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Friday, Mar 22 |
03:30 PM | Bear Valley Adventure Company's Trailblazers Youth Ski Program |
Saturday, Mar 23 |
All Day | Saturday, March 23: Green Sand Molding & Foundry Practice Workshop at Knight Foundry |
All Day | Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society's Gem & Jewelry Show is March 23 & 24 |
10:00 AM | Calaveras Gem and Mineral Show 2024 |
10:00 AM | Calaveras Gem & Mineral Show 3/23 & 3/24 |
Sunday, Mar 24 |
All Day | Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society's Gem & Jewelry Show is March 23 & 24 |
All Day | Our Sunday Edition with Local Features, Local Specials & More Every Sunday All Day Long! |
Until 05:00 AM | Calaveras Gem and Mineral Show 2024 |
Until 05:00 PM | Calaveras Gem & Mineral Show 3/23 & 3/24 |
Tuesday, Mar 26 |
01:30 PM | Calaveras Community Blood Drive, Tuesday March 26 |
Friday, Mar 29 |
03:30 PM | Bear Valley Adventure Company's Trailblazers Youth Ski Program |
Sunday, Mar 31 |
All Day | Our Sunday Edition with Local Features, Local Specials & More Every Sunday All Day Long! |
03:30 PM | Bear Valley Adventure Company's Trailblazers Youth Ski Program |
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Make Plans to Rock with Plan B in Camp Connell General Store's Beer Garden. |
Camp Connell, CA...The Beer Gardens presents Plan B. Make Plans to Rock with Plan B at Camp Connell General Store's Beer Garden. Good music, food equals great times!!! Doors open at 5pm & concert at 6pm.
The story of Camp Connell Continues....
The Camp Connell of today was largely influenced by the surging popularity of auto travel through the mountains inspired when Dr. D. Sargent of Angels Camp became the first to drive an automobile over Ebbetts Pass in 1908. Family camping was destined to become an extremely popular recreational activity To meet those demands, Jack Connell began construction of a campground, cabins, general store and gas pumps in 1928. He and his wife named their endeavor "Camp Connell". Opened for business in 1929, the general store and gas station have been in operation ever since. The Connell's continued to expand the store and added a café to serve the increasing number of visitors. By 1934 the Post Office was moved to the store and became "Camp Connell Station". The store was a local gathering place where local residents and vacationers alike would come to share news and leave messages, much as it is today. Occasionally, Circuit Court was convened in the building. Monte Wolfe, Art and Harry Schimke, the Whittles, Hunts, Tryons, Lombardis, and Airolas were frequent visitors.
While the popularity of the general store and café continued, the campground was closed in 1949 and the property was subdivided into lots selling for $600 each. The cabins remained as part of Camp Connell until the 1960's, when the highway was realigned to accommodate the ski resort and village at Bear Valley, as well as the development of Big Trees Village. The old highway became the current two accesses to Camp Connell and the property has stayed much the same ever since.
Today the Camp Connell General Store is one of the oldest Chevron stations in California as well as the longest continuously operated retail business between Murphys and Markleeville. It is a popular stop for visitors and a cherished part of the local community." 08/25/2018 Starts at 06:00 PM |
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