MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The early history of Coyote Valley and Middletown will be the subject of discussion at the next meeting of the Stone House Historical Society Tuesday, Feb. 1.

Nina Bouska, longtime member of the society, will share her research about Robert Henry Sterling, who built the Stone House in 1853, and the men who owned the Rancho Guenoc, where Stone House was built as the manager’s headquarters, and the Rancho Collayomi, where Middletown was founded in 1870.

Stone House was determined to be the oldest existing building in Lake County by the California Centennial Commission in 1950.

All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting, at 10 a.m. in the Activities Room at the Hidden Valley Lake Association offices. Non-residents can simply give their names at the Hartmann Road gate, listing the Stone House meeting as their destination.

For further information, call Georgeann Tintorri, 707-987-7370, or Bonney Jorgensen, 707-987-8764.