July 12-17 "Go West Young Man", Part 1

First stops in Sonora. Eaton Hill Nature Center, Old Ice House Ranch Museum. The Nature Center was the first building with electricity in Sonora.

Eaton Hill Nature Center. Small but interesting.

View from the top of the hill where the Eaton Hill
Nature Center is located. The red-topped buildings
are the ISD buildings. 

Eaton Hill has a sense of humor. 

Noisy little rattlesnake

Found at the Sonora Golf Course in 1991

Sutton County Courthouse

How many historical family markers are allowed in front of
one courthouse? 

Mr. Halbert, a local man, who donated the first angora goat to
 Annapolis for their mascot. 

Mr. Halbert's, daughter and her friends were supposed
to be at SMU. They took their tuition and bought tickets on
the British Liner Athenia instead then telegraphed home
from Ireland to say they were safe. Unfortunately, on the way
to England, the Anthenia was torpedoed by the Germans and
sank killing all 1,000 passengers.

Undertaker's cooling board. A folding,
portable table used when embalming
took place in the homes. Note the extension
for taller people.  

Dan Blocker of Bonanza fame taught at Speech, English, and
Drama at the high school in Sonora after his Korean War service,
1953-54. 

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