In collaboration with Mendocino’s Kelley House Museum, MendoFever will be publishing their “This Day in Mendocino History” Facebook posts. The Kelley House Museum works hard to document and curate Mendocino County’s rich history and can be visited in the seaside town of Mendocino.
On this day in Mendocino history…
June 7, 1903 – The Woodmen of the World (WOW) Pepperwood Camp #756 attended the unveiling of a monument over the grave of their late Chief Officer Harold C. Tanner at Evergreen Cemetery. The Mendocino camp of the fraternal order had been organized in July 1902, and Tanner, who was employed at the mill, was elected their first chief officer.
The week after his election, Tanner was involved in a boating accident at the mouth of Big River and presumed drowned. His body was recovered three weeks later.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮. 𝘌𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘵 curator@kelleyhousemuseum.org
