Book came. And then later on, i became a fish and game warden myself. And then i continued writing stories about my generation of fish and wildlife so the book is called the game wardens son. Being with my dad during those years when he was a game warden was like having a storybook childhood. I did things that most kids would dream of. When he started out, he was on what they call marine patrol and his duty was patrolling the channel the California Channel Islands which are fantastic. And theyre anywhere from like 26 miles across the sea like the song says or clear out way out in the ocean. So i got to go on these excursions or these patrols out into the out into the Channel Islands and see see things that mofmente kids would only dream of. There was one particular chapter i wrote about in the book. I called it a trip to the islands where we went out and we took these two National Park scientists from washington, d. C. Out to Santa Barbara island and an at that barbara island had been declared by Franklin Roosevelt as a National Monument years before. It was their job to turn this island back to its natural state because during the previous century, all these these ranchers had come in and brought in all this exotic animals. And they brought in cats and goats and pigs. And they were literally destroying the island. So anyway, while we dropped these scientists off on this island, we went on an adventure of our own and my dad made this great lobster poaching case while we were there. So that was just the beginning. Here i am peek being out of the galley watching this whole thing take place and hes got these guys yelling and screaming these lobster poachers and it was quite an experience. And then later on, there was a case where i was with my dad when i was a teenager on a night patrol where there these duck poachers down in the willows area which is south of here where and a rice fields and this kind of thing and what they called market hunters would go out at night. And that he would sneak up on these huge flocks of in the thousands of ducks and geese and then they would just fire their shotguns into them and kill hundreds of them at the same time. So one night, were working that. And i ended up there are three or four wardens in the working in the same place. They all go in Different Directions and one of the old timer wardens said why dont you ride with me instead of your dad. So i ended up going with this guy and we go down the road and he parks and starts to get out of his car and i get out of the car like im going with him. Son, you arent going to go with me. You stay here and watch my car. And im thinking man, i dont want to do that. Watch your car . I wanted to go out so about halfway through this night, while hes out there on this levy, i thought heck, im going to walk back to my dads car and about a mile away so i walk out to the road. And im walking back out to the back down toward where my fathers patrol car is, and i hear this these voices and coming across the field and hear these people slopping through the mud and here comes these two duck poachers out of the field. So im im hiding behind the while these guys come slopping through the mud over the road and then they disappear. And they ended up hiding all their these gunny sacks full of these illegal ducks they had killed in a culvert. And so anyway, i end up helping to make this case later and showing my dad and these two wardens that hes working with where these guys had hidden their ducks and next day they catch them. And so it was quite an adventure for me. Those were two examples and the book is full of those investigations. So watching my dad, learning the little tricks to being a good wildlife officer, like dont slam the door when you get out of the car. That kind of thing. Because they hear you. And then its over. And all these little things. So i couldnt wait when i got old enough. And i graduated from college, i i wanted to be a fish and game warden myself. So i had a head start. Where a lot of these wardens when they start the job, they had to go through a process of learning a learning process. Well, i had already gone through all that onthejob training for the last 10 years of my life riding around with my dad. So being a fish and game warden is not an appointed position. Its just like any other Civil Service job. You have to take a test. You passion the written and you take an oral. And then youre on a list. And if youre lucky and you do well enough, your name will come up on the list. And theyll do an investigation. And theyll background check and everything else. And if all that goes well, then youll get a call and say hey, were we decided to hire you. And youre your first position is going to be in my case, my first position was in a place called earp down in the Colorado River which was one of the hottest places in the world in the summertime. But i didnt care. I was so excited i couldnt believe it. So thats how it all started for me. The same time, working down in the Southern California area was was a great learning experience. And i had a lot of fun down there. And learned a whole lot. Later on, in my career i was or i was there in the Colorado River for 3 1 2 years and i got promoted to lieutenant. And went to the San Bernardino riverside area and worked all kinds of interesting investigations there related to exotic animals and these reptile collectors and a lot of things you never do up here. I worked a case for over a year bald ing there was eagle which is an endangered species was shot and left at the front gate of the fish and game office in redding. And i one day i showed up at work. And they told me about this, finding this eegal and everybody thought well throw it in the freezer and theres not much we can do. There was a note attached to this eagle to the leg of the eagle threatening the life of one of the wardens i supervised at the time. It was kind of like a message you better