The Clarksville Courier: Jan. 2018

Vol. IV No. 1 Winter 2018 Clarksville Region Historical Society

NOTICE TO MEMBERS ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 24, 2018

The Annual Meeting of the Clarksville Region Historical Society will be held on January 24, 2018, at 6:30 PM at the El Dorado Hills County Library, 7455 Silva Valley Parkway, El Dorado Hills, California 95762

Items on the agenda include a review of last year’s activities, a discussion of upcoming events in 2018, the election of officers and directors for 2018, and a video presentation featuring the old town of Clarksville and the Clarksville Cemetery.

Members on the preliminary election slate are Doug Hus, President and Director; Paul Booth, Vice President and Director; John Thomson, Treasurer and Director; Fran Thomson, Secretary and Director; and Direc-tors Mike Nederhouser, Jeff Black, Sharon Low, and Bart Magoffin.

All CRHS members are urged to attend the meeting. Members of the community are also cordially invited to attend. For further information, call Betty January, 916-933-3173. ~

DID YOU KNOW? The first recorded burials in the Clarksville Cemetery took place on October 29, 1850, during the cholera epidemic of that year. We know that James Johnson died at the Mormon Tavern, and he and a Dr. Torrey were buried in adjacent graves in the Mormon Tavern (Clarksville) Cemetery, but their graves remain unmarked.

CONFERENCE OF CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Clarksville Region Historical Society is a proud member of the the Conference of California Historical Societies (CCHS). All CRHS members are eligible to attend and participate in CCHS events.

CCHS was founded in 1954 as a federation of historical societies, museums, libraries, and other history-oriented groups and individuals.

Membership in CCHS alows CRHS the opportunity to purchase its liability insurance policy at a lower group rate than would be otherwise available to single organizations.

CCHS helps historians, and others who are interested in California history, to connect and share information -- joining efforts to preserve records, artifacts, sites and buildings, throughout the State. CCHS also helps local societies and small museums learn about and put into practice the most effective management, acquisition, preservation and restoration techniques.

CCHS hosts a number of special events including annual meetings, symposiums, and workshops throughout California. CCHS will be holding two workshops in 2018. The first will be held in the Spring of 2018 in Martinez, CA (more info to come) and the second will be held in the Fall of 2018 (date and location TBA).

The Conference also publishes the California Historian, a premiere historical publication that focuses on the “I just didn’t know that” history of California. CCHS also provides workshops on the “Nuts and Bolts” of running a historical society.

Visit the CCHS website at californiahistorian.org. ~

LOCAL AUTHOR TO ADDRESS CRHS

Carl Kowall will be the speaker at the CRHS monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. He will discuss his new book, The Story of El Dorado Hills, which is about Allan Lindsey’s pursuit to create a completely new town. The meeting will take place at 6:30 P.M. at the El Dorado Hills Library, 7455 Silva Valley Parkway, in El Dorado Hills.

Kowall was part of the development team for the first ten years in the original stages of conceiving the project and getting it started.

According to the author, the total human, physical, and financial challenges required to create a new community from scratch are not commonly understood. This story is about such an event, beginning in the late nineteen fifties and continuing today. However, El Dorado Hills has now reached a level of maturity and identity, and is frequently described as a very desirable place to live, work, and play for approximately 45,000 residents, and it is still growing. ~

CLARKSVILLE DAY 2018

Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 6th, 2018, for the return of Clarksville Day. More announcements will be forthcoming as plans are finalized. ~

Membership Application

I (we) wish to join CRHS:

Name ___________________________________ Name____________________________________ Address _________________________________ City ________________ State ___ Zip ________ Telephone _______________________________ Email ___________________________________

Annual Dues Level:

Individual @ $20 ___________ Family Members @ $10 ___________ Business Member @ $100 ___________

Single Payment Dues Level:

Life member @ $1,000 ___________

Benefactor Donation:

Bronze Level @ $250 ___________ Silver Level @ 500 ___________ Gold Level @ 1,000 ___________ Platinum Level @ $5,000 ___________ ___________

Total Amount Enclosed

Please complete this application, make your check payable to CRHS, and send them to John Thomson, CRHS Treasurer, 501 Kirkwood Court, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, Telephone 530-677-3039. Or you may use the application at edhhistory.org and pay using PayPal.

John E. Thomson, Ph.D., Editor doctorjet@aol.com