Welcome!

Welcome! This blog will chronicle my efforts to document, through my artwork, the landscape and the buildings around me. I hope to learn about the history of the beautiful place in which I live and to share that with others through sketching, painting, and writing.

Buy my artwork! I maintain a website where all of my affordable artwork can be viewed and purchased easily. The site is here: Libby Fife Fine Art

Please feel free to leave a comment or to email me.
libbyfife@ymail.com

I also maintain a studio blog which is looser in format. Check me out there to see what else I am doing:
http://quiltedcraftsman.blogspot.com/

Resources

This page includes any resources or citations that I use in the writing of the postings.

HMDB.ORG: The Historical Marker Database
reference for the history of the Milton Masonic Hall, post 9/24/11

Society For The Preservation of West Calaveras History

Our Valley Springs
A website devoted to collating information on Valley Springs and the surrounding areas in Calaveras County

California Highways
info on the history of CA highways in our area. Reference citation for 9/24/11 post "Sunday Morning"

Link to the History of Valley Springs (Society For The Preservation of West Calaveras History)

Friends of The Lower Calaveras River: updated blogging content about the Calaveras river area

Link to West Calaveras History FB page

Link to Calaveras History.org

Link to Mokelumne Coast To Coast:: This is a group that has helped to establish and maintain a hiking trail system, part of which runs through our area (and as far West as Martinez). This blog is the source for information on the Wildermouth House as well as information on this trail system.

link to reference of recordnet.com as cited in 10/13/11 post on Olive Orchard Painting/Terry Beaudoin

Link to Online Archive of California. This is the website for the Bancroft Library via US Berkeley. I found photos of our area along with some brief history and explanations.

Link to the Army Corp of Engineers sited in post 11/1/11

web site detailing different types of oaks found in CA.
http://www.laspilitas.com/groups/oaks/california_oak1.html

link to the Lehigh Southwest Cement Corp (formerly Calaveras Cement Co):
http://www.lehighsw.net/about_us/history.htm

Link to thepinetree.net and the information on the historic Tiscornia House

Link to The Mokelumne Hill Community Historical Trust
post dated 12/11/11

Information on the history of Murphys:
link here