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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Joseph Howe - The Ward Who Slipped Through The Cracks

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  Nearing the eve of the anniversary of Joseph Howe's passing at the Preston School of Industry, I decided I wanted to know more about t...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Working At Preston - Memories of Bruce Warner

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In the past year I have become acquainted with someone who happened to have worked at Preston starting in the early 1950's, and who rema...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Preston: A Mixed Bag- Good? Bad? How about somewhere in between?!

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I wanted to clarify a few things that were stated recently in an article in the Ledger Dispatch that just didn't hold up when examined b...
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Remembering James Wieden - Preston's Slain Agricultural Teacher

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Another story that has been whispered around Amador County for many years is that of the death of 45 year old Vocational Agriculture Teacher...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

The Sad Tale of Walter Engell

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I haven't posted anything on this blog in quite some time, but that is going to change soon. Today, I am going to share with you the sto...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Preston's Forgotten Builder - C. W. Swain

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"From all over Ione you can see Preston Castle peering from atop the hillside, seemingly watching over the town, the farms, and yes, ev...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Anna Corbin's Lost History - Preston Castle

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At Anna's final resting place (East Lawn Cemetery) I have been researching the life, and death, of Anna Corbin for nearly 15 years now. ...