May, 2013 | Miranda Gardens Resort

How long should we go on vacation to California?

We can either fly in Tuesday at 7:20pm or fly in on Wednesday at 10:20am. We are leaving at 4:45pm on Monday. Not sure what the itinerary is, but which would be better?

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Redwoods Vacation
Image by The Cuartero Family
July 1, 2005
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Crescent City, California

Photo By: Alan Cuartero
Camera: EOS 20D

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Redwoods Vacation
Image by The Cuartero Family
July 1, 2005
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Crescent City, California

Photo By: Alan Cuartero
Camera: EOS 20D

Nice Redwoods Cottage photos

A few nice Redwoods Cottage images I found:

Gas light glowing mantle
Redwoods Cottage
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A male funnel-web spider
Redwoods Cottage
Image by coleypauline
and the exoskeletal molting remains behind him. You can tell he’s male by the large pedipalps (mouth appendages) he has. These are used for transfering sperm. Can you just imagine if we had evolved in a similar way? 🙂

More info: bugguide.net/node/view/113648

Orb weaver spider of some kind
Redwoods Cottage
Image by coleypauline

Redwood Log Cabin

A few nice redwoods cabins images I found:

Redwood Log Cabin
redwoods cabins
Image by Vicki & Chuck Rogers
Photo by Chuck Rogers

Redwood Grove Cabin
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Image by GeoffMax

Nice Humboldt Lodging photos

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humboldt lodging
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Hidden Beach, Humboldt County, CA. Some of the big logs lodged pretty high up in the boulders – just a testament to the power of the tides.

Obituary of J. B. F. Cates
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Probably Company E, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A..
Below information from Kevin Ivey, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Kansas.
I have two obits (below) on Joseph B. F. Cates, but neither tell the unit he
served in. There is a Jospeh B. Cate in Co. E 4th TN Cavalry (Branner’s),
which became Co I, 2nd TN Cavalry I suspect strongly as being him, as it
was formed up in Jefferson County, which matches the location from the
obits, and the age matches, service records show 24 in 1864.
J. B. F. Cates is indeed in Mt. Hope in Independence, but he is in the
mausoleum there.
Kevin

South Kansas Tribune
Wednesday, August 25, 1926
Front Page Column 1

JUDGE J. B. F. CATES DIED LAST FRIDAY MORNING
Was Kansas Pioneer; Chief Counsel for Prairie Interest for Many Years

Judge J. B. F. Cates, aged 89, a pioneer Kansas attorney, and
from 1900 to 1917 chief legal counsel for the Prairie Oil & Gas Company,
died at his home here at 418 North 12th street shortly after 2 o’clock last
Friday morning. His death followed an illness which had lasted since
November 11, 1925.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
the local Episcopal church, with Rev. T. G. Hill, rector of the Chanute
Episcopal church, in charge. Interment was made in the mausoleum at Mount
Hope cemetery, where services were held by the Elk’s Lodge, of which Judge
Cates had long been a member. The body lay in state at the Episcopal parish
house from 11:30 until 2:30 Monday. The Prairie offices closed at 2:30 for
the remainder of the day in tribute to the memory of Judge Cates.
Judge Cates had enjoyed fairly good health, and had been very
active, until last November, when he fell over a cable stretched along West
Myrtle street, where paving operations were in progress. The fall fractured
his hip, and since that time, he was confined to his home, under the care of
a nurse. Despite the fact that he was closely confined to his home, he
manifested his usual interest in public affairs.
At 2 o’clock last Friday morning he complained to his daughter,
Miss Ada Cates, who was reading to him, that he could not see through his
glasses, and death followed in but a short time.
The deceased is survived by his daughter, Miss Ada Cates, of the
home address, and two sons, Charles H. Cates of New York City, and R. W.
Cates, of the Citizens-First National bank here. Judge Cates’ wife died in
January 1925.
Judge Cates was born in Grainger county, Tennessee, April 19,
1840, a descendant of a fine old English family which had settled in
American in the colonial period. He spent his boyhood in his native state,
where he obtained a common school education. In 1860 he graduated from
Newman college, in Jefferson county, Tennessee. He served in the
Confederate army until 1864, then he was taken prisoner.
He was soon paroled, however, and went to Platte City, Missouri,
where he began to read law. He was admitted to the bar in 1867. Mr. Cates
was untied in marriage to Miss Nellie Wilhoite, of Platte county, Mo. Three
of the five children born to this union survive. For a short time he
established himself at Leavenworth, and the came to Humboldt, where he
remained for ten years as a pioneer Kansas lawyer. In 1877 he left Kansas
to open up an office in Kansas City, Mo. In 1884 he went to Florida, where
he spent three years, and then returned to this state, this time locating in
Fredonia. In 1893 he left Fredonia for Chanute, and practiced there until
1905, when he came to Independence.
From 1900 until 1917 he was chief counsel for the Prairie Oil &
Gas Company. He was one of Kansas’ oldest practicing lawyers, and was
recognized as one of the most efficient. Early in his career, Judge Cates
was attorney for Guffey & Galey, the forerunners of the Prairie system.
Judge Cates was a member of the Knights Templar here, as well as
of the Ancient Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mirza Temple, at
Pittsburg. He was also a member of the local Elks lodge.

