Lake County Historical Society

Check here for the most recent additions and changes to the Lake County Historical Society’s web site!

 November 17, 2011: Information on the next LCHS General Membership meeting and annual Thanksgiving dinner is on the Upcoming Events page.

August 6, 2011: The minutes of the June 11, 2011 LCHS Board Meeting are now on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

August 5, 2011: We have our Wish List for the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum on the Ely Stage Stop page.

July 14, 2011: Check the Upcoming Events page for info on the grand opening of the Ely Stage Stop Country Museum, which will occur on Sunday, July 24. There is also a link to an article on the project on the Lake County News Online web site.

June 27, 2011: We have posted new information and photos regarding the Ely Stage Stop, which will have its grand opening next month. Please to to the Ely Stage Stop page for the details. (And yes, we are experiencing extremely annoying formatting problems. We are working on them!)

June 4, 2011: Preliminary information on the next General Membership Meeting, to occur on Sunday, June 26, has been posted on the Upcoming Events page.

June 4, 2011: We have updated the LCHS contact page (see “Intro to LCHS” in the header), with sincere apologies for taking so long to do so!

June 1, 2011: The minutes of the April 2, 2011 Board Meeting have been posted on the Board Meeting Minutes Page.

March 26, 2011: The minutes of the LCHS Board Meeting of February 12, 2011 and the General Membership meeting of February 21 have been post on the Board Meeting Minutes Page. Please follow the link below to that page.

http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/board-meeting-minutes/

March 7, 2011: The Become a Member page has been updated with revised membership categories and a pdf file you can download in order to submit a membership application via snail mail. (Sorry, the Paypal is not fixed yet, but we are working on it!) To go to the membership page, click on the link below:

http://www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/2007/01/31/become-a-member/

February 16, 2011: We have made a slight correction to the schedule for the General Membership meeting of February 27. Please go to the Upcoming Events page for the updated information.

February 11, 2011: Information about the first General Membership Meeting of the LCHS is now available on the Upcoming Events page.

February 4, 2011: The minutes of the December 11 LCHS Board Meeting are now on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

December 8, 2010: The minutes of the October 30 Board Meeting have been posted on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

November 30, 2010: Society business taken care of at the recent LCHS Thanksgiving dinner/General Membership meeting is outlined on the Historical Society Happenings page.

November 7, 2010: For information on the upcoming LCHS Thanksgiving dinner, please go to the Upcoming Events Page.

October 22, 2010: The minutes of the September 18 Board of Directors meeting have been posted on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

October 10, 2010: For a summary of the latest General Membership meeting at which the 1981 murder of Lake County Sheriff Sergeant Richard Helbush was discussed, see the Historical Society Happenings page.

October 8, 2010: To read the first message to the Society from our new Interim President Phil Smoley, go to the Message from the President page.

September 27, 2010: You won’t want to miss the next General Membership meeting, which will be held on Sunday, October 3. The topic will be fascinating! Please go to the Upcoming Events page for more information!

September 16, 2010: Now we have added the minutes of the August Board Meeting. (Time flies!) We have also decided to leave all of the minutes of all Board Meetings online instead of deleting the old ones as new ones are added. Please see the Board Meeting Minutes page.

September 5, 2010: We have (finally!) added the minutes of the June Board Meeting, as well as the results of the General Membership meeting held during the annual Potluck Picnic, to the Board Meeting Minutes page.

July 4, 2010: A pictorial summary of the Society’s June 27 General Membership Potluck Picnic is on the the Historical Society Happenings page.

July 4, 2010: The latest LCHS Board Meeting minutes are available for your reading on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

June 13, 2010: For information about the Society’s annual Membership Potluck Picnic, please go to the Upcoming Events page.

June 3, 2010: There is information about an event of historical interest which LCHS members might want to attend on the Other Historical Happenings page.

May 17, 2010: Randy Ridgel has resigned as President of the LCHS. To read his resignation letter, please go to the Message from the President page.

April 13, 2010: The minutes from the LCHS Board Meeting of February 13, 2010 are now available for your perusal on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

March 26, 2010: We have posted information on the Society’s next General Membership Meeting (which will occur on April 25, 2010) on the Upcoming Events page.

March 8, 2010: See what happened at the last General Membership meeting by going to the Historical Society Happenings page.

 February 15, 2010: The minutes of the November 2009 Board of Directors Meeting have been put up on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

February 15, 2010: For information on the upcoming (February 28) General Membership Meeting, please go to the Upcoming Events page.

February 6, 2010: The Lower Lake Historical School Preservation Committee will present its 16th Annual Fashion Festival on Saturday, Feb. 20. For details, go to the Other Historical Happenings page.

