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Future of Kelseyville’s name — tied to killer of Pomo people — rests with state, federal officials
DESCENDANTS OF THE POMO who survived the 1850 Bloody Island Massacre still live around Clear Lake. Many can’t drive into town without passing a name that, to them, honors one of the men whose cruelty drew the soldiers down on their families. The town is Kelseyville. The man was Andrew Kelsey. And after years of […] The post Future of Kelseyville’s name — tied to killer of Pomo people — rests with state, federal officials appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Future of Kelseyville’s name — tied to killer of Pomo people — rests with state, federal officials, DESCENDANTS OF THE POMO who survived the 1850 Bloody Island Massacre still live around Clear Lake. Many can’t drive into town without passing a name that, to them, honors one of the men whose cruelty drew the soldiers down on their families. The town is Kelseyville. The man was Andrew Kelsey. And after years of […] The post Future of Kelseyville’s name — tied to killer of Pomo people — rests with state, federal officials appeared first on Local News Matters .
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