Along the Banks of the Cosumnes: A History of Sloughhouse, Michigan Bar, and Rancho Murieta - Paperback
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Sloughhouse, Michigan Bar, and Rancho Murieta may not come to mind when people think of famous California landmarks. Located in the bountiful Cosumnes River Valley, however, they are part of the colorful history that spans from the earliest signs of man to the pioneers, Gold Rush miners, and ranchers, some of whose kin remain and thrive there to this day.
The tale of the early Cosumnes River Valley is that of bloody bandits on the run, forty-niners lusting for gold, floods, hangings, land disputes, water wars, mining camps that came and went overnight, men with true grit, and women with resilient spirits. Although the bandits had long gone, the past and the present became forever linked when Rancho Murieta, developed in the 1970s, was named for the most infamous California Gold Rush figure of them all, Joaquin Murrieta.
A place of natural beauty and abundance, its colorful past has not escaped the folks who now call the Cosumnes River Valley home. They owe their serene and vibrant region to the vision of bold people who had a dream to carve out a piece of paradise at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Fans of California history will enjoy the vivid stories and almost 200 photographs featured in Along the Banks of the Cosumnes: A History of Sloughhouse, Michigan Bar, and Rancho Murieta.
A 5th generation Californian and long-time resident of Rancho Murieta, Susan Hart Snyder has published personal and motivational essays, feature, and travel articles in newspapers and magazines, including Cosumnes River Valley newspapers, the Murieta Times in the 1980s, and the River Valley Times in the 2020s. She has also written and published a novel series - the Sydney Roberts Series; an essay collection - Living the Little Things, and a non-fiction book titled, To Where the Sun Sets: A Family History in Stories - How to Find and Tell Your Own.
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Patti Sewall is an independent writer, editor, and photographer with nearly three decades of professional experience in business and lifestyle magazines, newsletters, and blogs, including The Muse, Forbes, and Huffington Post. She is the co-author and publisher of Into Harm's Way, the story of the deadly 1971 riot at San Quentin State Prison that took six lives and significantly changed the Corrections profession in California. A native Californian, she lives with her rescued golden retriever in picturesque Rancho Murieta, California.
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