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Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Does Anyone have a photo of your family car on the Elkhorn Ferry? I know my dad took us on the Ferry for a "Last Ride" before it was closed and dismantled, but so far, I have not been able to find any pix of it

Mary Cassel (Mailloux) (1967)

Elkhorn Ferry---

  I have no pictures.  But I do remember the ferry, and what a treat it was if our family was going to Sac'to and we got to take the ferry instead of the River Road.  And when a boater crossed too close or high speed and cut the cable then the loaded ferry would drift downstream and have to be rescued.  Oh, the fun memories. 

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

Hi Mary & Greg,

Well, I found a picture of the Elkhorn Ferry.  Unforturnately, I don't have one with the family car included. 

Geez Mary, I didn't realize the danger of a speed boat cutting the cable.  We could have all ended up at Alcatraz or in San Pablo Bay, floating around with Humphrey The Humpback. 

You two have reminded me of how much more peaceful and simple life was back then.....Thanks!

Take note of the American Flag.  I also believe that our States were a lot more United back then.

Theresa Eve (1964)

I remember going across on that ferry!  It was fun.  Very sad when it was closed.  I believe they had it open only in the summer time, and would not run it when the Sacramento River got too high.  I could be mistaken.  Love the old picture!!!

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Thanks for the pic, Wally, even without a "family car" you captured the spirit of the ferry crossing! And thanks for sharing memories, Theresa and Mary!

I have been going thru old pix and so far, have not come up with a "Ferry or related". Funny how different we treated photographs in those days, before digital. Much of our "everyday life" never was captured in pictures.

cheers, greg

Harriet Shamshoian (Giles) (1964)

Humphrey the Humpback Whale wasn't even a twinkle in his parent's eye in the day of the Elkhorn Ferry! :-)

Wendy Takuta wrote a children's book about his journey in the mid 80's. But the picture of the ferry brought back the memories of driving along Highway 16 watching the river. Before the interstate of course.

Looking forward to the reunion and hope to see some familar faces or at least NAMETAGS!

Harriet Shamshoian Giles

Paul Lieberum (1968)

Ah, the Elkhorn ferry! Went out there one night with a bunch of friends thinking we could get across (it closed at night) in my 41 Chevy. As we came back towards river road, all the lights in the car were flashing on and off. came to find out the cloth wiring harness had fallen into the fan. So someone hiked to a farmhouse and we got a flashlight and electrical tape and started touching ends of wires together and taped them to the rods holding the hood up. Drove it like that for over a month till I could get a new harness. The little bar out there was the first place I ever bought beer, too....came with deep fried frog legs! A great memory....

Tuni Gravink (House) (1964)

Love seeing the photo of the Elkhorn Ferry. We always took it from the river road and went to Sacramento that way. Most of the time. Once in a while we would go all the way into Sac via the river road. It was nice both ways. Seeing the river and the houses along there, and just the country side too. I drove it recently when back there in June of last year and it was not too much different. People still fish out there, and there are still nice houses along the river road.  That ferry did once in while get its cable snapped and would float and have too be rescued. Never when we were on it. That would have been and adventure. Tuni

David Stotts (1965)

Robert-On the golf picture-1b is Orv Hughes  1c is Gerald Schneider

                                           2a is Danny Kindelt

                                           6a is Roger Lytle  6b is Maureen Lytle   6c is Dave Stotts  6d is Ryan Stotts

Thanks for all that you do

Tootie Geer (Beeman) (1966)

Craig glad you're back! 

Smokey Rico (1964)

Elizabeth Blickle (Matter) (1968)

The Elkhorn Ferry was designed and built by Vaughan Manufacturing.  The first one was not very successfull but he went back to the drawing board and fixed his mistakes!  Don Vaughan had 4 daughters Barbara, Linda, Janet and Donna that all graduated from WHS.

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Hi Elizabeth

Thanks for manufacturing history on the Elkhorn Ferry!

Cheers, greg

Bill Hiddleson (1964)

Terry Lacky, Orval Hughes, Dan Mezger, Pat Davis?, Matt Hiddleson, Mike Davis, Bill Hiddleson-2006

Tuni Gravink (House) (1964)