leave us alone or more than this was going to happen. So rather than just give up i started doing a lot of research and investigation and asking around. And i started getting little tips here and tips there and i came up with two suspects. And ended up giving these guys a handwriting exemplar exam. Where i tested and then i sent off the handwriting to the f. B. I. To where with this note and the f. B. I. Confirmed that my suspects were the ones that wrote the note. So i ended up sending the feathers of this bird to the Smithsonian Institute. What we did a search warrant search warrants on both of their houses and came up with a lot of other evidence and different feathers and everything. So we ended up sending them off to the Smithsonian Institute in washington, d. C. And they pinpointed what species these were. And there was a case and another example of that was some of the evidence went to the San Francisco homicide forensics unit. And these guys only investigate murders. But they were thinking this is great. Im tired i get to work an eagle case . So they they ended up telling me the exact position that eagle was in when it was shot. And the angle that the bullet came into the eagle and whether it was a female or a male and the whole thing. And so anyway, after all that was done, i narrowed it down to these guys and convicted them and one of them ended up going to prison and the other one about six months in jail. The greatest issue is habitat loss. If were going to have wildlife, we have to have habitat, places for wildlife to live. And need water, cover, and space. And more of that space is being covered with houses and Shopping Centers and buildings and highways and the longer we go, the more of it is being covered. And thats a huge issue. And for what little wildlife we have to have left, you have to have somebody to enforce those laws to keep people from going out and killing it illegally. The biggest problem is money. If people theres a way to make money somebody will kill it to get money. And the ocean is a huge problem. Weve got theres 1,100 miles of coastline on california where and the along the coast theres all this a lot of illegal commercial fishing going on. And theres only just a few officers to go around to enforce the laws and to keep so that well always have fish and wildlife. And its a long story. But theyre setting up marine protected areas where theyre closed to certain activities to allow these overfished species to come back. And then theres the huge issue on the federal level with well, an example of whats going on right now in washington, d. C. Where a lot of the agencies are being defunded. And environmental agencies are being defunded. You cant have your cake and eat it, too. If you dont fund these agencies, dont count on there being much wildlife left in a few years. So you cant take that away and expect to have wildlife. California is fortunate. Because california has always been a state that values its resources. And so the policies have remained good. And one of the issues has always been the fact that not being near enough wildlife officers to go around. Because im not sure right now what is there, like almost 40 Million People in california. And the field the number of wildlife officers in the field is probably around 400. So that gives you a little example of but working with the legislature, california officers have done fairly well. They are pretty well supported. I wrote both books for three reasons. First reason i had all these Great Stories to tell. Nd i wanted people to enjoy enjoy these Great Stories and the second reason was for people to understand that the game wardens job involves a whole lot more than just checking fishing licenses and wrishing fishing tickets. There are a million things a game warden has to do. And the third and most important reason was i wanted a resource a conservation message in everything i write. So thats what i want them to take away from it. S just each one of those stories has a message about how valuable these resources are. And what it takes to keep them to keep them there. So people can future generations can enjoy them. And thats what i would say. And everybody thats talked weve had hundreds of people tell us how much they enjoy the book. And its not just hunters and fishermen a lot of people that dont hunt and fish i love your book because theyre Great Stories and i understand the message youre trying to convey by writing them. I was thinking this week about how to get our writing done in Turbulent Times and remember those of you feeling disenfranchised. And put that into your writing and flesh out your characters a little more. Continue to write as though youre going to get beyond the Turbulent Times. I am now joined by sara from the Writers Forum. Welcome to our meeting. And thank you so much for thinking of us and coming to join us today. Were honored to have you here. Off with what is the Writers Forum . An organization that had the beginnings in the early 1980s when we discovered we had several people in our community who were interested in writing. And who wanted to meet and etwork with likeminded folks. We eventually became a Larger Organization and more formal. And when we decided we needed a mission statement, what we decided was that our mission is to promote the craft of writing as an art and as a profession. And we felt that covered all of the kinds of needs that our community would have. And we have a farreaching community actually. We go beyond redding and beyond Shasta County. We have people who come as far from as far away as maybe even southern oregon, sacramento, and to the east and to the west up in the foothills. And some of the mountain communities. How did you get involved in what were going to so many years ago that i cant believe im im old enough to tell you the whole story. But ive always for years and years, ive been interested in writing. I wasnt sure what sort of writing. So