tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post6474376268916408791..comments2023-06-04T04:11:05.291-07:00Comments on Santa Cruz Trains: Stations: Call of the WildDerek Whaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-65036065846550768982019-05-12T23:57:07.365-07:002019-05-12T23:57:07.365-07:00This is not accurate. Jack London wrote Call of th...This is not accurate. Jack London wrote Call of the Wild in Harry Ryan's office in downtown San Jose. He had a daily journal, so it is known that he did come to downtown Los Gatos a couple of times, but never lived in Los Gatos and never came up the mountain. I have a letter he wrote to a friend in 1912 saying he gave Harry permission to name his property after the book, and he hoped to one day see the property. He took off for the south seas and died before ever seeing Harry's propertyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-58790956920609045472017-11-17T17:03:39.008-08:002017-11-17T17:03:39.008-08:00Sue, you forgot to add that our father worked for ...Sue, you forgot to add that our father worked for the San Jose Water Works, as a purchasing Agent, in 1959 and he moved our family there for about a year or two. We were the last caretakers at the resort. We used to have pool parties for some of the alter boys from St. Claire’s Catholic Church under the supervision of Fr. William (Bill) Lester.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134703476203726765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-30595507259359600532017-11-17T16:54:12.695-08:002017-11-17T16:54:12.695-08:00Now that is interesting. Once upon a ride a friend...Now that is interesting. Once upon a ride a friend who lived at Aldercroft Heights at the time took me by bike down Call of the Wild Road and then onto a "logging" road down to the creek and across to Aldercroft Heights. It was a one-time affair for me, but he used it more often. rayhoslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320724812933303058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-84268234968201014692017-11-17T12:06:30.049-08:002017-11-17T12:06:30.049-08:00My March 21, 1937 Employees Timetable shows no sid...My March 21, 1937 Employees Timetable shows no siding at Call of the Wild.<br />But there was a railroad telephone. Three of the five passenger trains listed stopped on flag here at this point in time.<br /><br />If ever this right of way is opened up to the public again, the walk between Call of the Wild and Wright's (exactly one mile) is particularly scenic. I walked it almost fifty years ago when the security here was not as tight. The woods were particularly thick and the roadbed extremely close in elevation with Los Gatos Creek.Duncan Nanneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-57008936595882419142017-11-17T11:52:41.082-08:002017-11-17T11:52:41.082-08:00Thank you so much for sharing about my 1st home! ...Thank you so much for sharing about my 1st home! I was too young to remember anything except the stories my parents told us & the old blurry 8mm footage my parents attempted to take while we lived there. Always in my heart!Sue Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-56657188039535615602016-05-30T01:37:24.275-07:002016-05-30T01:37:24.275-07:00This post and comment completely blew my mind. I k...This post and comment completely blew my mind. I knew the Jack London stuff (to some degree), but just now pieced together the fire road. I came across that fire road from Aldercroft Heights Road about 10 years ago. I followed it all of the way up to Call of the Wild and couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was for. Considering they tried to make it a tourist destination, not it makes total sense!<br /><br />I drove down Call of the Wild last week to check out the top of the fire road, and of course it's still there! Quite a steep hike, I remember.Sam Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-87446240774141259542015-01-24T17:15:28.467-08:002015-01-24T17:15:28.467-08:00Hello Janice, that information is all excellent. I...Hello Janice, that information is all excellent. I've found quite a bit more than what is posted here, but it sounds like you still may have more than that. Please email me at whaleyland@gmail.com and we can discuss the matter further. Cheers!Derek Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-7434223536194226642015-01-24T16:38:34.456-08:002015-01-24T16:38:34.456-08:00Derek, I live on Call of the Wild Rd., a private r...Derek, I live on Call of the Wild Rd., a private road off Old Santa Cruz Hwy. and have collected some information on Jack London and his Socialist and labor activist friend Harry Ryan, as well as the Call of the Wild train stop. Ryan bought 140 acres here in 1906 and obtained permission from London in 1908 to name it "Call of the Wild Ranch and Sawmill" (Book M Page 100 in Santa Clara Co. records).. Then Ryan started selling off lots and renting cabins near a sulfur hot springs that used to be just below our property.The train stopped about one half mile below there, so that people could get off and hike up to the spring and cabins which Ryan called "the Call of the Wild summer resort and subdivision". Hence came the name of the Call of the Wild train stop. There is a fire trail still coming up from near there on Aldercroft Heights Rd. I have an old newspaper photo of the wooden train stop structure circa 1917 shortly after it was built and other information about this area if you want copies. There is no evidence that Jack London ever visited Ryan's ranch, but there is evidence he did ride the train to Wright's Station and visited Bohemia, and he spent time writing at Ryan's office in San Jose. Harry's Ryan's house (built in 1926 ten years after London's death) is now a private residence on our road. We own one of the approximate 5 acre parcels that the ranch was divided into after his death in 1958.<br />Janice Villemairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-16004148509875350482013-01-13T17:43:50.262-08:002013-01-13T17:43:50.262-08:00Not sure who is writing, but not that I am aware o...Not sure who is writing, but not that I am aware of. If you have information concerning a hunting club, please feel free to provide the source. I have not heard anything about a club in that area, though I wouldn't doubt it.Derek Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17715926686413316877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151799760990306051.post-52677670613172783312013-01-13T16:31:08.562-08:002013-01-13T16:31:08.562-08:00Derek, wasn't their a hunting club associated ...Derek, wasn't their a hunting club associated with Call of the Wild?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127710656507379400noreply@blogger.com