Dortha was the daughter of Arthur and Amy Stineman, a pioneer family of Wheatland. She spend almost her entire life in Wheatland. She attended Wheatland schools then graduated from Chico Normal Teacher's College, (now California state University at Chico). She taught school briefly in Sutter and Sheridan, but for the most part spent her 35 years teaching in the Wheatland Elementary School. At a time when most people retire, Dortha and her husband Vernon bought 2 horses, and they became "horse people." Dortha said "I didn't know I was going to marry a cowboy."
Dortha took responsibility very seriously. At age 16 she drove three of her aunts to Iowa in a little old touring car. On the running boards they carried cans of oil, gasoline and water. They carried extra tubes for the tires and stuff to patch the tubes if necessary. They camped out all along the way, cooking their food over a little gas burner. One of the aunts died, and on the way back another of the aunts became very ill and was unable to help at all. But Dortha soldiered on. They arrived back home in California with many tales to tell.
Dortha was a steadfast member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and in 1977 she was honored as 'Alumni of the Year' by Wheatland Union High School. She was the mother of two children: Eddie Baker and Verna Baker Mueller.
Dortha took responsibility very seriously. At age 16 she drove three of her aunts to Iowa in a little old touring car. On the running boards they carried cans of oil, gasoline and water. They carried extra tubes for the tires and stuff to patch the tubes if necessary. They camped out all along the way, cooking their food over a little gas burner. One of the aunts died, and on the way back another of the aunts became very ill and was unable to help at all. But Dortha soldiered on. They arrived back home in California with many tales to tell.
Dortha was a steadfast member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and in 1977 she was honored as 'Alumni of the Year' by Wheatland Union High School. She was the mother of two children: Eddie Baker and Verna Baker Mueller.
Dortha was the daughter of Arthur and Amy Stineman, a pioneer family of Wheatland. She spend almost her entire life in Wheatland. She attended Wheatland schools then graduated from Chico Normal Teacher's College, (now California state University at Chico). She taught school briefly in Sutter and Sheridan, but for the most part spent her 35 years teaching in the Wheatland Elementary School. At a time when most people retire, Dortha and her husband Vernon bought 2 horses, and they became "horse people." Dortha said "I didn't know I was going to marry a cowboy."
Dortha took responsibility very seriously. At age 16 she drove three of her aunts to Iowa in a little old touring car. On the running boards they carried cans of oil, gasoline and water. They carried extra tubes for the tires and stuff to patch the tubes if necessary. They camped out all along the way, cooking their food over a little gas burner. One of the aunts died, and on the way back another of the aunts became very ill and was unable to help at all. But Dortha soldiered on. They arrived back home in California with many tales to tell.
Dortha was a steadfast member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and in 1977 she was honored as 'Alumni of the Year' by Wheatland Union High School. She was the mother of two children: Eddie Baker and Verna Baker Mueller.
Dortha took responsibility very seriously. At age 16 she drove three of her aunts to Iowa in a little old touring car. On the running boards they carried cans of oil, gasoline and water. They carried extra tubes for the tires and stuff to patch the tubes if necessary. They camped out all along the way, cooking their food over a little gas burner. One of the aunts died, and on the way back another of the aunts became very ill and was unable to help at all. But Dortha soldiered on. They arrived back home in California with many tales to tell.
Dortha was a steadfast member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, and in 1977 she was honored as 'Alumni of the Year' by Wheatland Union High School. She was the mother of two children: Eddie Baker and Verna Baker Mueller.
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