Snow Days

Thinking of snow in Placerville brings back memories of that rare joy when you wake up on a school morning, open the window and see the yard...

School Days in Placerville

After preschool in the log cabin located in the City Park and shared with the Boy Scouts and the Parks and Recreation Department, it is on t...

The Last Straw

One of the great long running shops along Main Street Placerville from 1978 to 2001 was Val Sullivan’s “The Last Straw.”  Tom and Val Sulliv...

Gay Teens in Hangtown

I graduated from El Dorado High School in Placerville, CA in 1986.  Gay history before 1969 and the beginning of the gay liberation movement...