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from Mountain Democrat, Friday, October 14, 2022

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Oct. 14

Visit the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, open to the public, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays and Saturdays. See the many plants, trees, succulents, natives and more. Wander through the 16 individual gardens at your own pace or ask a docent for help. Garden may be closed for inclement weather; check the website before visiting: ucanr.edu/sites/ EDC_Master_Gardeners/ Demonstration_Garden.

Musician Ed Wilson

performs at The Vine in El Dorado Hills, 6-8 p.m. Christian Youth Theater’s Folsom chapter presents

“SpongeBob The

Musical,” Oct. 14 & 15 and Oct. 21 & 22 at Oak Hills Church, 1100 Blue Ravine Blvd. in Folsom. For tickets and more information visit cytsacramento.org/shows. Join Broken Compass Bluegrass for a fantastic night of jamgrass, bluegrass, country, Grateful Dead material and originals. 8-11 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club in Placerville. Reserved table seating and general admission tickets are available at tickets. clubgreenroom.com.

Oct. 15

Placerville Seventh-day

Adventist Church will hold a community blood drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church campus, 6831 Mother Lode Drive in Placerville. Donors are encouraged to make an appointment at donors. vitalant.org and enter blood drive code SMFR645 or call (877) 258-4825 and mention the same code. Walk-ins will be welcome if space allows.

Third Saturday Art Walk

– Historical Downtown presents Merchants; Past and Present, 2-8 p.m., to coincide with the Save the Graves event. Come downtown and make a festive cork wreath at Batia Wines for $10. Enjoy discounts at Kitchen Goods, Placerville Antiques, The Trading Post, Mattywag’s, Artistic Beads, Vibes Up and Full of Chic Boutique plus delicious specials at Amore Mio, Powell’s Steamers, Sourdough, World of Pies and TW Bonkers. Toogood Winery hosts outstanding poets, 6-7:30 pm. Six galleries will entice visitors with special offerings. Singer/songwriter Jonathan Foster , a musician from Redding, will perform 5-7 p.m. at The Green Room Social Club, 215 Main St, in Placerville. Tickets are available at tickets.clubgreenroom. com.

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Courtesy photos

Dorathea Zeisz, back row third from left, had 10 children and ran a successful business after her husband’s brewery and her marriage failed. Learn more about her life during Saturday’s Save the Graves event at Placerville Union Cemetery.

Diggin’ up history

one facinating story at a time

Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer

For the third year running, the folks over at Buried History will be metaphorically resurrecting several of the region’s more colorful individuals of antiquity for a one-dayonly event that truly brings history to life.

This year’s theme for the fl edgling organization will focus on the commerce of yesteryear: Honoring History’s Main Street Merchants.

The entire point of the theatrical event is to tell the real, human stories lurking behind the inevitably mundane list of dates, events and places you will fi nd while researching people from our notso-distant past — that ... and to raise money. Buried History’s mission is to celebrate, preserve, protect and promote the history interred in El Dorado County cemeteries.

The event, Save the Graves at Placerville Union Cemetery on Bee Street, unabashedly celebrates the history that, excusing the pun, lives in cemeteries in communities everywhere.

Eight characters are chosen by the small group during an extensive vetting process. Once a list is agreed upon each character is painstakingly researched and all supporting documents and materials are vetted and verifi ed. When possible, living descendants are invited to speak with actors and directors to add color to the agreedupon narrative of a person’s life.

Once a script is written and the actor is recruited the director and actor work together refi ning the encounter. Rewriting and rephrasing occurs as the voice of the character reveals itself to those in the rehearsal room. What guests see during the event is the result of countless hours from multiple people all focused on telling someone’s story.

This year’s personages include a colorful crew of ambitious merchants whose businesses could be found on Main Street, Placerville. • William Combellack was a young man who traveled to Gold Country from Cornwall, England, to discover his calling was not in the gold mines but in a menswear store. • The fi rst woman to register to vote in El Dorado County, Gertrude Kirk Cornelison, owned the fi rst Dodge dealership in town and famously drove her father’s Model T up the downtown Courthouse steps to prove a car could do anything a horse could. • Civil War veteran band master Henry S. Morey was the man who not only owned the only foundry in the region becoming a vital part of much of the commerce in the region but founded the Placerville Philharmonic Society. • Maggie Akins O’Keefe was the female undertaker. She took over her stepfather’s O’Keefe Furniture and Undertaking business, running it for nearly 40 years. • Mollie Reynolds left Placerville for a long and productive career with the State Surveyor General’s O ce in San Francisco and upon her return opened a successful Millinery shop on Main Street