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This is Kate Magruder with Promise of Paradise, back to the land oral histories of Mendocino County.Today we’ll be hearing from Lori Rosenberg of…

October 3, 2019 — Michael Riddell moved onto Greenfield Ranch with his two young daughters on Solstice of 1976.He was in the military in the early…

August 15, 2019 — Today we’ll hear from Anica Williams, who was born in Elk in 1975, and raised on a ten-acre parcel her parents bought for $10,000. Her…

Today we'll be hearing from Vicki Patterson of Ukiah. Born in Manhattan in 1945, Vicki migrated to Mendocino County in 1969. She lived on the Mann Ranch…

Today we'll be hearing from Vicki Patterson of Ukiah. Born in Manhattan in 1945, Vicki migrated to Mendocino County in 1969. She lived on the Mann Ranch…

Today we’ll be hearing from Diana Wiedemann, an Albion architect and Fifth District Mendocino County Planning Commissioner. In the early 70s, Weed, as…

Leon Springer moved to Potter Valley in 1974 to build yurts and live communally. Now a successful businessman, he remembers how he discovered what he…

This is Kate Magruder with Promise of Paradise, Back to the Land oral histories of Mendocino County. Today we’ll be hearing from John Scharffenberger of…

Midwifery was an important aspect of the back to the land movement. Expectant mothers wanted to deliver babies in their own homes, into the hands of…

January 17, 2019 -- Today, Lisa Grant of Greenfield Ranch will take us on a tour of her sixteen-sided "sculpture house," which her former partner John…