Heber NewsLocal news for Heber, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Full steam ahead- October 8, 2007 "William Bell Elliott was hunting for bear in 1847 when he saw the stinking sulfur steam and bubbling hot water. He named it 'The Gates of Hell,'" At the end of a country road twisting 89 miles north of San Francisco, black mud bubbles up from the earth and the wind carries the stench of sulfur. via Contra Costa Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/heber-ca/2007/10/full-steam-ahead?fromrss=1 |