The CVCB in Exeter donated these photos to CACHE recently. They include a photo of the dedication in 1926 of the wading pool in the City Park, the Exeter Kiwanis Club’s first big community project. The original Exeter Presbyterian Church at the same location on E Street and Maple Ave and the original Exeter Lodging House. They now decorate the wall in the hallway across from the CACHE Treasures Gift Shop. Pictured (L to R) are five board members and CVCB representatives Robyn Stearns, Linda Gill, Dwight Miller, Stefani Woods, SVP/Market Manager from Central Valley Community Bank, Patty Spott, Laurie Hamilton.
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In front of our Center for Art, Culture and History-Exeter (CACHE) building are the Stanley Bell and the Beinhorn Trough
The Stanley Bell
The bell in front of the Center for Art, Culture and History-Exeter (CACHE) was donated by Sharon Stanley Mumma to CACHE’s predecessor organization, the Exeter Historical Museum, in 2012. Sharon’s father, Chuck Stanley, rescued the bell from the City salvage yard in 1985. He had been driving by the city yard eyeing the bell since the early 1950s. For over 35 years he made requests of the City Council to purchase the bell. Finally, in 1985, the City Council told him that they’d give it to him if he made a donation to the Miller-Dofflemyer Boy Scout Building fund and the…
The Beinhorn Trough
The Beinhorn Trough is located across the street in Joyner Park. In 1902, young Charlie Beinhorn became the proprietor of a store on Pine Street near the Southern Pacific railroad tracks in Exeter, California. This store, named Granite Liquor, was 75 feet east of F Street, or where as of 2023, “The Stag” bar is located.
Beinhorn had a water trough commissioned by the Rocky Point Granite Company on the north slope of Rocky Hill, just east of Exeter. This quarry was the first industry in the Exeter area. The trough was completed and delivered to the Pine street location. Charlie attached leather to the rim of the trough when he found that horses were…