Silverado, Leo Fender, Priscilla Hoel, and updates

Today's images are photos of beautiful downtown Silverado from 1962. The Silverado Branch Library is roughly in the center of both shots.

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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008 would have been inventor Leo Fender's 99th birthday. A native of Santa Ana, Fender's electric guitar, bass, and amplifier designs would change popular music forever. Fender's factory was located in Fullerton.

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I should have noted earlier the death of Priscilla Hoel, founding member and docent of Los Amigos de las Colinas in El Toro. A recent article in the Register tells more about how she and her Amigos helped preserve the heritage of Saddleback Valley.

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Frequently, people add interesting comments to older Roundup posts. Recent examples include Marty Martindale who posted about his dad and Ted Mangels, who assembled the first Autopia cars. In a separate email to me, Marty also wrote, "You might enjoy the following story that includes a funny incident when dad was testing the Autopia car with Bob Gurr around the streets of Newport and crashed it by the old police station."

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Also, "El Bocho" posted some questions about "Indian Mystic Rock" amid the replies to my June 5 post about the Hanging Tree. Perhaps you can help him find his missing rock.

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And finally, I've heard from Thomas B. Talbert's kin in recent days. If this connection leads somewhere interesting, I'll certainly post about it here.