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“The Silverado Squatters” by Robert Lewis Stevenson

December 10, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

We visited the Petrified Forest near Calistoga CA last week. In the walk through the forest was a plaque explaining the link between “Petrified Charley,” the founder and owner of the site in 1880, and Robert Lewis Stevenson who visited. At the gift shop was a slim volume “The Silverado Squatters” by RLS which my … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Faits Divers, History, Sea Stories, What I Read Tagged: 1880, California, Calistoga, Northern California, Petrified Charley, RLS, Robert Lewis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, wine country

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