Twain Harte Lake, California

Mi-Wuk Village Library, CA

 

    In 1940 when my uncle, David Wilcoxson Jr, graduated from Summerville High School in Tuolumne his parents bought a lot at Twain Harte as his graduation present.

Twain Harte on Dwellable

 

    Here's a shot through a chain-link fence of part of the lake and the large rock which was at one end of the dam across an unnamed creek.     Of course, my grandmother Cordelia hung onto the pass which allowed property owners to use the lake. She often took either nieces and nephews or her grandkids to Twain Harte on days when the Tuolumne Plunge was closed.

    I walked down the parking lot to the gate and asked the woman working there if I might take a photo. She assented and I took the photo to the right as well as the following photo. I talked with her for a while and she said that she had been coming to Twain Harte for nearly 60 years -- which means she may have been here when Cordelia Wilcoxson, who believed kids should be able to swim every day during the summer, showed up with her five grandkids.
    The gatekeeper said nothing much had changed in 60 years. I replied that the flags were not on the rock back then but otherwise the lake looked the same.

 

    Panning left one can see why dogs are not permitted inside the fence: nice white sand in which to bury a nasty surprise!     Up the creek there's a golf course. Wonder if my brother-in-law Phil has played it?
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Links:

• Wikipedia article on Twain Harte
• Chamber of Commerce website with Twain Harte history

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*Mi-Wuk Village Library leaves its WiFi on 24/7; there is parking in front of it for moderate-size RVs, but not Class A's with toads. --

F 24 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Sonora - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

Sa 25 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Sonora - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

Su 26 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Sonora - Don Pedro T - Modesto Reservoir CG

M 27 Aug Actual Route: Modesto Reservoir CG - Waterford - Modesto - Riverbank - Oakdale - MiWuk Village - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

T 28 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Sonora - Twain Harte - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

W 29 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Pinecrest - Mi-Wuk Village - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

Th 30 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Twain Harte - Sonora - Mi-Wuk Village - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

F 31 Aug Actual Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Lyons Dam/Lake - Mi-Wuk Village - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

Sa 1 Sep Route: 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd - Sonora - Wi-Wuk Village - 1 mi E of N.F. Tuolumne Riv bd

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