Story by John Vonderlin
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Hi June,
I’ve attached a scan of the newsletter from a 2003 Rancho Del Oso Interpretive Center. Hulda was an amazing woman. I know she has passed on, but am not sure if she made 100. Her correspondence (5 linear feet) is at Stanford and is on my list to check out after I can read again easily. I’m sure she has the full story on the Waddell Beach Bypass. Just the 1905 picture alone tells me there is no way the poison-oak-protected road I explored was the old road, as it is about straight up the cliff from the horse and carriage. Her story is fascinating: www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1997/janfeb/articles/hulda.html
Enjoy. John