Prologue -- Where it all began -- The belle of Plumas County -- True love and tragedy -- Photos: Park City -- The R.C. Chambers affair -- A decade of adjustment -- Entertaining in style -- Photos: the Gardo house -- The progressive movement -- The next generation -- A house divided against itself -- Three, two, one ... -- Photos: El Roble -- Hard times -- Here comes the prince, again -- "To you, my dear Sherrie, I say good bye" -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography.