Submitted by paula on Sun, 08/08/2021 - 7:36pm
… Carlo Guiseppe Celio ended up in the Placerville with his brother after leaving his native Switzerland in search of gold. He took his earnings and bought a dairy farm in the area and then came into Lake Tahoe and homesteaded in Lake Valley in 1857. He and his wife Maria raised their 5 sons in both Lake Tahoe and Placerville and grew their holdings to 4,000 acres. C. G. Celio and Sons were once the largest employer on the south shore of Lake Tahoe. They took their small beginning as a dairy farm and developed it into a very large business. Their four branches kept many busy as well honoring contracts to keep the roads plowed and running electricity to the area. The Celios were even responsible for laying the stone mile markers along Highway 50 from Placerville to South Lake Tahoe. The family would stay at the ranch from spring to fall, each journey with the dairy cattle and their belongings. They also owned the town of Meyers.
Although not a member of the Soroptimist of South Lake Tahoe club, she joined her friend Del Laine in helping the group in the community. She also volunteered for the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and rode horseback in the backcountry for the US Forest Service.