OBIE INTRO
Reservoir Hill, Placerville, California
This is the home of my great grandmother, Meda Eliza Camp
Daniels. (Pictured next to her husband Asa Wilder Daniels) Meda was born on
Reservoir Hill, just outside of Placerville, in 1869. She was the daughter of
Asa Steven Camp, who, along with his father, Clark Camp, set out for the gold
camps during the gold rush of 1849, arriving in Hangtown in time to be counted
in the census of 1850, and her mother, Laura Ellen Oldfield Camp, who, along
with her parents, John and Eliza Oldfield, made the trek from Wisconsin to
Placerville, by covered wagon in 1854. Meda’s husband, Asa Wilder Daniels (the
gentleman at her side in the photo) arrived in Placerville in 1888. He
purchased the Slater fruit ranch on Reservoir Hill, from W. R. Selkirk, and he
and Meda were wed in 1890. In addition to working the ranch, Great Granddad was
the Justice of The Peace in Placerville. His passing in 1937 was front page
news in The Mountain Democrat. Also pictured are daughters, Gladys, and
Myrle Daniels Schroth, and son, Jared Waldo with his dog, Spuds. Jared Waldo
was my beloved Granddad. My Camp, Daniels, and Casebeer ancestors arrived in
the Colonies prior to the American Revolution, and members of each line served
during the Revolutionary War, to secure and preserve the freedoms we Americans
enjoy today, and to establish forever, one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all. My great grandma Daniels lived to
the ripe old age of 96. She camped with us in the high Sierras each
summer, until breaking a hip at age 93. I spent many pleasant hours with
my great grandma, many right here, in the home on Reservoir Hill. Like my
great grandma, my granddad, and my mother before me, I too was born and raised
on Reservoir Hill. My roots in Placerville are deep, my memories
priceless, my pride immeasurable, and my heritage irrefutable and cherished. Obie is my tribute and testament to all that remarkable heritage, and to
Placerville, California, my hometown.
See link to the first 18 chapters on my website.
Excerpts from OBIE plus poems and additional material are available in
"GLAD DAYS LONG AGO" available on Amazon
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