The Lake County Historical Society held their June General Membership Pot Luck Picnic on Sunday, June 28, at their Nice Clubhouse, drawing an astonishing number of attendees even with the temperature hitting 104 degrees.

Thank you, Phil Smoley, for being our guest speaker. Your topic on Kit and Lindsey Carson – and now we learned of Andrew Jackson Carson – was fascinating. The members and gathered guests were spellbound hearing your interesting talk and maps on the lives of the Carson brothers.

A thank you to Dave Morgan, author of “It’s Lonely at the Top,” the Historical Society’s newest book, for attending, telling us about his book and having signed copies available.

A special thank you to everyone attending, despite the weather, and for bringing a dish to share.

Thank you to our committee members for all the work they did to put on this event: Jean Beeson, Michael Anderson, Bonnie Skee, Florence Peck, Shelly Skee, Vi Smoley, Pat and Becky Ridgel, Mike Weeden, Kevin Engle, Floraine Chalk, Penny Lunt, Patricia Wilson, Linda Morrison, Tony Marchese, Pat George, Carole Givich, Jinjer Hearn, John Smoley and Sheralyn Riewerts.

Randy Ridgel is president of the Lake County Historical Society. He lives in Kelseyville.