KZYX Mendocino County Remembered

Dorothy Hutchings, Willits: California Dry in 1914, Part II 23.10.2022 5:40 ↓

Sunday school children join in the campaign for Prohibition...with surprising results.

Dorothy Hutchings, Willits: California Dry in 1914, Part I 16.10.2022 6:10 ↓

Sunday school children join in the campaign for Prohibition...with surprising results.

Mae Clarke Winchester, Ukiah: Grace Hudson & the Bugsville Chronicle 09.10.2022 6:06 ↓

A little girl, befriended by the famous artist, creates her own magazine.

Leila Romer, Boonville: Stage hold-up 02.10.2022 5:35 ↓

A payroll robbery on the old Boonville-Ukiah road.

Dan Jensen, Point Arena: Catching salmon 25.09.2022 5:08 ↓

Appreciating the abundance and beauty of the coastal waters.

Ed Downing, Laytonville; Chief Dock, Ukiah; Harry Hopper, Potter Valley: Indian Stories 18.09.2022 6:02 ↓

Three men speak of tragic encounters between Indians and newcomers.

Nanny Escola, Mendocino: The Love of Teaching 11.09.2022 5:17 ↓

Respecting the culture of Native Americans in early Mendocino County classrooms.

William Chessall, Ukiah: Early County schools 04.09.2022 5:27 ↓

Recollections of teaching all 8 grades in one-room schools to becoming Superintendent..

Albert Wantt, Covelo: Hops picking and drying 28.08.2022 4:54 ↓

Hard work producing an important crop in the first half of the 20th century.

Clare Coombs Wilsey and Kate Mallory, Little River & Mendocino: Tom Bacon 21.08.2022 5:01 ↓

Two coastal residents remember stories about Tom Bacon and his song for the early 1900's.

Walter Sandelin, Ukiah: Hotels and Tourists 14.08.2022 4:47 ↓

Reminiscences of the Palace Hotel in the early 20th century.

Mark Walker, Willits: Joel Starkey stories 07.08.2022 4:46 ↓

Pulling pranks for drinks in the early West.

Aldine Gorman, Cuffey’s Cove: Caught on the railroad trestle 24.07.2022 4:57 ↓

Brave little girls have a harrowing adventure.

George Emerick, Comptche: Falling down a log chute 17.07.2022 5:56 ↓

In the early lumber industry, young George is injured working in the woods on a spool donkey.

Thelma Sawyers, Willits: A medical miracle 10.07.2022 5:21 ↓

In 1909, a severely burned baby is saved by receiving donated skin grafts.

Maurice Tindall, Mendocino; Whit Ham, Covelo; Walter Sandelin, Ukiah: In honor of Independence Day, 03.07.2022 5:41 ↓

Remembrances of July 4th celebrations in Mendocino County

Emil Lindberg, Fort Bragg: Becoming an American citizen 26.06.2022 5:20 ↓

After learning his trade in Finland, 19 year-old Emil immigrates to Fort Bragg in 1904, starting the bakery in the first Finnish Co-op store and becomes a U.S. citizen.

Zola Snider, Boonville and Wanda MacFarland, Fort Bragg: Their Grandfathers 19.06.2022 5:10 ↓

Remembering the ambition and enterprise of their grandfathers in the late 1800's.

Ewell McMillen, Gualala: How his dad made a living 12.06.2022 5:02 ↓

Ewell speaks proudly of all the different kinds of work his father did on the Mendocino Coast in the early 1900's.

Hazel Pittman, Ukiah: Secessionists 05.06.2022 4:51 ↓

Feelings run high about the Civil War in Mendocino County in the 1800s.

Ken Ornbaum, Yorkville: Family Feud 29.05.2022 5:02 ↓

Two brothers fight over a property line in Ornbaum Valley in the early 1900's.

Lillian Sterling, Point Arena: Childhood Photograph 22.05.2022 5:14 ↓

Lillian gets her picture taken with a real Indian!

David Warren Ryder, Potter Valley: Halley’s comet and the strange wind 15.05.2022 5:22 ↓

An astronomical event triggers mysterious weather - -or does it?

Claire Kempe, Ten Mile, Remembering Her Mother 08.05.2022 5:12 ↓

Claire recollects her mother's generosity and goodness on the ranch at Ten Mile, in the early 1900's.