Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and thanks to local historian Frank Perry.

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History thanks Liz!

According to Frank Perry, Humphrey was a nephew of Thomas. Here’s a great article on Thomas Pilkington and how his family helped shape the Seabright neighborhood: http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/OOB/104_A%20Castle%20on%20the%20Beach.pdf

Sounds great.

Mobile Ranger I am checking with someone who used to work with me in the archive at Big Basin– maybe she can remember. If no one else knows, I can dig out some old source documents (in my free time– ha!)

I am pretty sure they are the same person. He was only a ranger for a few years (at most). I used to know all of this stuff very well, but it has gotten foggy ove the years.

Interesting. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History are Thomas Pilkington and J. H. B. Pilkington related somehow?

This is from the Museum’s website: “In 1929 Humphrey Pilkington bequeathed his large collection of Indian artifacts to the City of Santa Cruz under the condition that a museum be established to store and display it. Pilkington was a forester and agriculturist and was the first warden at California Redwood Park (now Big Basin Redwoods State Park).”

That’s the guy

I do not think so. Pilkington Creek is named for Thomas Pilkington, who owned much of the land around the Seabright neighborhood in the late 1800s. J. H. B. Pilkington was warden at Big Basin from 1903 – 1907 according to the book California State Park Rangers
By Michael G. Lynch. Maybe thats the Pilkington you refer to as Ranger Pilkington?

Thank you!