i took some news writing and reporting courses at our local college. And went on to take photo journalism classes. And then when we ran out of courses in writing here in the area, i started looking for groups. And i saw an ad for a critique group. Joined that group. It was run by a lovely woman who was here in town for a few years while her husband was finishing a medical internship at one of our hospitals. When we realized we had several groups doing this independent of each other, we we brought those groups together into one organization. And thats how it began in the early 1980s. And it grew and developed from there. And it has thrived and remained a vibrant organization including the 501c3 that we were granted in the early 1990s. And my role has has most of the time when ive been on the board, ive been the Program Director. In the early years, its so far back that i barely remember until i see the plaque on the wall on my office that i was actually the president at one time. But i really enjoyed the Program Director position. And have been doing that now again for several years. I was out of this state in the early 1990s going back to finish getting my degrees at a university in connecticut. But once i came back home and got back involved, i got back into the Program Director role again. Just to follow up on that, what are your responsibilities as primarily to ensure that we have a presenter for each of our eight programs that we put on for our group. We have monthly meetings. And eight times a year, we try to present a program that is both educational and somewhat entertaining. And we try to keep a broad variety of topics so that no matter what our members interests are, they have an opportunity to Gain Knowledge and skills in whatever fields that theyre their writing interests lie. How do you guys decide on what you guys read about or talk about during the times you guys meet . We have a board made up of 10 members. And as Program Director, i have always asked my board to give me suggestions or ideas. And we discuss those at our board meeting. And we look back at our schedule to see ok, when was the last time our talk was on poetry . When did we last discuss fiction, short story, how to write the essay . Even things like maybe near tax time, we bring in a tax expert or someone who can talk about other legal aspects of writing. What is lible . How do you avoid Copyright Infringement and in a sort of thing . We just try to paint with the broadest possible brush so that we dont miss any topics that might be of value to our members. And the board is very helpful to me with that. Recently, we sent out a survey to all of our members. And we we put in the survey every possible topic category that we could think of. And we asked them to evaluate, number this in order of your interest 110 what you would most like to see at one of our meetings. The results of that is the Program Schedule that we have this year. And coming up next month, we have the craft we have elements of fiction. And after that, the craft of writing a memoir. And then following up with that, we have were going to have a presentation on writing biography. So we just keep it as broad as possible so that we touch on any potential writing interests. What has the response been from the community . We have a great response. We we get good Media Coverage for every one of our meetings when we have Something Special going on, we get even special Media Coverage that way. We try when we can to include the community in our activities. One reason that weve done the authors fair is that pulls in a lot of people who are not members and who dont attend our general meetings. But that gives them an opportunity to come and put their books out and meet with people and have an opportunity to let people know what theyre doing out there. Weve years ago, we did something that i really enjoy because im also you may remember from a previous conversation about acting and theater. We have a very vibrant, active theater in this community that started out just about the same time we did. And so theres been some backandforth and in fact our speaker today is very involved with that. Research, dont let them get you. How many times have you read something or watched something on television or in a movie she and i did a talk several months ago about writing for the live stage. And so that will bring in potential Community Members who may not be regular members. But thats something they want to know about. So what we try to do is do enough publicity about our program so that anyone in the community who may not be a regular member can have an opportunity to come and hear something useful to them, too. So what does this mean to redding to have a Writers Forum like this that you help direct, what does it mean to redding to have a Writers Forum . I think it means a lot to redding. Weve done scholarship funds for High School Students for several years. Weve been funding 250 and 500 scholarships depending on how our treasury is looking. And weve done that every year. So weve inspired a lot of young people through every school in our entire redding community. Weve given them the opportunity to write and to submit work and to be eligible for scholarships. And weve also we try our best to let any writer know any writer who can make it to our meettion that were out here because of the opportunities for networking. And one of the things that im really proud of is that we have a lot of writers who want to be published. So when were able to work out to in ils that we need terms of location and time and money, weve been able to bring top level literary agents to come for an entire day and do a special workshop just so that the people who want to know more about the business and how the business actually works and get ey make may published and we do that as often as were able. There are many, many talented people here who just they just need to know more