Independence Daily Reporter
Friday, August 20, 1926,
Front Page Column 3

JUDGE J. B. F. CATES DIED EARLY TODAY; A KANSAS PIONEER
Long Chief Counsel of Prairie Oil & Gas Co. Here
NATIVE OF TENNESSEE
Judge Cates Lived in Humbolt in Early Days – Death Came at the Age of 89

Judge J. B. F. Cates, aged 89 years, retired attorney for the
Prairie Oil & Gas Co., died early this morning at the family home, 418 North
Twelfth street, following an illness since November 11, 1925.
Funeral services will be in charge of the Prairie companies, who
will furnish the pall bearers and make other necessary arrangements which
will be announced in detail either Saturday or Monday. Judge Cates had
requested that his body be taken to the Potts Funeral home to lie until
services could be held from the Episcopal church, and then taken to the
mausoleum, where the Elks should have charge.
Arrangements are held up pending arrival of one son, Charles H.
Cates of New York City, who is now on a trip in New Hampshire.
Injury Proved Serious.
Judge Cates was very active during his life time until he fell
over a wire cable stretched along the paving on West Myrtle street, where
paving operations were going on. His hip was broken, and since that time he
has been confined to is home under the care of a special nurse. Despite his
advanced years and the seriousness of his condition he manifested a close
interest in the affairs of the city.
His daughter, Miss Ada, was reading to him at 2 o’clock this
morning when he complained that he could not see through his glasses and
death followed shortly after.
The deceased is survived by one daughter, Miss Ada of the home;
and two sons, Charles H. Cates, New York City; and R. W. Cates of the
Citizens National Bank here. Mrs. Cates passed away in January 1925.
Born in Tennessee.
Joseph B. F. Cates was born in Grainger county, Tennessee, April
19, 1840, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Lloyd) Cates. His father was a
native of North Carolina, and was reared and educated in his native state,
being the descendant of fine English ancestors, who settled in the Carolinas
during the colonial period.
Mr. Cates was the youngest of a family of three sons and three
daughters. His boyhood was spent in Tennessee, where he attended the common
schools and worked on the farm during vacations. He afterwards took a
collegiate course at Newman college, Jefferson county, Tennessee, where he
graduated in 1860. Immediately after aiding in surveying public lands in
Nebraska, he began to read law in Platte City, Mo., where he was admitted to
the bar in 1867. For a short time he located at Leavenworth. Soon after he
located at Humboldt for the active practice of his profession, bec oming a
pioneer lawyer of Kansas. He was a partner of L. W. Keplinger, now of
Kansas City, Kans., for a time.
For ten years Mr. Cates remained in Humboldt, where he built up
a good practice, but left Kansas in 1877 to open an office in Kansas City,
Mo., where he remained until 1884. From that city he went to Florida for
three years returning to Kansas and opening an office at Fredonia. From
1887 until 1893 he remained in that city, moving from there to Chanute where
he lived until 1905, when he moved to Independence.
Joined Prairie in 1900.
From 1900 until 1917 he devoted his entire time and services to
the Prairie Oil & Gas company of Independence as chief attorney for the
corporation. He was one of the oldest practicing lawyers in Kansas and had
a wide range of experience in professional work. He was admired and
respected by the men of his profession and highly esteemed by many friends
and acquaintance as a broad, liberal, and generous man.
Fraternally he was a Mason, being Knight Templar here and a
member of the Ancient Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mirza Temple at
Pittsburg. He was also a member of the Elks lodge.
Served in Civil War.
Mr. Cates served in the Confederate army during the Civil war
until 1864, when he was captured and paroled, following which he returned to
Missouri, where he began the study of law.
Mr. Cates was united in marriage in 1869 to Nettie Wilhoite, of
Platte county, Missouri. Five children were born to the marriage of whom
three survive.
In his early career Mr. Cates was a attorney for Guffey & Galey,
pioneer oil men who afterwards sold out to the Forest Oil Company which was
afterwards reorganized as the Prairie Oil & Gas company and the offices
moved to Independence. E. T. Patterson has been with the company since the
days of the early organization of the company along with Mr. Cates.

