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Old timers BBQ celebrates history |
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Friday, 24 July 2009 |
By Evanne Jardine
Southern Mono Historical Society
 File Photo The historic Hayden Cabin hosts the Old Timers BBQ on July 25
Life was a constant challenge for the miners, but they found many ways to relieve the drudgery. Sports like ‘coasting’ and ‘snow-shoeing’ in the winter, and hunting and hot tubbing at Casa Diablo in the summer added pleasure in the outdoors to those who toiled in the mines. Parties, concerts and theatricals also find mention in the local paper, the Mammoth City Herald. On July 13, 1879, the Herald carried the following announcement:
“Fahey’s Hotel, at Mill City, was the scene of an unexpected and delightful reunion last evening. The Silver Star String Band just quietly dropped in on the folks, with their friends, and their friends’ friends, and their wives and their wives’ relations, and their sisters and cousins and aunts, and a few strangers and outsiders and others until the rooms and halls of the hotel were overflowing with happy faces. The neighbors’ cottages were pressed into service to house and shelter and entertain the many visitors, and various devices resorted to for their comfort and entertainment. . . .”
Sounds a bit like a holiday weekend in Mammoth.
It is in the spirit of such conviviality that the Southern Mono Historical Society invites locals and visitors alike to come to the barbecues at Hayden Cabin, located off the Sherwin Creek Road, on the bank of Mammoth Creek.
The BBQ features food and fun from 5-10 p.m. and a celebration of almost 25 years of historic preservation. Enjoy reunions with old friends and revive memories of Mammoth’s history stretching back to the 1870s, when gold discoveries first brought miners and their families to the Mammoth area.
Evanne Jardine lives in Mammoth, loves local history and is a member of the Southern Mono Historical Society. Contact her at
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Last Updated ( Friday, 31 July 2009 )
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