tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154094953985802235.post8568821468125390642..comments2023-08-23T07:35:07.418-07:00Comments on My West Sacramento Photo of the Day: The Senator Garage-Golden Eagle GasBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05258694529759865374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154094953985802235.post-63830488771479555572013-03-25T16:20:44.859-07:002013-03-25T16:20:44.859-07:00The Senator Garage was owned and built by my grand...The Senator Garage was owned and built by my grand aunt Isabelle "Belle" Parkinson. Her husband, my grand uncle Bill Parkinson, operated the gas station.<br /><br />Belle and Bill lived in the house next door, which was also owned and built by Belle.<br /><br />Belle was very active in city affairs during the early days of Broderick, and was past president of the Washington/Broderick PTA in the early 1900's.<br /><br />There is a massive, beautiful, old walnut tree on the property that was planted by Bill Parkinson and his brother Asa Parkinson. Asa grew the tree from a walnut that he had put a nail through and then let sprout in a glass of water. It is the most amazing tree I have ever seen. They planted the tree in the 1920's or 1930's.<br /><br />C. ParkinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com