Carole MacRobert Steele

Carole Steele was born in Portland, Oregon in 1948, but lived the majority of her life in California until moving to southern Oregon in 2003 when her husband retired.

In 1976 Carole began collecting and selling vintage postcards. She subscribed to the hobby's monthly periodical Barr's Postcard News. Pursuing her love of writing, she wrote thirty-six articles for that publication on subjects ranging from political figures to roadside attractions; all with regard to images on postcards. She owned the postcards to back up every article! For the past twenty-five years she has been selling vintage postcards, books, and collectibles on Ebay.

Because Carole had amassed hundreds of postcards for over forty years, she knew she had enough material to write local pictorial history books using her postcard images. In 2003 she self-published her first book Pictorial History of Mono Hot Springs, California.

Documenting her favorite places seemed to follow a pattern with the release of her second book: Phoebe's House~A Hearst Legacy~A Pictorial History of Hacienda Del Poza De Verona, Castlewood Country Club, Old Hearst Ranch ~ Pleasanton, California. (Luminare Press 2016).

Carole's current pictorial history book is her largest writing endeavor: A Pictorial History of Highway 99~The Scenic Route...Redding, California to Portland, Oregon (Luminare Press 2021).

Carole enjoys genealogy, gardening, antiquing, reading non-fiction, and visiting her three grandchildren. She hopes to get back to oil painting someday. Through her proven bloodlines, she qualified for membership in the Mayflower Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Jamestown Society. I guess you could say "History Is In Her Blood" !! She is also a member of several historical societies.

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