Nine Miles In
Living 25 Years at Webber Lake
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Nine Miles In recounts the incredible adventures of Doug Garton, the first caretaker to ever live year-round at beautiful and historic Webber Lake Ranch in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Doug and his first and second wives endured fierce, isolating, yet stunningly beautiful winters. The property contains numerous historic buildings and sites, the most notable being the 1860s Webber Lake Hotel, an original stage stop and resort on famed Henness Pass Road. This self-made man narrates his nail biting life and death rescues and close calls, while taking the reader through 25 years of what times were like managing incredible Webber Lake Ranch.
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Nine Miles In recounts the incredible adventures of Doug Garton, the first caretaker to ever live year round at beautiful and historic Webber Lake Ranch in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Doug and his first and second wife endured fierce, isolating, yet stunningly beautiful winters. The property contains numerous historic buildings and sites, the most notable being the 1860s Webber Lake Hotel, an original stage stop and resort on the famed Henness Pass Road. This self-made man narrates his nail-biting life and death rescues and close calls while taking the reader through twenty-five years of what times were like managing incredible Webber Lake Ranch.
About the Author
Doug Garton was born in 1928 in Corona, California, when part of the town’s circular race track went around the family’s home. Doug worked for California Fish and Game for 11 years. While there, he developed studies and instituted a big game guzzler; an idea that is still in use by the organization today. After another successful career of 17 years in the roofing business, Doug was able to put his inventor nature, problem solving, and outdoorsman skills to work as the first ever year-round manager of Webber Lake Ranch.