Portal: THE CURIOSITY CORRESPONDENT

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THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CURIOSITY CORRESPONDENT sends occasional news stories about the California Islands, keeping history alive and bringing the dead to life:

NO. DATE SUBJECT
#174 6/8/2023 FOR SALE—BIRD ROCK, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND. IT DOESN’T SMELL VERY GOOD!
#173 6/1/2023 SANTA CRUZ ISLAND—THE RESCUE
#172 5/25/2023 WELCOME TO THE CCIC JUSTINIAN CAIRE (1827-1897)
#171 5/18/2023 GUANO!
#170 5/11/2023 UPHEAVAL AT SAN MIGUEL ISLAND AND LOSS OF THE LIBERTY, 1895
#169 5/4/2023 STATE OF THE CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER
#168 4/27/2023 SLEUTHING AND GROUND-TRUTHING: CASE OF THE SANTA CRUZ ISLAND SCRUB-JAY (Aphelocoma insularis)
#167 4/20/2023 CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS’ LITTLE KNOWN FIRST BIOLOGICAL SURVEY (1918-1919)
#166 4/13/2023 DOUBLE MURDER IN CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
#165 4/6/2023 OLIVES ON AN ISLAND
#164 3/30/2023 BRITS BEAT US TO IT! 19TH CENTURY VIEWS OF THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS~KELLETT & WOOD
#163 3/23/2023 UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY~ EARLY MAPS AND VIEWS OF THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
#162 3/16/2023 THE CATALINA GRAND PRIX ~ DIFFERENT STROKES
#161 3/9/2023 BUGGED!
#160 3/2/2023 STUNNING BEAUTY— MARION AINSWORTH WITBECK (1922-2002)—THE UNTOLD STORY
#159 2/23/2023 REMEMBERING CAREY STANTON ON HIS 100th BIRTHDAY February 20, 1923 – February 20, 2023
#158 2/16/2023 MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES ~ TREASURED TOOLS OF THE RESEARCH TRADE
#157 2/9/2023 LIGHTHOUSES OF THE ALTA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
#156 2/2/2023 MARINE ARTIST AND MASTER MARINER FRANK WILDES THOMPSON
#155 1/26/2023 SANTA ROSA ISLAND’S VAQUERO CAPTAIN, AL MORRIS
#154 1/19/2023 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY ~ THE DEATH OF CAMERAMAN GLENN STRONG AT SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
#153 1/12/2023 GOLDEN EAGLE OF THE YANKEE BLADE LANDS ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND
#152 1/5/2023 ABALONIA ~ THE ISLAND NATION THAT NEVER WAS
#151 12/29/2022 NEW YEAR'S JOY
#150 12/22/2022 SANTA ROSA ISLAND: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PANORAMA
#149 12/15/2022 NORTH—WEST—SOUTH—EAST = NEWS
#148 12/8/2022 S.S. CUBA COMES TO CARPINTERIA, CA—PARTS OF HER ANYWAY!
#147 12/1/2022 TWO DUKES AND THEIR LOVE AFFAIR WITH SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#146 11/24/2022 THE MOVEABLE FEAST AND SANTA ROSA ISLAND'S THANKSGIVING TWINS
#145 11/17/2022 CARL OSCAR BORG'S SAN MIGUEL ISLAND PAINTINGS REUNITED
#144 11/10/2022 ANOTHER AMAZING FAMILY ARCHIVES COMES TO THE CCIC: MORRIS, MACLEAN, LOUD, AND GLENAR
#143 11/03/2022 CCIC COURTYARD GALLERY: THE HOME STRETCH
#142 10/27/2022 OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL ~ SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
#141 10/20/2022 RETURN TO SOUTHEAST FARALLON ISLAND
#140 10/13/2022 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS RADIO STATION K6TZ
#139 10/6/2022 FROM RANCHING TO ROCKETS ON SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
#138 9/29/2022 GOLDEN ART OF DAVID TALLMAN (1947-2015) AKA “THE JEWELER”
#137 9/22/2022 LISA JEVBRATT AND HELÉN SVENSSON ~ MAKING LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS
#136 9/15/2022 IT'S A 125-YEAR-OLD SHEEP!
#135 9/8/2022 GHERINI RANCH DEVELOPMENT, 1965
#134 9/1/2022 FAMOUS FIRSTS IN ISLAND COMMUNICATIONS
#133 8/25/2022 NICE FISH!
#132 8/18/2022 DYING TO VISIT AN ISLAND
#131 8/11/2022 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ARCH ROCK, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#130 8/4/2022 SADDLE UP!
