Hornitos

By Jim Cunningham and Flip Hassett The annual All Souls Day celebration in Hornitos is this Saturday, Nov. 2. The Hornitos event is about 120 years old and is a not-to-be-missed local event. Hundreds of people from all over California normally take part in the multicultural tradition that brings lots of celebratory activity to this historic…

Community preparations are finishing up for the famous "74th Annual Hornitos Enchilada Dinner,” to be held in "Historic Hornitos", on Saturday, March 4, from 3…

In the wonderful little town of Hornitos, every year on Nov. 2, they celebrate All Souls Day. This event is a combination of All Souls Day, a…

By Jim Cunningham and Flip Hassett Hornitos’ Beginnings Hornitos was established in the 1840s when the town fathers of Quartzburg (located about six miles away), concerned over their community’s image banished the riffraff: gamblers, drinkers, and troublemakers to an area several miles away on Burns Creek – but, as luck…

We’re free! My wife and I both have received two doses of COVID-19, thanks to local volunteer, Dr. Tiwa. We can toss the masks, pop in the car, and go…