August 16- Long-Gone Industries: Lumber & Prunes

Speakers: Steve Deas, Joanne Taeuffer, Don Mitchell

Two economic engines of years past in Healdsburg – lumber and prunes – are mostly gone, leaving behind only the name of one of our newest housing developments, The Mill District, and the name of our baseball team, the Prune Packers. Steve Deas, Joanne Taeuffer and Don Mitchell will talk about the history of these two industries. And we’ll be counting on the audience to add their memories of the time not so long ago when prunes were king.

Horse team hauling monster log

Prune blossoms