#129 7/28/2022 SUGAR LOAF, AVALON BAY, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#128 7/21/2022 LETTER FROM JOE WALSH TO CCIC SUPPORTERS
#127 7/14/2022 SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TIME~CAREY STANTON’S CLOCKS
#126 7/7/2022 PICACHO DEL DIABLO, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
#125 6/30/2022 SANTA ROSA ISLAND OIL EXPLORATION: 43 YEARS, 7 COMPANIES, 12 WELLS — NO STRIKE!
#124 6/23/2022 HAVE PALETTE WILL TRAVEL ~ EARLIEST ART OF THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
#123 6/16/2022 SANTA CRUZ ISLAND'S UNSOLVED MYSTERY
#122 6/9/2022 OLD BEN ~ CATALINA'S CELEBRITY SEA LION
#121 6/2/2022 MEMORIALIZING JUANA MARIA IN BRONZE
#120 5/26/2022 A PRIVILEGED LIFE~HOWARD WALTER WRIGHT AND HIS BELOVED SIWASH
#119 5/19/2022 ARLINGTON SPRING MAN MOVES TO SANTA YNEZ
#118 5/12/2022 FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS, 2022
#117 5/5/2022 GAGGLES OF GEESE ON THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
#116 4/28/2022 RATTLESNAKES! CATALINA, CORODANOS, CEDROS
#115 4/21/2022 SHEEP HERDERS LANDING, SANTA CRUZ. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!
#114 4/14/2022 QUINTERO'S CAVE, SANTA ROSA ISLAND
#113 4/7/2022 HUNTING WILD BOARS ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, 1923
#112 3/31/2022 BOOBIES HAVE ARRIVED!
#111 3/24/2022 APPRECIATING ACCESS TO EAST ANACAPA
#110 3/16/2022 FROM AVALON TO INSANE ASYLUM.. 19TH CENTURY AVALON PIONEERS ~ALONZO AND SOPHIE WHEELER
#109 3/9/2022 LOSS OF THE ISLAND PACKER
#108 3/3/2022 A SNEAK PEEK AT THE CCIC’S COURTYARD GALLERY AND GARDEN
#107 2/24/2022 THE BISHOP’S CHAPEL, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#106 2/17/2022 PERIPATETIC CROSS THAT OUTLIVED ITS CATHEDRAL
#105 2/10/2022 E. K. SMITH (1918-2010) ~ SANTA ROSA ISLAND’S LAST LIVING LEGACY
#104 2/3/2022 A MADMAN, MURDERS AND MUTINY
#103 1/27/2022 CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS UNDER THREE FLAGS
#102 1/20/2022 THE OCTOPUS'S GARDEN
#101 1/13/2022 LITTLE DOROTHY CREEDE~ISLAND DRAMA FIT FOR A HOLLYWOOD FILM
#100 1/6/2022 CHARLEY AND EMILY PARKER ~AVALON’S AMAZING TAXIDERMY ARTISTS
#99 12/30/2021 NEW YEAR JOYS
#98 12/23/2021 CHRISTMAS AT SANTA CATALINA ISLAND ~WHAT’S ON THE MENU IN 1942?
#97 12/16/2021 ANACAPA ISLAND KELP FOREST COMES TO THE CCIC
#96 12/9/2021 FROM BICYCLES TO BOATS ~THE TRAGEDIES AND CHARM OF HENRY SHORT
#95 12/2/2021 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER 6 WEEKS’ UPDATE ~ DECEMBER 2, 2021
#94 11/25/2021 CHARLES DARWIN, J.D. CATON, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT, AND THE FIRST WILD TURKEYS ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
#93 11/18/2021 EATON FAMILY’S PERIPATETIC EARLY LIFE ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (1908-1910)
#92 11/11/2021 HAVING A GREAT TIME ~ WISH YOU WERE HERE
#91 11/4/2021 A COMPENDIUM OF CULTURAL COLLECTIONS ~ IN THE CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER CCIC
#90 10/28/2021 SEALMAN AND SEAMAN, RICHARD SWAIN HEADLEY~TRUE TO FRIEND AND FOE
#89 10/18/2021 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER 6 WEEKS’ UPDATE ~ OCTOBER 23, 2021
#88 10/7/2021 DAYS IN THE LIVES OF THE LAMBERTH FAMILY ON SAN NICOLAS ISLAND (1938-1939)
#87 10/7/2021 RALPH HOFFMANN (1870-1932) ~TRAGIC DEATH OF A BRILLIANT NATURALIST ON SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
#86 9/30/2021 FRENCHY (1875-1962) ~ HERMIT OF ANACAPA ISLAND
