Them Were The Days!
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This booklet is primarily an interview of one of the earliest woman park rangers of California, Petey Weaver. It is split into a chronological order of each of her missions in her career spanning 1930-1950. Also included is a general history of California woman park rangers, and the earliest history of California man park rangers.
Notables: Petey Weaver, Susan C Ross, Seven Parks Natural History Association, Santa Cruz Mountains Natural History Association, Bernie Dohahue, Richardson Grove, Seacliff Beach, Big Sur, Arlan Sholes, Charles Fakler, Mel Whittaker, Roy Cushing, Bill Weatherbee, Carl Saddlemire, Art Parvin, Darrell Knoefler, Lou Donaldson, Al Whittington, Elmer Crawford, Charlie Lewis, Charles Wing, Fred Canham, William Dool / Billy Dool, A H Johannsen, Waddell Creek, Maddock Cabin, Rodney Ellsworth, Jessie Johnson, Peg Bishop, Opal Creek, Jack Covington, Bill Kenyon, Mabel Kenyon, Richardson Grove State Park, Raymond Waldo, Shelter Cove, Viola French, Percy French, Jack Knight, Calaveras Big Trees, Phyllis Benbow, Pasadena Playhouse, Malcolm Byce, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Lloyd Lively, Paul Griffith, Wayne Cox, Chris Lively, Bill Raymond, Fred Oltman, Keith Carpenter, John Mason, Theodore McMillen, Lester Ransom / Pinky Ransom, Lee Blaisdell, Charlie Hight, The Old Cement Boat, Oakland Estuary, Cal-Nevada Stock Company, Don Meadows, Len Penhale, Clyde Newlin, Bob Crawford, Tom Spencer, Jim Whitehead, Gus Sgarlato, Bud Reddick, Roy Fulmer, Jess Chaffee, Ed Dolder, Mary Whittaker, Chick Henning, Little Basin, Del Curtis, Big Sur Inn, Clare Marie Hodges, Helen Wilson, Herma Albertson Baggley, Paula Pennington, Holly White, Paula Peterson / Paula Jones, Galen Clark, J H B Pilkington, Ezra M Smith
This booklet is primarily an interview of one of the earliest woman park rangers of California, Petey Weaver. It is split into a chronological order of each of her missions in her career spanning 1930-1950. Also included is a general history of California woman park rangers, and the earliest history of California man park rangers.
Notables: Petey Weaver, Susan C Ross, Seven Parks Natural History Association, Santa Cruz Mountains Natural History Association, Bernie Dohahue, Richardson Grove, Seacliff Beach, Big Sur, Arlan Sholes, Charles Fakler, Mel Whittaker, Roy Cushing, Bill Weatherbee, Carl Saddlemire, Art Parvin, Darrell Knoefler, Lou Donaldson, Al Whittington, Elmer Crawford, Charlie Lewis, Charles Wing, Fred Canham, William Dool / Billy Dool, A H Johannsen, Waddell Creek, Maddock Cabin, Rodney Ellsworth, Jessie Johnson, Peg Bishop, Opal Creek, Jack Covington, Bill Kenyon, Mabel Kenyon, Richardson Grove State Park, Raymond Waldo, Shelter Cove, Viola French, Percy French, Jack Knight, Calaveras Big Trees, Phyllis Benbow, Pasadena Playhouse, Malcolm Byce, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Lloyd Lively, Paul Griffith, Wayne Cox, Chris Lively, Bill Raymond, Fred Oltman, Keith Carpenter, John Mason, Theodore McMillen, Lester Ransom / Pinky Ransom, Lee Blaisdell, Charlie Hight, The Old Cement Boat, Oakland Estuary, Cal-Nevada Stock Company, Don Meadows, Len Penhale, Clyde Newlin, Bob Crawford, Tom Spencer, Jim Whitehead, Gus Sgarlato, Bud Reddick, Roy Fulmer, Jess Chaffee, Ed Dolder, Mary Whittaker, Chick Henning, Little Basin, Del Curtis, Big Sur Inn, Clare Marie Hodges, Helen Wilson, Herma Albertson Baggley, Paula Pennington, Holly White, Paula Peterson / Paula Jones, Galen Clark, J H B Pilkington, Ezra M Smith
Creator:
Harriett E Weaver; Mike Lynch; 125th Ranger Anniversary Committee
Date: 1991
Type:
BOOKLET
Coverage:
- State parks
- Santa Cruz
- Big Basin
- 1990s
- Nature
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- World War 2
- World War II
- WWII
- WW2
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-BIG BASIN STATE PARK-06
Collection
Citation
Weaver, Harriett E, Mike Lynch, and 125th Ranger Anniversary Committee. “Them Were The Days!.” 1991. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138293. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.