about the business and about how to go about it. What are the plans for the future you have for the Writers Forum . We just want to keep doing what were doing as well as we can. Keep our membership active and we are always looking for younger and younger members because we with many people these days because of their work, because of school, because of other commitments, dont have the kind of time to write that some of our older members have now who are retired. But what were actively doing is hoping to include more and more young people in our organization so that they can get that writing head start, you know, and not have to wait until retirement before they take it on. Before i end i want to say thank you, sharon owener, for inviting us here at your meeting. And thank you. Ere thrilled to have you. Today we are here in redding, california, and we are at the Redding Library of the shasta public libraries. And we are on the second floor of the library in the fireside room. Today were going to be looking at items from our local History Collection which is called the boggs collection. So the boggs collection is named after mary bacon boggs. She moved as a child out to Shasta County in 1871 and she grew up here in old shasta. And she has a love for history and particularly transportation and early california history. So she throughout her life she was collecting items. And she did collect books. And she ended up giving some of a portion of her collection plus a cabinet to the library and that was the start of the boggs collection. Now the boggs collection has grown, and weve outgrown the cabinet. And we are now in many cabinets. It consists of probably about 5,000 items. And the collection focuses on early california history, native americans. But then particularly the history of Shasta County. So this collection is important because it is a way for us to preserve the past and learn about the past in Shasta County. Weve had some very interesting things that happened in this area. Where we had gold mining, the railroad, native american. We were part of the Central ValleyWater Project with shasta dam and whesky dam so a lot of really exciting things and its important that we preserve the past as we prepare for the future. And its really important for the children of Shasta County that they understand where they grew up and this rich history and the part that we played in the history of california. So on the table, theyre arranged in chronicle order. And ive selected things that kind of represent the significant historical moments in our county. But i also have some things that ive put in here that i use because theyre very popular books that are used by the public. The first item were going to look at is my playhouse was a conquered coach. This is a book that was written by may boggs. The start of everything. And the collection is named after her. She did of course give us a copy of her book. And what this is about is the history of transportation in california. And so i just had a question the other day, give me all the Railroad Lines that ran through Shasta County. This was my starting point because she does talk a lot about that and lots of information about toll roads in here, bridges, things like that in here. So this is kind of i consider this is sort of the basis of the collection because it is may boggs book. She did end up getting married and moved away to San Francisco but her heart was always here in Shasta County and very instrumental in some of our important features here in Shasta County. She did help make old shasta the state historic park. She helped name shasta dam. And her paintings and some of her books are also out at the old shasta courthouse museum. So she did a lot for the Community Even though she didnt live here. So next book well look at, an event that was very important to her, county, the gold rush. We had a lot of people flocking to Shasta County. They did a lot of damage to the environment. And they destroyed a lot of the native american lands. But they did find a lot of gold and minerals here in this area. There is one of my alltime favorite books. It is a county report an all the mines that are in Shasta County. I used this book because a very common question that i have is can you tell me where to pan for gold so that i can become rich . I cant tell you the exact place to start to get rich in Shasta County but this is the starting place. This is in here it talks about the locations of all the mines in Shasta County. And the types of minerals that they were mining. So this is the start. One of the most famous mines in our area from an environmental perspective of course is the Iron Mountain mine which was one of the largest superfund ites in the united states. So we are a respository for the information regarding that mine. It is an e. P. A. Cleanup site. So we do store all we do have all the information about the Iron Mountain mine here. But we had many mines scattered throughout the county, Different Companies that were working. This next one is murder of a landscape. And its the california farmer smelter war, 1897 to 1916. And this is an interesting one because during this time period, we actually had a large lawsuit going on about the destruction of the environment. And i find it interesting that so early in the 1900s they were already getting concerned about the environment. I just find it interesting from from my perspective personally, i did not realize that time period that the locals were already starting to get concerned. Because were talking early 1900s and getting concerned about the destruction of the environment from the mining. And just for me personally i was surprised that was going on so early. I was not aware of that when i read it. So the next thing the next thing, the gold mining ouran important part of history put one over the next steps was the building of the shasta dam. The took place in mid1930s into the mid1940s. During