__________________________
Joseph B. F. Cates, lawyer, was born in Grainger county, Tennessee, April
19, 1840, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Lloyd) Cates. His father was a
native of North Carolina, and was reared and educated in his native state,
being the descendant of fine English ancestors, who settled in the Carolinas
during the colonial period. He became a farmer and then emigrated from North
Carolina to Tennessee, where he became a pioneer settler west of the
Alleghany mountains. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth
Lloyd, also was born in North Carolina, but of Welsh ancestry.
Mr. Cates is the youngest of a family of three sons and three daughters, all
of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, but he is the only one who survives.
His boyhood was spent in Tennessee, where he attended the common schools and
worked on the farm during vacations. He afterward took a collegiate course
at Newman College, Jefferson county, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1860.
Immediately after receiving his degree of A. B. Mr. Cates came West, and
after aiding in surveying public lands in Nebraska, began to read law in
Platte City, Mo. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, at Platte City, and
soon afterward located at Humboldt, Kan., for the active practice of his
profession, becoming a pioneer lawyer of Kansas. For ten years Mr. Cates
remained in Humboldt, where be built up a good practice, but left Kansas, in
1877; to open an office in Kansas City, Mo., where he remained until 1892,
with the exception of four years spent in Florida; then he returned to the
Sunflower State and located at Chanute, where he resided until 1907, since
which year he has resided in Independence. Since 1900 he has devoted his
entire time and services to the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, of Independence,
as attorney for the corporation. He is one of the oldest practicing lawyers
in Kansas, and has had a wide range of experience in professional work. He
is admired and respected by the men of his profession, and is highly
esteemed by many friends and acquaintances, as a broad, liberal and generous
man. Fraternally, he is a Mason, being a Knight Templar and a member of the
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mirza Temple, Pittsburg,
Kan. He has never sought political honors, preferring to devote his whole
time and attention to professional work.
Mr. Cates was married in 1869, to Nettie, the daughter of John H. Wilhoite,
of Platte county, Missouri. Five children were born to the marriage: Charles
Henry, who was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.,
and who is now a traveling salesman for a New York City house; Lloyd R.,
engaged in farming in Oklahoma; Philip F., a graduate of the Kansas City,
Mo., Dental College, who is now practicing dentistry in Oklahoma; Roscoe W.,
a graduate of the law department of the University of Kansas, now assistant
cashier of the First National Bank of Independence; and Ada F., a graduate
of the University of Kansas, class of 1906, who later spent two years at
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pages 261-262 from volume III, part 1 of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state
history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities,
towns, prominent persons, etc. … / with a supplementary volume devoted to
selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago :
1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank
W. Blackmar. Transcribed December 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume is
identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM195. It is
a two-part volume 3.

J. J. Barndollar
humboldt lodging
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Co. C, 133rd PA. Infantry
William Cutler wrote the following about this gentleman:
J. J. BARNDOLLAR, merchant, was born in Everett, Bedford Co., Pa., May 5, 1842. In 1868 he removed to Lanark, Ill., where he resided until the spring of 1870, then came to Kansas, locating at Humboldt; in the summer of 1871 he settled at Coffeyville where he has since carried on a wholesale and retail business, dealing in general merchandise. His brother, George I. Barndollar, has been associated with him in the business for the last six years. Mr. B. is a member of the A., F. & A. M. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; served nine months being First Sergeant of his company.

From the biography of his son Pratt Barndollar in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918

His father was the late J. J. Barndollar, who built up by energetic business methods a large estate consisting of mercantile, manufacturing, mining, banking and other business properties, and was one of the leading men of his time in Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. J. J. Barndollar was born at Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1842, and came west when a young man. He arrived at Humboldt, Kansas, in 1869, and in 1871 went into Osage country of Indian Territory around Pawhuska. He afterwards lived at Parker, Kansas, and at Coffeyville from the establishment of that town. He was a merchant and Indian trader, and for a number of years was connected with some of the principal trading stores in the northern part of old Indian Territory. He was a member of the firm of Barndollar, Bartles & Gibson at Pawhuska; of Barndollar, Bartles & Neilson at Claremore; and of J. J. Barndollar & Company at Nowata, Oklahoma. He was also president of the Coffeyville Furniture Company, president of the A. P. Boswell Hardware Company, and director in the Condon National Bank. He died October 23, 1904, in New Mexico, while traveling for his health in that state and in Texas.
The late J. J. Barndollar was a republican in politics, and was affiliated with Keystone Lodge No. 102, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Coffeyville, with Topeka Consistory of the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite and with Abdallah Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Leavenworth. He was a soldier throughout the Civil war, serving as a lieutenant in a company of Pennsylvania Infantry.
J. J. Barndollar married Nonie Pratt, who is now living at Coffeyville and is executrix of the large estate left by her late husband. She was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, and is a quarter-blood Delaware Indian. She has a close relationship with some of the most prominent members of that tribe. Her grandfather Maj. J. G. Pratt was Indian agent at Piper, Wyandotte County, Kansas, for the Delaware Indians and of the Wyandotte tribes. She is also a granddaughter of Rev. Charles Journeycake, the famous chief of the Delawares. She received her education in Leavenworth and Shepardson College of Granville, Ohio. Mrs. J. J. Barndollar’s mother is now Mrs. N. M. Bartles of Dewey, Oklahoma. Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was named for Mr. Bartles, and all these families, the Journeycakes, Bartles and Pratts were very prominent in both early and late history of Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Mrs. Barndollar is now Mrs. A. H. Gibson, and lives at the old homestead at Coffeyville, and has a large estate to look after, including city property, oil lands, and farms. She is a daughter of the American Revolution.

