Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 2 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Los Padres National Forest
Location: Monterey County, California, United States
Outdoor natural hot spring tub (104°F) next to stairs for cooling off in river, Indoor hot plunge 108°F, steam room, soothing outdoor setting with high quality materials.
sfzc.org/tassajara
Basic Tassajara History:
Pre history - Indians for thousands of years, Esselen Indians when Spanish arrived in the area by 1770.
1868 - J. E Rust opened camp - first official settler,
1875 - Borden advertises settler
1876 November - Borden sells squatter's rights to William Hart.
1884 - Hart officially homesteads 160 acres including the springs
1885 March - Charles Quilty buys Tassajara. He and his wife Mary and 2nd wife then widow Helen own it for 60 years.
1945 May - Ralph Myers & James Bundgard who leased his share to Myers whose wife & then widow Helen weds Philip Terry.
1949 September 9 - Hotel burns down and other buildings and woods
1951 October - Angela and Frank Sappok
1959 April - Margaret and Lester Hudson
1960 February - Robert and Anna Beck and Fred and Nancy Roscoe who sell their share to Becks after a month.
1966 December - Becks receive first payment on Tassajara from Zen Center
cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/other/history-tass.htm
May 24, 2019
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