Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Knipp-Stengel Era

I went looking for this historical marker during one of my runs when we were in Sea Ranch in August.

Knipp-Stengel Era
Marker 40-20

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This marker is located on the Longmeadow Trail near market #253, Sea Ranch, California. The Sea Ranch Archives Committee has identified twenty-six historic sites scattered about The Sea Ranch. They have constructed trail markers with information explaining the significance of each place. They were placed as part of The Sea Ranch 50th anniversary being celebrated from Memorial Day 2014 to Memorial Day 2015. The GPS coordinates for this location are 38° 42' 57.7 N 123° 27' 10.9" W.

Knipp-Stengel Era

Uphill, just North of the Eucalyptus Grove, is where the first Europeans built their houses. Adam Knipp and Christian Stengel replaced these cabins with a one-and-a-half story white house in the 1870s. Knipp and Stengel operating a successful cattle ranch, and then a dairy

Knipp-Stengel Era

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