world war ii we are in building one of the largest dams. This book is the shasta dam boom town. Building one of because there were so many people working at the dam, building the dam, a town started to form from all of the workers. So, this is a fun book that talks about living in these boom towns during the building of the dam. One is personal reflections on the shasta dam dowtowns. This is a very rare book. Sure if it was actually ever even published. It is just someone collected the personal narrative. My favorite story from this book is when i was reading the personal memories someone was talking about a teacher. Theplan was to build county library system, which was actually formed in the late 1940s. After the dam was built. So, this is another book about the building of shasta dam. Which is 18381945. During the construction of the dam, of course, there were a lot of workers who are hired who moved to the area. They did settle in three boom towns around the dam and project city, which has since all merge together and they are now city of shasta lake. An interesting part about the not many people are aware of is that we had the largest Conveyor Belts in the world. This shows a picture. It was a Conveyor Belt that stretch for 10 miles. It started with the location of the exploration park is onnow and that is how they actually transported the rocks, the conc rete to build the dam. Next important events was, ofistoryy course, the building of the whiskeytown lake. The dam was dedicated in the 1960s, and it was just a few, i john very close to a time f. Kennedy came out and he dedicated the dam. Very close after that he was assassinated. And also, some interesting things that people might not be aware of. When they did create shasta lake, there was a town there. It was destroyed by the water. And also at whiskeytown, whiskeytown was a town. They did move everything out of the town as much as they could but there are some things left from the town underwater. We end with, this is one of my favorite ones. The role critical cartography and environmental justiceof and conflict at shasta dam. So, what this is is, its someones masters thesis and they looked at shasta dam and the relationship with native americans. There is a lot of controversy because when they did fill up the lake, they went over some tribal lands that were buried under the water. So, it is a controversial subject. There also was some issues with the spanish involved, which they are closely connected. An analysis of that situation. So, an important thing for people to realize is that Shasta County played a big role in the development of california as a state. We have the railroads, we have mining, we have the native american, we have the water with the shasta dam and lake. So we have a wonderful collection here of th history of californiae. It is available for anyone to come in and look at and read and use and look at the pictures. So, it is a very important past to preserve. County theysta play an important part. We have the writing the r edding rancheria. They are actively trying to preserve the culture. They see their history if we are out at shasta lake and the dam in particular. There are lots of controversies. Its a rough history. And so, its important that we learn about this history. So we dont repeat some of the mistakes that we have made. So, today, we are going to be looking at the california Indian Library collection. Its part of our local History Collection, which is called the named after mae boggs. Its a really important piece of the local History Collection. So, the Indian Library collection began at u. C. Berkeley at the bancroft library. It was then decided to disperse the collection out by the state to 20. Different librariesan. So, what happened was the collection was divided up based geographically. What we had in Shasta County was he nativemation on t americans from our particular area. Others, because they are the outline tribes. One of the reasons this is such an important collection is because it consists of items that may not have actually ever been published. A lot of it is original research material. Unique. Very its not information that is easily accessible. Here at the library, anyone, un. Any many of the public member of the public, anyone can come in and use the collection. It does not check out of the building. However, we are very open to making photocopies, because these are oneofakind items. So, we are going to see just, ive just highlighted some of my favorite things out of the collections and items that give you a good example of the different types of materials that are in the collection. So, this is the sample from the collection from some of the photographs. Are very famously known for their intricate basket waving. Weaving. Veryhave we do have close to the collection and actual basket. Are wintu baskets. You can see that. They use native plant material to weave these baskets. They are known for their patterns that they used, actually. So, this is really important that we preserve this art form. The baskets were used for a variety of things, whether it was carrying water, carrying food, in daytoday life, living. Each of the tribes did have their own patterns that the use. Are examples of patterns, basket weavings that was done by the wintu. The main thing i wanted to show are the photos. These are really important because these are actual real intos of the wintu here Shasta County. And we have had people come in and actually find relatives that are located in here. We have had people that have never seen their grandparents and their able to find pictures. These are real actual photos of the wintus in here. For each one of the pictures, it does describe who the picture is of. And where the photo was taken. The type ofshows us dress they wore during the time period. This is one of my favorite books because we use it so often. This is a handbook of indians of california. Dnd it