#85 9/23/2021 SAN MIGUEL ISLAND ELEPHANT SEALS ~ NORTH TO THE FISH; SOUTH TO THE BEACH
#84 9/16/2021 PARD MATHEWSON (1867-1949) AND THE LAST SURVIVING CATALINA WHERRY
#83 9/9/2021 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER 6-WEEK UPDATE ~ SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
#82 9/2/2021 REMEMBERING THE CONCEPTION 34
#81 8/26/2021 GOT EGGS? THE GREAT SOUTHEAST FARALLON EGG WARS
#80 8/19/2021 THE HYDER FAMILY ON SANTA BARBARA ISLAND
#79 8/12/2021 ALBERT’S ANCHORAGE, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND ~ A DEATH, A DUCK AND A LANDSLIDE
#78 8/5/2021 HONORING THE LONGEST SERVING ISLAND EMPLOYEE, PIETRO “PETE’ OLIVARI (1886-1961)
#77 7/29/2021 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER ~ 6 WEEKS’ UPDATE ~ JULY 29, 2021
#76 7/22/2021 CHANNEL ISLANDS AVIATION ~ END OF AN ERA (1975-2021)
#75 7/15/2021 FIRST FEMALE ISLANDS EXPLORER ~ SHINING A LIGHT UPON LUELLA “BLANCHE” TRASK
#74 7/8/2021 HEMAN BAYFIELD WEBSTER ~ KING OF ANACAPA
#73 7/1/2021 CHARLES “CHUCK” HILLINGER (1926-2008) ~ A NOSE FOR ISLAND NEWS
#72 6/24/2021 HEADSTONES: REVEREND REMINDERS OF THE DEAD
#71 6/17/2021 SECOND HELPINGS OF OUR STONE SOUP ~ CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER ~ ANOTHER 6-WEEKS’ UPDATE
#70 6/10/2021 UNIDENTIFIED, UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED FINDS ON CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS
#69 6/3/2021 ISLAPEDIA MARKS 8 YEARS
#68 5/27/2021 ONCE UPON A RESORT ~ BANNINGS' HOTEL METROPOLE ~ PART 2
#67 5/20/2021 ONCE UPON A RESORT ~ GEORGE SHATTO’S HOTEL METROPOLE ~ PART 1
#66 5/13/2021 SURVEYOR FRANK FLOURNOY—“COUNT ONLY THE SUNNY HOURS”
#65 5/6/2021 STONE SOUP ~ CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER ~ ANOTHER 6-WEEKS’ UPDATE
#64 4/29/2021 RICHARD DIEBENKORN AND CAREY STANTON ~ A PRIVATE COLLECTION
#63 4/22/2021 WILLIAM BOWLES DEWEY. ONE PHOTOGRAPHER—EIGHT ISLANDS
#62 4/15/2021 ABALONE ~ A RAINBOW OF SEA SNAILS
#61 4/8/2021 CHANNEL SWIMMERS! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONLY ONE ISLAND-TO-MAINLAND SWIM REMAINS TO BE CONQUERED!
#60 4/1/2021 ISLA SAN MARTIN, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
#59 3/25/2021 CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER 6-WEEKS’ UPDATE—PHASE I. INTERIOR
#58 3/18/2021 SURVIVAL OF DESIREE´ RODRIGUEZ ~ AND A REMARKABLE REUNION 35 YEARS LATER
#57 3/11/2021 REMEMBERING HENRY COWIE DUFFIELD, JR. (1921-1986) ON HIS 100th BIRTHDAY
#56 3/4/2021 DIRIGIBLES—LUCKY AND UNLUCKY ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#55 2/25/2021 SEEING DOUBLE—STUPENDOUS STEREOCARDS CREATED BY SANTA BARBARA PHOTOGRAPHER, RALPH PAULIN
#54 2/18/2021 OBJECTS OF MEMORY—SOUVENIRS FROM THREE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
#53 2/11/2021 HAPPENINGS AT THE CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER [CCIC]
#52 2/4/2021 PIGS ARRIVE ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND IN 1853 AND SPREAD TO THREE OTHER ISLANDS—ANOTHER ISLAND HISTORY MYSTERY SOLVED!
#51 1/28/2021 RARE ARTIFACT ACQUIRED FROM JUSTINIAN CAIRE AND HIS HARDWARE COMPANY
#50 1/21/2021 ARTIST JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER'S ANACAPA SEAGULLS PREDATE HIS MOTHER'S PORTRAIT BY 17 YEARS
#49 1/14/2021 RARE AND ELUSIVE SANTA CATALINA ISLAND SHREW CAUGHT ON CAMERA
#48 1/07/2021 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND GOATS COME TO THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IN 2021 BY WAY OF SANTA CATALINA AND SAN CLEMENTE ISLANDS!
