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Future of Kelseyville’s name — tied to killer of Pomo people — rests with state, federal officials
DESCENDANTS OF THE POMO who survived the 1850 Bloody Island Massacre still live around Clear Lake. Many can’t drive into town without passing a name that, to them, honors one of the men whose cruelty drew the soldiers down on their families. The town is Kelseyville. The man was Andrew Kelsey.