Craig M.- Many times when i came back to visit family and friends i would take the old River Road. It does calm one down. It is peaceful in my eyes, however, yes one does need to watch the road! It was always the way my mother went to Sacramento. Lynea and i were drug from store to store shopping, all day, till about 7-8 PM. To this date i am a horrible shopper. I do not like to shop. I go in, get what i need, and if they do not have it i am out the door. You see; here we have six months out of the year snow birds here (winter visitors from the cold states and Canada). You cannot get a table till after 8 pm for dinner, or the lines are horribly long at the grocery stores. Then they talk in the middle of the isles and some know each other from their home state! Us locals are trying to shop, get to work and whatever. I know many say : how much longer are they here. This year longer than usual due to the winter cold and still snowing in their states. Now , we have the roads back, and the resturaunts are pretty much normal in and out real fast. We go up to the lakes for mind relaxing. We have three lakes with in one hour from our house. The first one is 17 minutes away.  Tuni

Doyle Phillips (1961)

Tuni,  The Canyon Lake and the Teddy Roosevelt Lake are both nice.  What is your 3rd lake the Saguaro?  I have been to the Canyon and the Roosevelt with a stop in Tortilla Flat. A beautiful trip. 

Mary Cassel (Mailloux) (1967)

Someone mentioned here the Vaughn family.  Does anyone remember where their house was? Near Calif. on Main Street?   Was there a drive-in close?  Thanks

Tuni Gravink (House) (1964)

Doyle,

Saguaro Lake is on the other side of the valley (closer to the Phonex side). It is off the Beeline Hiway. Known as Hwy 87. It too is a pretty lake. The third lake by us is the Apache Lake. Our exchange students came here to visit us thinking dust, cactus and rattlesnakes, and were truly shocked when they saw green , trees, and lakes!  We said you believe what the books tell you. However, there are places that have nothing but dirt, cactus and no trees, and some brush. Which usually are so dry they become fire fuel in fire season (which is now). Oh,  and there is a small lake up in the Superstitions. I live at the base of the Susperstitions. Tuni

Tuni Gravink (House) (1964)

Mary Cassel M.- There was also a Vaughn family that lived on Gibson road, not in town, but about five miles out of it. Closer to the old market out on Main. That was Mary and Lynn Vaughn (I think Lynn, i know Mary dated my uncle Tom for a while). There parents used to have a nursery out there.I lived out by them for a while. Tuni

Elizabeth Blickle (Matter) (1968)

Mary Cassel Mailloux

Yes,The Vaughan family lived in a large two story house set back on Main St. across the street from where the bowling alley is now  Yes, there was a Drive In next door...can't remember the name of it. The Vaughan girls went to Holy Rosary when we did.  The other Vaughn family is spelled without an a.  They owned Vaughnlanda Nursery.  Their daughter Jeanne still lives next door to that site and is a massage therapist. Here is another name....Vaughnlanda was across the road from the Schneider House.  

Tuni Gravink (House) (1964)

Elizabeth Blickle M. -- You are correct about the other family they did have a nursery, and lived down the road from where i lived, I lived at the corner of Gibson Rd. and the Road that Hiedrick Farms was on. I was the second small house in the back of the two story one. Schnieder's lived just half way down the road from me across the road. I had gone to the nursery many times with my grandparents as; they were friends with the owners. Their one daughter was my age, and we would play while they visited. I do remember the other family  too. It was at the two story by a drive end, or near the old bowling alley. That town is changing so much now, i do not know where i am sometimes. My landmarks many of them are down. I was letting my daughter one day, and i had no clue where we were, and she said:"Mom, look up at the street sign do you know where you are now?
 The street was "Gravink Street." All of a sudden i did know where i was, i was on one of the first pieces of property my mother and dad bought the old Delevati parcel. I said oh,the tomato field. It all clicked. I sure would not have known that if i had not seen the sign. Many contractors had asked my dad to sell so they could develope, and he said name a street after my family and i will sell. They did not so mom farmed it for several years then did some business deal, and the street was named after our family, the whole Gravink clan i think. I was living in the Bay Area by then so was not around for all that stuff. But it definately is not tomato rows anymore!  Tuni

Duane Jackson (1965)

To all the people who know my wife (Vicki Hayden) Jackson.......Last Monday she had a "silent heart attack"  she is fine and recovering well.......On some very powerful blood thinners and such, looks like I get to keep her a bunch more years..................Sorry to throw bad news on this site, but wanted Vicki's friends to be aware.....Peace out Ya'll

Aileen Jull (Martinez) (1964)

So sorry to hear about Vicki Hayden Jackson's health problem.  I'll include her in my prayers.  Hope she's feeling well soon.

Lynn Drumright (Black) (1961)

Jeanne Vaughn is a massage therapist leaving just east of her parents old home (the nursery). She is FABLOUS. I have been going to her for 30 years off and on. Do yourself a favor and call for an appointment. 

Norma Berrettoni (Plocher) (1966)

The name of the drive-in east of the Vaughan Home at 151 West Main Street was Reed & Bell I believe.