#47 12/31/2020 IT’S A WRAP! CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER [CCIC] YEAR END REPORT]
#46 12/24/2020 1929 ~ CHRISTMAS WITH FATHER THOMAS SHERMAN AT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
#45 12/17/2020 JACK LONDON’S SHORT LIFE INTERSECTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
#44 12/10/2020 FINE PHOTOGRAPHY, THE MAGIC OF MAGNIFICATION, AND TWO NEEDLES IN A HAYSTACK DISCOVERED!
#43 12/3/2020 A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE: 3 DECADES OF SCIF ADVISORY COUNCIL INVITATIONS
#42 11/26/2020 A THANKSGIVING SPOONFUL
#41 11/19/2020 SANTA CRUZ ISLAND’S CANTINA VIEJA ~ FROM RUINS TO RESTORATION
#40 11/12/2020 ALEXANDER PETER MORE ~ MURDERER, CONTENTIOUS CHARACTER AND OWNER OF SANTA ROSA ISLAND
#39 11/5/2020 BON VIVANT BEN HUGHEY (1906-1997) AND HIS ISLAND ESCAPADES
#38 10/29/2020 FAY'S, FRIAR'S, FRYE'S OR FRYS? SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. FRYE'S HARBOR IT IS!
#37 10/22/2020 LUDMILLA PILAT WELCH—FIRST FEMALE ARTIST ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND—OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!
#36 10/15/2020 PROOF IS IN THE PROVENANCE—JUANA MARIA'S DONUT STONE—AND A COMPELLING NEW MYSTERY
#35 10/8/2020 RAREST OF RARE ISLAND BOOKS: The Channel Islands of California by Charles Federick Holder, (1910)
#34 10/1/2020 JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS!
#33 9/24/2020 JOE DUNCAN GLEASON (1881-1959)
#32 9/17/2020 SANTA CRUZ ISLAND—YOU'VE GOT MAIL
#31 9/10/2020 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND REVEALED
#30 9/3/2020 ISLAND VEXILLOLOGY
#29 8/27/2020 CONCEPTION ~ A MONUMENT IN THE MAKING
#28 8/20/2020 RINCON ISLAND—CALIFORNIA'S 9TH CHANNEL ISLAND
#27 8/13/2020 WHAT DO PRIVATE PILOT, PRACTICAL HORSEMAN, AND PLAYBOY HAVE IN COMMON?
#26 8/6/2020 THE LEGACY OF LIL CONNALLY (1932-2020)
#25 7/30/2020 GOLIATH GROUPERS—GENTLE GIANTS OF THE COASTAL KELP FORESTS
#24 7/23/2020 CATALINANS VISIT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND IN 1904—WHAT FUN!
#23 7/16/2020 GENERATIONAL PASSION FOR THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS
#22 7/09/2020 FOX FIRSTS
#21 7/02/2020 4th of JULY ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
#20 6/25/2020 WHO PAINTED PAINTED CAVE?
#19 6/18/2020 THE CURIOUS CASE OF NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS
#18 6/12/2020 AMELIA AND HER 1888 SAN MIGUEL ISLAND WESTERN GULL EGG
#17 6/4/2020 7th ANNIVERSARY OF ISLAPEDIA: SURPASSING 14,000 PAGES
#16 5/28/2020 CATALINA CLAY PRODUCTS COME TO CARPINTERIA
#15 5/21/2020 ALL 8 CLUB
#14 5/14/2020 HENRY CHAPMAN FORD—ANCAPA ISLAND PAINTING RETURNS TO THE WEST COAST
#13 5/7/2020 CONCEPTION EDITORIAL BY HEATHER SAWDON
#12 4/30/2020 FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS
#11 4/23/2020 CCIC—RECYCLE, REPURPOSE, REUSE
#10 4/9/2020 CCIC—MAKING PROGRESS [DEMOLITION
#9 3/17/2020 POSTPONEMENT OF MASS
#8 2/20/2020 MISSING HAHN PAINTING RESIDES ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
#7 1/21/2020 HONORING THE CHRISMANS
#6 10/31/2019 INTRODUCING THE CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLAND CENTER
#5 9/19/2019 FARALLON ISLANDS—THE DEVIL'S TEETH
#4 6/29/2019 WILD MAN OF SANTA CRUZ ISLAND—1917
#3 5/23/2019 CELEBRATING 52 YEARS OF MASS—THE FEAST OF THE HOLY CROSS
#2 4/10/2019 EDWIN STANTON PURCHASES SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 4/10/1937
#1 2/20/2019 HAPPY 96th BIRTHDAY CAREY STANTON