Comments for The Pollock Pines Epic http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com A history of the Pollock Pines, California area Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on 1-Prologue by ScottJ http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-18 ScottJ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:42:09 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9#comment-18 Hi Steve: Awesome! Thanks for posting this. I was talking to Larry the barber in town a year ago and he mentioned your Mom's book. Said he had a copy of it at his shop, but someone borrowed it and never returned it. I went all over the area looking for a copy and, of course, could not find one. You should let the folks at the El Dorado History Museum know you have this on-line (or tell whomever they need to let the volunteers know about it). We bought 10 acres by Pacific House and built a place there 5 years ago. My folks have lived in this area for 25 years and had no idea of the history. Tell your Mom what a fantastic job she did. We just love this area and am glad to now have some history to go with it. Q: What's the status on the missing photos? (eg - Cub scout troop picture on this page and the 50 Grand and Fire Department pics on the "Later Days" page, etc). Thanks! -- Scott Hi Steve:

Awesome! Thanks for posting this. I was talking to Larry the barber in town a year ago and he mentioned your Mom’s book. Said he had a copy of it at his shop, but someone borrowed it and never returned it. I went all over the area looking for a copy and, of course, could not find one. You should let the folks at the El Dorado History Museum know you have this on-line (or tell whomever they need to let the volunteers know about it).

We bought 10 acres by Pacific House and built a place there 5 years ago. My folks have lived in this area for 25 years and had no idea of the history. Tell your Mom what a fantastic job she did. We just love this area and am glad to now have some history to go with it.

Q:
What’s the status on the missing photos? (eg – Cub scout troop picture on this page and the 50 Grand and Fire Department pics on the “Later Days” page, etc).

Thanks!

– Scott

]]> Comment on 1-Prologue by sparker http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-10 sparker Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:46:08 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9#comment-10 David, I'll pass this on to my Mom, who wrote the book. She'll get back to you soon. Steve David,

I’ll pass this on to my Mom, who wrote the book. She’ll get back to you soon.

Steve

]]> Comment on 1-Prologue by david morton http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-9 david morton Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:27:39 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9#comment-9 Hello to all. My father's family is from the Placerville area going back a few generations on both sides. I am interested in pictures and information regarding the Morton, Brown, and Carbine families. I know some of the Morton Ranch at Mosquito and of the Carbines at Sly Park. If anyone has any more information, I would sincerely love to know about it. thanks for thsi website, it is so cool. David Hello to all. My father’s family is from the Placerville area going back a few generations on both sides. I am interested in pictures and information regarding the Morton, Brown, and Carbine families. I know some of the Morton Ranch at Mosquito and of the Carbines at Sly Park. If anyone has any more information, I would sincerely love to know about it.
thanks for thsi website, it is so cool.
David

]]> Comment on 1-Prologue by camhayes http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-7 camhayes Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9#comment-7 Hello Marilyn, I am a fellow Pollock Pines resident with a great love of historical romances. I was given the gift of writing at a very early age. The first time I lived here was when I was a young girl and I fell in love with the place and vowed I would move here someday to raise my family. Long story short, I am a beginning writer with a huge desire to write an historical romance about this area including Black Bart, who used to rob stagecoaches on Bullion Bend. I am hoping to connect with people from this area who lived here a long time and know the history. I poo-poo the idea that Pollock Pines has no history and have set out to prove it. I stumbled on your website and was tickled to know there is someone else out there who thinks the same. If it would please you, I would like to get together with you over coffee or something whenever you are available. I am a 'disabled' U.S. Air Force veteran and wish to get going with my second career and am available at your convenience. I thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Respectfully, Michelle Hayes Hello Marilyn,
I am a fellow Pollock Pines resident with a great love of historical romances. I was given the gift of writing at a very early age. The first time I lived here was when I was a young girl and I fell in love with the place and vowed I would move here someday to raise my family. Long story short, I am a beginning writer with a huge desire to write an historical romance about this area including Black Bart, who used to rob stagecoaches on Bullion Bend. I am hoping to connect with people from this area who lived here a long time and know the history. I poo-poo the idea that Pollock Pines has no history and have set out to prove it. I stumbled on your website and was tickled to know there is someone else out there who thinks the same. If it would please you, I would like to get together with you over coffee or something whenever you are available. I am a ‘disabled’ U.S. Air Force veteran and wish to get going with my second career and am available at your convenience.

I thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Respectfully,
Michelle Hayes

]]> Comment on 2-Local Area Maps by sparker http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=13&cpage=1#comment-6 sparker Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:47:33 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=13#comment-6 Bill, I'm still working on some of the pictures. You should be able to view pictures in some of the "chapters", but the little "red X" might show up for some others. Can you see any pictures at all? Steve Bill,

I’m still working on some of the pictures. You should be able to view pictures in some of the “chapters”, but the little “red X” might show up for some others. Can you see any pictures at all?

Steve

]]> Comment on 2-Local Area Maps by readman http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=13&cpage=1#comment-5 readman Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:53:14 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=13#comment-5 This is a wonderfull site and as a new resident to the area it has been a great way to learn some of the history. The pictures on the local area maps page and several other pages only show up as an "X" is there some setting on my browser that I need to change? Bill Riedhart This is a wonderfull site and as a new resident to the area it has been a great way to learn some of the history. The pictures on the local area maps page and several other pages only show up as an “X” is there some setting on my browser that I need to change?

Bill Riedhart

]]> Comment on 1-Prologue by dougmudgett http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9&cpage=1#comment-3 dougmudgett Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:18:06 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=9#comment-3 Thank you, Marilyn. This is wonderful. I have come back several times to this site over the last several months, often rereading what I have read before and seem to be noticing new additions, or at least sections I had not read before. Your section on the Blair family was particularly enjoyable this morning as I found the first photograph I have seen (after searching for a long time online) of the old wooden bridge the Blairs had built over the American River between Pacific House and the south base of Peavine Ridge. We have property and a home about a stone's throw from the old Blair Mill that was across the river from Pacific. Some hardware from the old bridge can still be seen at the site on the north bank of the river, and the old concrete footings for the mill structures can be seen at the mill site, where my daughter and I used to spend afternoons imagining and wondering what it was like. Across the road from the mill site, there also still stands the rock fireplace of what I have been told was a small schoolhouse that may have served the children of the area. Thanks again for your work on the Pollock Pines Epic...I hope it continues to grow and expand for a long time to come. -Doug Thank you, Marilyn. This is wonderful. I have come back several times to this site over the last several months, often rereading what I have read before and seem to be noticing new additions, or at least sections I had not read before. Your section on the Blair family was particularly enjoyable this morning as I found the first photograph I have seen (after searching for a long time online) of the old wooden bridge the Blairs had built over the American River between Pacific House and the south base of Peavine Ridge. We have property and a home about a stone’s throw from the old Blair Mill that was across the river from Pacific. Some hardware from the old bridge can still be seen at the site on the north bank of the river, and the old concrete footings for the mill structures can be seen at the mill site, where my daughter and I used to spend afternoons imagining and wondering what it was like. Across the road from the mill site, there also still stands the rock fireplace of what I have been told was a small schoolhouse that may have served the children of the area. Thanks again for your work on the Pollock Pines Epic…I hope it continues to grow and expand for a long time to come.
-Doug

]]> Comment on 12-Hiram Robert Pollock by KeithPollock http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=38&cpage=1#comment-2 KeithPollock Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:50:34 +0000 http://www.thepollockpinesepic.com/?page_id=38#comment-2 Hi, I came across your website and noticed an error in the text on the page of Hiram Pollock. Elmer and Hiram were brothers, not cousins. I am currently (10/29/08) in Sacramento visiting my brother, Loring Pollock. We may be in Pollock Pines on the 30th or 31st and would be interested in touching base with you. Hopefully you will receive this in time and be interested in meeting. His phone number is <em>[removed]</em>. Thank you, Keith Pollock Hi,
I came across your website and noticed an error in the text on the page of Hiram Pollock. Elmer and Hiram were brothers, not cousins. I am currently (10/29/08) in Sacramento visiting my brother, Loring Pollock. We may be in Pollock Pines on the 30th or 31st and would be interested in touching base with you. Hopefully you will receive this in time and be interested in meeting. His phone number is [removed]. Thank you, Keith Pollock

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