February 5, 2010: We have posted a very late summary of last year’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner meeting on the Historical Society Happenings page.

November 13, 2009: For information on the Society’s upcoming Thanksgiving dinner, go to the Upcoming Events page.

November 10, 2009: The minutes of the September 12 LCHS Board meeting have been posted on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

October 29, 2009: We have added seven new “then and now” picture sets of the old Howard (now Avalon) Hot Springs Resort on Big Canyon Road to the Photo and Locations Project Page (Pictures # 26 - 32). To view them, go to the P&L Project page by following the link in the left-hand column.

October 25, 2009: On the Ely Stage Stop Page is a link to an article on the online Lake County News regarding the latest progress in that project. Please read it!

October 9, 2009: The latest Message From The President is now available for you to read. Please go to the appropriate page (click on the link in the left hand column) to see it.

 September 24, 2009: There are two events going on this weekend which are of interest to LCHS members. Go to the Upcoming Events page to find out about them!

 September 22, 2009: Pardon our dust! A recent series of miscommunications and mishaps has left the web site reeling! But we are currently in the process of regaining our footing! We are glad that you have been able to locate us here at our new web address, www.lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net. Please be patient as we work towards restoring the site to its former glory. There are quite a few glitches (like those pesky question marks) that we are tracking down and taking care of as time permits. Hopefully all of these things will be taken care of in the coming days and weeks. In the meantime, we respectfully request your indulgence during these repairs and hope that you continue to enjoy our site! Thank you!

September 22, 2009: You can now read the minutes of the August 8, 2009 LCHS Board meeting at the Board Meeting Minutes page. Please click on the Board Meeting Minutes link in the left hand column to go to that page.

August 18, 2009: We have added a new page of “Other Historical Happenings” which will chronicle events which might be of interest to LCHS members. Please click on the link in the left hand column on any page to access this new section.

August 10, 2009: The Paypal connections on the Membership Subscription page and the Book Sales pages have (hopefully!) been fixed. Please buy something! (And if you have any problems using Paypal, please contact us!)

August 10, 2009: The minutes of the most recent Board meeting have been published on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

July 4, 2009: If you missed the annual potluck picnic at the Society Clubhouse in Nice last weekend (or even if you didn’t), check out the summary of it on the Historical Society Happenings page.

June 27, 2009: You can read the latest Message From the President by clicking on the link to that page in the left column of this page.

June 27, 2009: The minutes of the most recent Board meeting have been published on the Board Meeting Minutes page.

May 22, 2009: For a summary of the Society’s General Membership meeting at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake on April 26, please go to the Historical Society Happenings page. (The webmaster apologizes for the tardiness of this report, but I had to replace my entire computer system!)

March 20, 2009: We are now posting the minutes of the meetings of the LCHS Board of Directors. You can read them here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/board-meeting-minutes/.

March 11, 2009: We have posted news about the Society’s upcoming events here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/upcoming-events/.

March 3, 2009: You can read the latest “Message From the President” here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/a-message-from-the-president/.

February 28, 2009: Please read about the most recent General Membership meeting here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/.

November 23, 2008: You can follow a link from the Historical Society Happenings page (http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/) to read a recent article on the online Lake County News on current LCHS projects.

October 17, 2008: We have added five new “then and now” pictures (numbers 21 - 25) to the Photo and Locations Project page, here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/photo-location-project-page/. Also, read about the Society’s booth at the recent Lake County Fair and our latest General Membership meeting on the Historical Society Happenings page, here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/.

June 29, 2008: For an account of the recent (June 22) Society picnic, go to the Historical Society Happenings page, here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/.

May 5, 2008: The site’s home page was redone, the President’s Message was moved to its own page, a short history of the LCHS was put on a page here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/a-short-historical-society-history/, and a recap of the last meeting of the Society was added to the Historical Society Happenings page, here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/.

April 23, 2008: The remaining books offered on our sales page (http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/category/books/) have had their descriptions added. (And some of the earlier descriptions have been updated.)

April 19, 2008: You can always keep up with the latest Historical Society Happenings at this new page, here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/historical-society-happenings/

 April 19, 2008: We have added descriptions of most of the historical books offered for sale by the Society. Those books are here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/category/books/. To read the new descriptions, or to order a specific volume, click on the book’s title or cover illustration and take it from there!

April 13, 2008: There is a new page listing Upcoming Events involving the Society. It’s here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/upcoming-events/

April 10, 2008: Herndon Cemetery History and Restoration Page added. Go here: http://lakecountyhistoricalsociety.net/herndon-cemetery/