Time Jockey – Ghostly Ghouls
By Joe Castillo
October 31, 2012 • 266 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
More Haunting Tales ….. Here’s my second installation of special Halloween stories. I’ll try not to make them too scary. The Balzac Café in Azusa is located in an old brick building with thick walls and solid concrete floors. The building was at one time a bank, but through the years... Read more »
HAUNTED HALLOWEEN
By Joe Castillo
October 17, 2012 • 230 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
Haunting Tails ….. It’s October and time for stories of ghosts and spirits in places we pass by everyday right here in the San Gabriel Valley. The Los Angeles County Arboretum is home to a number of ghostly visions which perhaps you may have seen. Going back to the late 20’s, the Arboretum... Read more »
Time Jockey – On the Road to Barstow
October 3, 2012 • 342 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
Rail Town ….I’m sure many of you have driven the 15 up to Las Vegas and gone through the Mojave town of Barstow. It was probably hot out and perhaps you stopped for gas, food or just to stretch your legs. It is a town like any other along the route to Vegas, like Victorville, Baker and... Read more »
‘Time Jockey’ THE ROAD TO COLUMBIA
By Joe Castillo
September 19, 2012 • 307 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
Admission Day …. Columbia State Historic Park celebrated the admission of California, the 31st state of the Union, over the weekend of September 7th. Columbia is located just north of the city of Sonora in the Mother Lode foothills of the Sierra Nevada’s. Dr. Thaddeus Hildreth and his... Read more »
‘Time Jockey’ To The West
Joe Castillo
September 5, 2012 • 286 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
To The West …. In 1849, the rush to find gold and riches in California brought a new spirit of men into the Golden State. Men came West in search of a new start and prosperity. The allure of gold captured their imagination and dreams, while also drawing them into a new lifestyle of hard and tedious... Read more »
TIME JOCKEY – ALCATRAZ
Joe Castillo
August 21, 2012 • 894 views
Filed under Columns, Time Jockey
Great Escape …. Fifty years ago, Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin, escaped from what was thought to be an inescapable jail located on a secluded island 1.5 miles away from the mainland. Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, and has been used as a lighthouse facility,military... Read more »
