LOCAL RESIDENT DONATES MEMORABILIA TO FERNDALE MUSEUM (original) (raw)

BETTY BOWLES IS THE GREAT, GREAT, GRANDDAUGHTER OF SETH KINMAN. HE’S ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SETTLERS ON THE NORTH COAST. BOWLES AND HER LATE BROTHER JIM ANDERSON MADE THE DECISION TO DONATE MEMORABILIA TO THE FERNDALE MUSEUM INCLUDING A PAIR OF CHAPS, JACKET AND VIOLIN. THE DIRECTOR OF FERNDALE MUSEUM SAYS HE CAN’T THANK BOWLES AND HER FAMILY ENOUGH.
A COUPLE OF DOZEN FERNDALE RESIDENTS GATHERED AT THE TOWN HALL TO SEE THE ARTIFACTS. ROB ROBERTS FOUND KINMAN FASCINATING AND SEPTN THE LAST DECADE RESEARCHING HIM.
ROBERTS MADE POSTER BOARDS WITH PICTURES AND TIMELINES OF KINMAN'S LIFE. KINMAN WAS ONE OF ONLY 12 PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY SETTLED IN FERNDALE DURING THE GOLD RUSH IN 1852. FOR A LIVING, KINMAN MADE CHAIRS FROM ELK HORNS AND GRIZZLY BEAR SKIN, AND EVEN PRESENTED THEM TO SEVERAL U.S. PRESIDENTS. KINMAN ALSO OPENED UP MUSEUMS LOCALLY AND IN BIG CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND LA. MATT MENDES REPORTING FOR NEWS CHANNEL 3.