Hop Flat

Feb 12 & 16
Lola Short, Wedding at Spy Rock, Covelo

Feb 19 & 23
Harriet DeVilbiss Swift, Travel by Steam Schooners, Rockport

Feb 26 & Mar 2
William Sierck, Shearing sheep, Hopland

Mar 5 & 9
Louise Dixon, Fashion, Fort Bragg

Mar 12 & 16
  A.T. “Jack” Furlong, Saw filing, Albion

Mar 19 & 23
Goldie Gowan Ward, Women’s Rights, Shelter Cove

Mar 26 & 30
Earl Long, Dirty History ,Covelo

June 26 & 29
Clare Anderson, No Law & Order, Caspar

July 2 & 6
Elsie Farnsworth, Stealing the Egg Money, Navarro Flat

July 9 & 13
  Remembrances of the 1906 Earthquake
Annie Michaels, Fort Bragg
Walter Jackson, Bridgeport

July 16 & 20
  Remembrances of the 1906 Earthquake
Claire Kempe, Ten Mile
Dan Jensen, Point Arena

July 23 & 27
Lillian Sterling
Remembrances of the 1906 Earthquake
Point Arena

Aug 3 & 6
Vernona Goranson Granvall, Working the Switchboard at the Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg

Aug 10 & 13
Hazel Pittman, Picking Hops, Ukiah

Aug 17 & 20
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 2 (Hiding from the Soldiers) Round Valley

Aug 24 & 27
Louella Williams, 1st Day of School, Upper Redwood Valley

Aug 31 & Sept 3
George Hall, Union Lumber Company Strike, Fort Bragg

Sept 7 & 10
Hal Case, Farming, Willits

Sept 14 & 17
  Max Rawles, Boontling Poetry, Anderson Valley

Sept 21 & 24
Albert "Kit" Penitenti, Prohibition, Fort Bragg

Sept 28 & Oct 1
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 3 (Surviving) Round Valley

Oct 5 & 8
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 4 (Capture of Chief Lassik) Round Valley

Oct 12 & 15
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 5 (Escaping Again) Round Valley

Oct 19 & 22
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 6 (Running to Safety) Round Valley

Oct 26 & 29
Lucy Young, Saga of a 10 year old Lassik Indian girl, Part 7 (Finale) Round Valley

Nov 2 & 5
Manuel Figueiredo, Commercial Fishing, Fort Bragg

Nov 9 & 12
Lena Meshishnek, Kids Just Playing, Comptche

Nov 16 & 19
 Ernest “Sharkey” Rawles, Uncle Joe, Boonville

Nov 23 & 26
 Effie Johnson, Home Grown Food, Point Arena

Nov 30 & Dec 3
 David Warren Ryder, Uncle Fields, Potter Valley

Dec 7 & 10, 14 & 17, 21 & 24
Encore Broadcasts of Remembrances of Christmas Past

Dec 28 & 31
Ernest “Sharkey” Rawles, The Devil’s Dance, Boonville