The People Who Never Left

ANNETTE TELLS TALES: Stories from the Past That Resonate with Now, Retold

Cullamah, California, 1848

Dozens, maybe hundreds, live in Cullamah, in the foothills of the mountains.

Their life is as good as life gets: The weather is warm most of the year. A river runs next to the village providing limitless fresh clean water, for bathing, fishing, and drinking. Deer, rabbit, and other animals supply meat and material for clothi…