Articles written by susan wiggins
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Grow With Muroc
When I go through my mother Marion Deaver’s files, I never know what I am going to come up with. For...
The Mystery of Peter Lebec - Part 2
When I finished my last column on Peter Lebec I thought I had put him to rest. That is, until I...
Fruit Festival, Lilac Festival, Mountain Festival
Claudia White, Loop Publisher, asked me to update my column from last year about the Mountain...
The Mystery of Peter Lebec - Part 1
I recently traveled to Fort Tejon to attend a dinner put on by the Kern Economic Development group....
The Late Great Gold Days
Normally I find things to write about in my mother Marion Deaver’s files, but this time I found s...
Native American Delicacies
I found an article my mother Marion Deaver wrote about the Shoshones of Kern County, what they ate,...
The Mojavian (Redux)
[Due to an editorial error in the May 24 issue part of the article “The Mojavian” was not pri...
Club Foot the Outlaw
While looking through files of my mother – Marion Deaver –, I found some old bulletins from the Kern...
My Mother's Help
As many of you know, I suffered a great loss April 1, when my husband Ed died suddenly. I was at a...
About My Mother
Normally I write about articles my mother Marion Deaver wrote about, area history, and things that...
California City
As usual I was digging through my mother Marion Deaver’s files and found some notes about the e...
New Wave of Gold Mining
I found an article that my mother Marion Deaver wrote in August of 1974 about the price of gold...
Field Trips
When I read recently about a movie that was made of the pictographs (or petroglyphs, I always get...
Soledad Mines, Part II
Last week I wrote a column about the mines of Soledad Mountain from the perspective of Viola White...
Soledad Mines, Part I
I found an extensive article in my mother, Marion Deaver's files, about two sisters who traveled in...
Mojave Water
In light of the fact that California is facing yet another drought season, I decided to write about...