Hi Kim, First, A. WASSON is listed as sheriff of Monterey County for the years 1872 and 1873 in the book "History of Monterey County with Illustrations, 1881". The copy of the book I have is missing page 81, which according to the index contains information about "Andrew Wasson". The previous page begins the history of the Point Pinos Lighthouse. The Monterey County Historical Society has an original copy of the book, mine is a 20th century reprint. MCHS can be contacted at <mchs@dedot.com>. It occurred to me this morning that there are three locations in the state that might have the log: The first possibility is the Bancroft Library in Berkeley. In the late 1800s, Bancroft and his associates crisscrossed the state gathering information on the history of the state. They have a huge collection of various documents, many submitted by the authors themselves. Included in the collection is a two-year diary that an indirect ancestor kept for the years 1846-1848. He was a foot soldier with the NY Volunteers and his diary describes his life as a soldier during the Mexican War in Baja. No one knows how the diary wound up there, but we're glad it still exists. Bancroft even had it microfilmed. Another good possibility is the Huntington Library in Southern California. Several years ago I reviewed an inventory of the Huntington's collection of documents related to the history of Monterey County. I was amazed, their collection is massive. The bulk of Jacks, Spence, Colton, and Hartnell's correspondence reside there. When I asked how so much of Monterey County's historical documents wound up in Southern California, I was told that the Huntington had very deep pockets and purchased a lot of their collection from the heirs of the people involved. The third possibility is the California State Library in Sacramento. The State Library was founded in 1850 and has been actively collecting documents and artifacts since then. There was a recent PBS program featuring the Library and they showed Bidwell's original diary of his first wagon train trip to California, among a lot of other very rare and unique items. Apparently in the late 1800s, there was quite a competition among libraries to collect as much stuff as possible relating to the history of California. Personal diaries were a popular item, and I imagine that the logs for Point Pinos Lighthouse was probably also considered an important addition. Monterey County museums and libraries were founded much later than the ones listed above. Thus a lot of the really good stuff was already snatched up by the early birds. Hope this helps, Anita C. Monterey County kim wrote: > Much of the history has been documented. The problem is that 1870 is just > prior to government ownership. I have actually had to convince "experts" on > Pt Pinos that Andrew Wasson WAS a keeper there. No one seems to know he was > a Monterey County sheriff either. Poor man.