The Pioneer Pages:

  Agriculture:                                                                                             Year

 “The Farmers’ Vehicle” by Henry A. Twisselman 1998
 “The Parts of a Wagon” by Keith Tarwater 1998
 “My Aching Back!” by Arthur Von Dollen 1998
 Drawing of a Jerk-Line Team by Keith Tarwater 1998
 “The Makeup of a Jerk-Line Team” by Keith Tarwater 1998
 “The Run-away Harvester” by Harold A. Franklin 1999
 Fence Posts: “Hewing Oak Posts” by Harold A. Franklin 1999
 Grapes: “The Family Vineyard” by Katherine Abbey 2000
 Harvesting: “The Art of Sack Sewing” by Eldon Root 2000
 “Almonds and Other Tree Crops” by Bill Gerst 2001
 Farmer: “Herman Claassen, a True Friend” by Daryl Stinchfield   2002

  Aviation:  

  “Pioneers in Flight’ by Vicki Dauth   1997

  Businesses in Paso Robles:

 Bell’s General Store: “The Old Gentleman and The Store” by Ralph
    M. Bell
1999
 “Smith’s Sporting Goods" by Gary Smith & Nancy Wimmer
    Bodendoerfer
2000
 “Paso Robles’ First Newspaper by Nancy Wimmer Bodendoerfer
    & William S. Wimmer
2001
 “Buchanan’s Concrete Plant” by Harold A. Franklin 2001
 Bricks: “Peter Johnson, Master of Many Trades” by Harold A.
    Franklin
2002
 Blacksmiths:
       
Village Smithy (Fred Cuendet) by Eldon Root
1997
 P. R. Agriculture Works: “Smells, Sights and Sounds” by Jim
    Lundbeck
2000

  Cars: 

 “Do You Remember . . . your first car?” by Vicki Dauth   1997

  Churches:

 Mennonite Church  1997
 Estrella Adobe Church 1998
 Episcopal Church of Saint James 1999
 Plymouth Congregation Church 2000
 Shandon Methodist Church 2001
 First Methodist Church, P.R   2002

  Clubs:

 El Pomar Woman’s Club: “Feeling Strange and Lonesome” by
    Eldon Root
 
1999

  Families and Individuals:

 George Hearst “The Name Was Hyrst” by Bill Dellard 1999
 Dabirma “Birma” Still: “A First Lady of Photography” by Bill Dellard 2002
 “Promise of Paradise for Erick and Mamie Sandberg by Bonnie
    Nelson and Clifford Munk
2002
 “Peter Johnson, Master of Many Trades” by Harold A. Franklin 2002
 “Herman Claassen, a True Friend” by Daryl Stinchfield 2002
 Ethelbert Harris: “One Grizzly Bear + One Dog – One Leg = 11
    New County Residents” by Wayne Harris   
2002

  Industries:

 Charcoal:  
 “History of Charcoal in the Paso Robles and Templeton Areas” by
    Harold A. Franklin
1998
 Mining (Coal):  
  “Stone Canyon Mine” (in So. Monterey Co.) by Ella Adams 1997

  Jeanesville Pump:

 “Running Janie” by Harold A. Franklin   2002

  Outlaws:  

  “Clash Between Lawmen & Outlaws” (Reed: The Family Murders;
    Jack Powers and Pio Linares; The Dalton Gang; Joaquin Murrieta;
    Tiburcio Vasquez; Frank and Jesse James) by Bill Dellard
 
2002

  Paso Robles History:

 Introduction: “Do you know the way to Paso Robles?” by Vicki
    Dauth  
1997

  Police:

 “Police! Police!” by Eldon Root 1998

  Roads and Bridges:

 “Detour on Route 66” by Bill Dellard 1997
  “From Tex’s Barber Chair—The Old Way to L.A.” by Bill Dellard 1998
 “Paso Robles B.B. (Before Bridges)” by Harold A. Franklin 2001
 Highway 1: “California’s Amazing One” by Bill Dellard   2002

  Recreation:  

  Fishing: “Fish Poaching!” by Harold A. Franklin   2000

  Schools:  

 “The Ascension School” by Marguerite O’Neil Abbey   2001

  Street cars:

 “The Paso Robles Street Car” by Wally Ohles   2001

  Telephones:  

 “The San Miguel Interurban Telephone Company”  by Wally Ohles 1999
 “Party-Line Patter” Memories by David Barlogio, Violet Ernst,
    Gene Ernst, Norman Bridge, Bill Gerst, Ray Harden and Bruce
    Tuley
1999

  Miscellaneous:  

 Hobos: “Bums” by Eldon Root 1997
 “Washday and other wonders” by Dorothy Wolf Klelck,
    Dolly Barba Bader, Maurie Coates, Hilda Engelke Nelson,
    Maxine Bryan Barnes, Karen Claassen Smeltzer and Harry K. Wolf 
1998 

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