actually is a goo description of all the tribes in california. We use this a lot for children, especially in fourth grade, doing the report on native american tribes. All the tribes in california. Is also a bt book ook that i use very often because this is about the wintu but it is written for kids. And so, when the fourthgraders are assigned their report to do, a report on a native american tribe, we can give them this laysand it very simply out how they lived, talks about the houses they lived in, their dress. So, there are also the typical questions on the fourth grade report. The next thing im going to talk about, it is a very important book. It is in our boggs local History Collection and this is the winut dictionary. Wintu dictionary. There are not that many out there. It is not in the best of shape. An important part of preserving is, oftu culture course, preserving the language. There are not that many people who speak wintu anymore. I do work with the redding ran cheria. Every once in a while they do do a leg which class and a come in and i explain the collection language they do do a class. This is another interesting one. It is the history of indians of Shasta County. What i find most helpful as it is done chronologically. So, what it does is it, we can look at a year and it references any article that appears in our local newspaper. On the subject of native americans. So, sometimes i get questions, i want to know what was happening in 1870 in terms of native americans. So, we can open this up and go right to that time period. And we can see what was happening from the newspapers perspective. Wall next to the california Indian Library collection, we do have to map, which is a really key part of the collection. Because when im helping people, i can show the map and show them where writing is located w here redding is located. It is a nice addiction of where all the tribes in california are actually located. So, the a nice depiction. So, the library helps support preserving the wintu culture. These materials are always available. Any native american or anyone can come in and look at these materials. But we also have some other elements. That are actually built into the architecture of the building. Rur Pavement Outside ou community room, the concrete, there is a wintu basket pattern stamped into the country. Then they have the red bud trees planted right next to that. So people can actually see a pattern on the floor. This collection is important because it plays a vital role in preserving the history of Shasta County. And its an important part of preserving our, the Cultural Heritage of our county. Judge eaton was really interested in preserving history and he felt this home was a perfect example of how the tories lived. Victorian lives. He had been a superior court judge for 25 years but he grew up in this home from the time he was four till he died in 2003. Even though he was born in his father was a chemical engineer. Redding. His mother in he worked at the copper mines and was Teaching School there. They married in the parlor of this home. We have his mothers wedding gown. They moved to oregon where the judge his father had relatives. And lived until, during world war i, his father was a chemical engineer serving in a Chemical Warfare plant in ohio. He died in the flu pandemic. And at that time, the judge came with his mother back to this home. His grandfather minority passed away. He live his grandfather already passed away. He lived with his mother and grandmother and his aunt ella. They just spoiled him. In 1895, ame was built victorian home. His grandfather purchased it after he had won the Shasta County shares election and found he had to move his family from old shasta into redding, the county seat. So, at that time, they had three children. The judges mother edna, was the oldest. Ella the middle child and uncle earl their youngest. They lives here till edna was the first to leave when she married. Earl went off to college. Ella always remains here. But, after he graduated from college he, he came back to redding and practice law. War looming, the he joined the reserves and San Francisco. Where see in his library we have his portrait of him and his military uniform. Also in his library, he rescued a portrait of a spanish king that was painted in the 1600s rofrom a bombed out building. He sent it home and had is mother take it to gumps in San Francisco and have i t cleaned and repaired and framed. And he also sent drawings of his library with a full fireplace and the kings portrait above. And all the bookshelves on either side. So, he was an extremely intelligent, but he had strong ideas himself. When he came back from the war in 1946, he start apprenticing law again. But by 1951 was when he was appointed a superior court judge. And he did that for over 25 years. But he kind of followed in his mothers footsteps. She was one of the founding members of the Historical Society. He always blunt. A always belonged. Both of them always enjoy preserving history. He would give local talks. We go to many schools. He had a particular interest in the boy scouts. He had been a scout. He also was quite a thrifty person. He loved to add. He purchased many things overseas in the various places that he served. To add to the treasures of this home. He had quite a collection of books. We have his grandfatherss books, his fathers books, his mothers books, aunt ellas. All were interested in history. And youll be seeing more of his collection later. Enter the barons eaton home, and you are in the foyer the first store takes you into the judges den or office. That is where we are at the moment. At one time when the home was built in 1895, this was a bedroom. The judge950 or 51, had it modified and remodeled into this office. And were in the office. We have some of his favorite objects. Some of the things he brought back from the war, world war ii. Partve a pretty goodsized of his