Just off Hidden Beach

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Just off Hidden Beach
redwoods motel
Image by Great Beyond
Its not a very hidden beach, since there’s a trail right behind the motel leading to it. That said, we were the only ones there. . . .

Vacant Lot
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Image by Beedle Um Bum
Looking north along the west side of Main Street (Highway 101) from just north of the hill topped by the Madrone Professional Group buildings. In the distance you can see the former Remco plant, the Skunk Train crossing, and the Willits Arch.
On the vacant lot between us and Walnut Street, the Eleven Oaks Auto Camp and Standard Oil station was built in 1927 with twelve cabins connected by carports. It remained at least into the 1950s. For more information and a 1932 photo see Diane Hawk, Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County (Piercy CA: Hawk Mountaintop Pub., 2001), p. 70.

Mariposa Market
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Mariposa Market is at 600 S. Main St. One Earth Funding is visible at the left.
This was the location of Mt. San Hedrin Tourist Camp and Service Station, opened in 1930. By 1951, Mt. San Hedrin had merged with Terrace Auto Court just to the north and boasted 23 cabins. By 1952, it featured a store and Richfield service station. I do not know whether the Mariposa Market building or any of the small buildings to the south of it are remnants of the old Mt. San Hedrin. For more information and a photo from about 1930, see Diane Hawk, Touring the Old Redwood Highway: Mendocino County (Hawk Mountaintop Pub., Piercy CA, 2001), p. 73.

Humboldt’s Penguins In Dublin Zoo

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Humboldt’s Penguins In Dublin Zoo
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The Royal Zoological Society of Dublin was established at a meeting held at the Rotunda Hospital on 10 May 1830 and the zoo, then called the Zoological Gardens Dublin, was opened on 1 September 1831.

The animals, 46 mammals and 72 birds, were donated by London Zoo.

The initial entry charge per person was sixpence, which was a sizeable sum at the time and limited admission to relatively wealthy middle-class people. What made Dublin Zoo very different from some of its contemporaries was a decision to reduce the charge to one penny on Sundays. This made a day at the Zoo something that nearly every Dubliner could afford once in a while and it became very popular.

In 1833, the original cottage-style entrance lodge to the zoo was built at a cost of £30. The thatch-roofed building is still visible to the right of the current entrance. In 1838, to celebrate Queen Victoria’s coronation, the zoo held an open day – 20,000 people visited, which is still the highest number of visitors in one day.

President of the United States Ulysses Grant (after leaving office) was among the celebrities who came to see Dublin’s world-famous lions in the 19th century. The first tearooms were built in 1898.

In 1844 the zoo received its first giraffe, and in 1855 it bought its first pair of lions. These bred for the first time in 1857. Reptiles got their own house in 1876.

On 17 June 1903 an elephant named Sita killed her keeper while he nursed her injured foot. She was put down by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. Times of trouble and war also caused problems for the zoo. Meat ran out during the Easter Rising of 1916. In order to keep the lions and tigers alive, some of the other animals in the zoo were killed.

A lion named Slats was born in the zoo on 20 March 1919. According to Dublin Zoo: An Illustrated History by Catherine De Courcy it was one of many lions filmed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1928 to be used as their mascot Leo.

Between 1989 and 1990 the financial situation at the zoo became so serious that the council considered closing it. The Government then gave it a meaningful annual grant in line with what happens in other European countries.

The zoo is part of a worldwide programme to breed endangered species. It is a member of the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP), which helps the conservation of endangered species in Europe. Each species supervised by the EEP has a single coordinator that is responsible for the building of breeding groups with the aim of obtaining a genetically balanced population.

Dublin Zoo manages the EEP for the Golden Lion Tamarin and the Moluccan Cockatoo. It also houses members of the species Goeldi’s monkey and the white-faced Saki which are part of EEPs coordinated by other zoos. The focus is on conservation, which includes breeding and protecting endangered species, as well as research, study and education.

Eel River Lodge hunters
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Image by Bob Doran
with bear

Humboldt’s Penguins In Dublin Zoo
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Image by infomatique
The Royal Zoological Society of Dublin was established at a meeting held at the Rotunda Hospital on 10 May 1830 and the zoo, then called the Zoological Gardens Dublin, was opened on 1 September 1831.