The Entrance to Town
Mountain Ranch - Aerial View
This is the main part of the town The large white roofed building are Sender's Market and Sender's Hardware & Lumber. The storage lot is to the right, behind…
Mountain Ranch Hotel
This building was built in 1860 and is the site of the original Mountain Ranch. It is presently a private home on a large ranch and has been the occcupied by…
Post Office
This is an early 20th century Mountain Ranch Post Office. It was formerly the smallest post office in the United States There's just barely enough room inside…
Post Office
This tiny post office is the second Mountain Ranch Post Office - not much bigger than the first
Post Office
The current post office built in the 1980's
Ore Cart
This type of cart was used to haul gold ore out of the mines and this one sits in front of the post office
Fire Truck
Old Mountain Ranch fire truck
Larry's Frame Shop
Located next to the post office is Larry Mersek's picture frame shop. (Closed in 2016)
The Church
This odd little building is the Lutheran church. It looks like half of a building
Fire Department
This part of Calaveras County, like many rural American communities, has a volunteer fire department. This building contains our fire and emergency medical…
Community Club
Across the street from the post office is the community meeting hall for the Mountain Ranch Community Club, a non profit charitable and social club.
The Brockman home
This adobe building across from the post office and between the Lutheran church and Sender's Market. Formerly a store, butcher shop and bar with living space…
Mountain Ranch Realty
Across the street from Sender's is one of two real estate offices in town
Sender's Market
This friendly, full service market includes a wide selection of regional wines and an old fashioned butcher shop. What else does one need?
Sender's Hardware and Lumber
An amazing lumber and hardware store, the second largest in the county but definitely the best. If they don't have it, they can order it. If they can't order…
Phil's Barn
Built in 1917 as dance hall, it was once featured in a Clint Eastwood film. It's now the site of Phil Alberts' famous yard sales to support the baseball field.…
Mountain Ranch Candle Shop
Now a gift shop across the street from Sender's, it is an adobe structure that previously housed a grocery store.
The phone booth is the only one left in this…
The phone booth is the only one left in this…
Gas Station
Recently re-opened, this is "Big John's" the only gas station in Mountain Ranch. Prices have gone down since this was taken but that will change.
Alexander's
Basic automobile service
The Blunder Inn
The only bar in town. Also referred to as "the Carpenter's Union meeting hall"
The Park
In the late 1970's the community created a park and baseball field. across the street from the main part of the town.
Picnic Area and Basketball Court
The park's picnic benchs and covered basketball court sit amongst a walnut orchard. The basketball court also doubles as a dance floor in front of the bandstand…
Mountain Ranch Baseball Diamond
A well maintained field with an active baseball leagu
Lumber Mill
The site of the old lumber mill is across the street from the park. This is the incinerator for the mill's sawdust.
Telephone Building
This shack houses the telephone equipment for most of Mountain Ranch. Inside the enclosed area there are only two small equipment boxes. Mountain Ranch is also…
Cave City Vineyards
Part of our neighbor's Syrah and Tempranillo vineyard in the winte
Driveway
The new entrance to the property, replaces a very steep driveway on the other side. An owl lives in the old dead tree on the left.
House & Land
This is an overview of the property. It's about 10 acres and includes everything below the inverted "U" shaped road.
House Close Up
This is an aerial (Google Maps) shot of our house. A grey driveway on the left crosses one 5 acre parcel of land and is our normal entrance. The house sits on a…
Solar Panels
We generate about 60% of the power we use.
Deana's place
This is a small apartment about 200 feet south of the main house that Deana uses for a quilting studio and it also serves as a guest house. In the foreground is…
View
The view looking east from our deck at sunset. We've recently done some tree trimming to open up the view