extensible collection. Extensive book collection. We have some of his awards. He was very active in the number of organizations, the masons, the vfw and he acquired quite a few awards for his achievements and his contributions to those particular organizations. One of the things that i would like to point out, one of our price b prized books is called the report of the debates in the convention of california on the formation of the state constitution. In september and october 1849. And, there are other copies of this book. Judge,ot sure how the judge richard eaton, how he acquired this book or, but it was certainly something he would have been very interested in. He loved history. Old books. His collection is rather extensive. And this, of course, was very important, because when gold was discovered in california, there was a pretty a media clamor to see if they could get the area into the united states. It obviously had been a part of mexico. And they wanted to make sure that this gem, not to coin a phrase, would be a part of the united states, ok . So, these were the debates as to how they were going to set up the constitution, what it was going to entail. There is interesting reding. If you are able to read this and look at the current constitution of the state of california, there have been some significant changes. Some for the better. Some that may white that we might question. Maybe we shouldve stuck with the original. Looking at the desk that we have here. These are the tools of his trade. Obviously his gavel that he used for many years in the courthouse. And always a book. This happens to be mcguffeys sixth reader. It is really just for display. We have books that belonged to his father walter e. Aton. Uncle. T along to his his mother head and extensive collection of her own. Shakespeare, she really loved plays and poetry. We have three sets of shakespeare books. Broad spectrum in this particular library. He did his Historical Research primarily in original documents. The Historical Society, coroners reports of marriage and death records, mining. He wowned a gold mine of his own, the family did. He gave gifts using gold from that mine. And things like this for people that were graduating he had known and boy scouts or something of that nature. Very, very big in boy scouts. And, you know, he always went back to the original sources to do his research for the articles that he wrote for the covered wagon, the annual population publication of the Historical Society here. A good indication of the judges character and his early kind of for consciousness is this will and testament that he wrote july , 1930. And he said, i, richard barons eaton, being by the grace of god of sound mind, do will and bequests the following. To my mother, all moneys belonging to me, which are not here otherwise provided for. To the presbyterian and applicable churches, episc ofl churches, equal shares the money in my private safe. He did not have the best handwriting. I think it kind of gives an example. 5 years old. Hes 1 and this is how you can see how this could transition into a very formal speech pattern and a very formal pattern of writing and thats what most people remember about judge eatong, tha, that he had this kind of, i dont want to call it a loosene loofness, but this kind of distance that he just exuded. Andust wasnt shake hands slap on the back. He just wasnt that kind of guy. More books. Fiction. Heres an entire collection. Messages and papers of the president s. And i can assure you these have been read. And probably more than once. He was an exceedingly well informed man. Well informedy historian of Shasta County, ok . We have seen the picture. Over here, again, showing a lot the decline and fall of the roman empire. Volumes thats of were put out. Classics. Ould say the he was wellversed. I mentioned over here, he was one of the wanted the altin latin club to be endowed in that will p he could read and write and speak german fluently. One of the reasons why he was assigned to pattons command and germany for a short time. Italy. N went back to forust had a great love history and for the people who made history and for people who uh, functioned by, by a code or by the rules. It did not mean that he thought they always did the right thing but he believed that they were, whether it was the right thing or not, they were doing it for the right reasons. They had a value system. They lived by a value system. He definitely lived by a set of values. What does these artifacts tell us about judge eaton . They tell us he was a man who believed in, um, organizations and the purpose of organizations, the value of organizations, whether it be the american legion, the boy scouts of america. And they tell us that he also liked ritual, the sword, for example. The jurist doctorate gowns for graduations that he used all the time. He liked ritual. I think you believe that ritual was an important factor. This even relates to the boy scouts. There is a pattern of ritual in the boy scout program, things you have to do to achieve and awards and what have you. This is how you build character. This is how you create or help to nurture people who have good morals, good values. We like to think here at the blessed toredding is can a home like this that reflect the early history of remind people of what once was and compare that to what is at the present time. And its important that we feel that the Behrens Eaton home can be an incentive to other buildings and homes in redding and Shasta County that really mean to be preserved and maintained so that we can, in fact, have this picture of the past available to us. To redding,ur visit california is a book tv exclusive and we showed it today to introduce you to cspans cities tour. For six years we have traveled to u. S. Cities. Yo watch more of our visits at cspanu. Org cities tour. Sunday night on afterward. 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