Well, I guess it's old home week for Carole and Judy. This is fun. Do you think PG&E would have any records of this Electra place? Steve -----Original Message----- From: Carole Rohrings <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [CAAMADOR-L] Records & Electra >Electra was the name of the PG&E power house and the housing maintained >there for PG&E workers. It is at the end of Electra Road. I used to go to >school with an Oneto girl whose father worked there, also dated Bob Means >whose father worked there. Just before the bridge, you turn left and go all >the way to the end. I also swam in the river and my Dad caught clams there. >My brother caught his first trout in the river. > >That's also where I learned that you cannot dive into a river the way you >dive into a swimming pool. > >Once, we got to ride the rail road car that was used to deliver supplies to >build the Power House. It was a rail type thing with no apparent brakes. >Scared to death. Must have been 4 or 5. That hill is straight down. The ride >does not follow the road, it comes down from the top of the mountain that >was there before they built the access road. > >Judy, do I know you? When did you swim in the river? I graduated from >Jackson Elementary in 1957. > >Carole Rohrings >[email protected] >My Lines: Boyd-Chapman,Chapman-StLouis, Drake-Woods, Drake-Fogerty, >Fogarty-Cashin, Hayhurst-Mather, Kuykendall-Stark, >Post-Kuykendall, Post-Barden (Bardeen), Jackson-Thrush, Woods-Wheeler > >My Husband's Lines: Baker, Bessie, Cronk, Cunningham, Curcie, Delamarre, >Himes, Jennings, Kearns, Morton, St Johns, Sullivan, Tiffany, Wheeler >-----Original Message----- >From: Judy Mawhorter <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 6:04 PM >Subject: [CAAMADOR-L] Records & Electra > > >>Deaths for Amador County begin around 1873. Seems they had some marriages >>for around 1859-1860. Births I can't remember about. >> >>When I was a teenager, we used to swim at Electra, too. A friend of mine >>who lives in Amador County says occasionally they have to pull out people >>who try to raft on the river. I think there was/is a power house at the >end >>of Electra Rd. Don't have any idea how many people lived in the immediate >>area. In the early 1900's there was a family who had a child that was >>buried there. If there was a power house, perhaps the father was an >>employee. >> >>To Carol in Reno -- do you have a sister named Judy? >> >>Judy in Winnemucca, NV >>[email protected] >> >> >>_______________________________________________________________ >>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com >> >> >>==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== >>Amador County, California CAGenWeb >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/ >> > > >==== CAAMADOR Mailing List ==== >Amador County, California CAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~caamador/ >