Comments on: Collecting Ancient Rocks in Bloomers at Pescadero’s Pebble Beach

By: Ranger Gaudinski

Ranger Gaudinski — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:43:03 +0000

In reply to Gromaine. Hi Gromaine, Because it's a state beach and you cannot take things from state property.

By: Gromaine

Gromaine — Mon, 16 May 2016 06:18:38 +0000

Why is pebble collecting no longer allowed?

By: Ranger Gaudinski

Ranger Gaudinski — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 22:17:08 +0000

In reply to Helen. Thank you Helen for the links. Glad you like info!

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:47:43 +0000

And here is a great 1896 article about Loren Coburn’s hotel – already referred to as “Coburn’s Folly”. Interesting how the watchman guarded the hotel from being set on fire, yet it burned down in 1920. Coburn had by then passed away.
I have long been reading about his hold on that entire area. He had a chute (for loading ships) at Pigeon Point and was accused of murder there in 1875.
Link regarding hotel: http://tinyurl.com/mgmxask

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 09:30:10 +0000

Hello, thanks for this great page. I live in Santa Cruz, was reading in the old newspapers about Pescadero and Loren Coburn when I came upon an 1897 article titled ” Pescadero’s Mysterious Beach of Shining Pebbles” and have included the link here (below). Please take a look, as it really explains how folks in the late 1800s enjoyed this marvelous beach!
Link to article ~ http://tinyurl.com/nced7a7
Link to the California Digital Newspaper Collection from UC Riverside: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc
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Enjoy~