Comments on: Pogonip : The Cowell Family, Polo, and a Poltergeist /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/ Connecting People to Places Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 .org/?v=7.0.2 By: Christian /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-88479 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:52:56 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-88479 In reply to Tonya.

I think it’s actually Vinca major

]]> By: Tangela /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-88053 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:16:24 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-88053 Do you have any video of that? I’d love to find out more details.

]]> By: Tonya /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-71654 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:41:18 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-71654 Enjoyable article. The first photo describes the foliage as honeysuckle, is that right? Looks like plumbago or other….

]]> By: Ranger Gaudinski /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37580 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:41:08 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37580 In reply to Laura (Lapp) Garber.

Wow great memories Laura. Thank you!!

]]> By: Laura (Lapp) Garber /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37481 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:50:22 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37481 I remember that I attended year-end choir parties at Pogonip (the club house) in the late 60’s or early 70’s. My father was a High School music teacher and had year-end parties there for his students for several years. I remember swimming in the pool, playing on the tennis courts and running around on the lawn…great times! I also remember BBQ’d hamburgers and all the soda (in cans from an ice chest) that I wanted to drink. Very fond memories…

]]> By: Ranger McEvoy /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37301 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:41:59 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37301 In reply to Mike.

Hi Mike,

Thank you for the constructive comments. I did some more research into Frank Perry’s amazing “Lime Kiln Legacies”(one of my favorite books) and edited the post. Thanks again.

]]> By: Ranger McEvoy /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37144 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:50:02 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37144 In reply to Gary Niblock.

Thank you for sharing your connection to Pogonip. Unfortunately, I never had the chance to swim in the pool at Pogonip before it was removed but I have seen some great photos of it with happy families in and around it with big smiles on their faces. I have a friend that recalls swimming in it with her family when she was a child. They are fond memories that she, and I am guessing you, will never forget. Thank you for sharing. And as for the name “Pogonip”, I will do some more research and update on I find.

]]> By: Ranger McEvoy /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37143 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:44:07 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37143 In reply to Mike.

Thank you for all of the interesting information. I will do some more research and update the story.

]]> By: Ranger McEvoy /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37142 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:39:11 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37142 In reply to Bob Dunn.

I’m glad you are enjoying the posts. Based on my research, the name “Pogonip” means: “a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States” explained by Merriam Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pogonip). There seems to be other possible meanings to the name though in which I will have to check into.

]]> By: Ranger McEvoy /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37140 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:32:05 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37140 In reply to Frank Kuhr.

Thank you very much Frank! I’m glad you enjoyed the post.

]]> By: Frank Kuhr /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37012 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:42:12 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37012 Awesome job I learned a lot about Pogonip park,and Cowell family need to go out and explore these beautiful sights.

]]> By: Mike /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-37002 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:57:50 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-37002 Thanks for the interesting article.

Some comments:: Henry Cowell (born 1861) died in 1955. He was long gone when the city took over the property in 1989.

Re: The Haunting. It’s worth noting that it’s called Haunted Meadow but Sarah Cowell had her accident in what’s now Wilder Ranch State Park. Source: “Lime Kiln Legacies,” Frank Perry, et al, Santa Cruz MAH, 2007, page 185.

Regarding the origin of the name, it’s unlikely that it came from “Po-lo, Go-lf and a Nip after…” From “Santa Cruz County Place Names” by Donald T. Clark, 2008, p. 246., “The term had been applied to a stream and to a volunteer fire company (Pogonip Hose Company, established, November, 1885) long before Pogonip Club was named….”

]]> By: Gary Niblock /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-36990 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:52:52 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-36990 In the early 1980’s Pogonip was a private club. My wife and I (and two kids) joined so that we could have access to the pool which was adjacent to the club house, which even at that time was in pretty poor shape. We had a lot of fun up there and it was always a treat to enjoy the ambiance and nostaligia of the place. It made us feel connected to the community’s past as well as having good times. Once when I queried a long time Santa Cruzan about the name I was told that Pogonip meant, Po-lo, Go-lf and a Nip after. Made sense to us.

]]> By: Bob Dunn /santacruz/pogonip-the-cowell-family-polo-and-a-poltergeist/#comment-36947 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:37:00 +0000 /?p=2705#comment-36947 Thanks for all your articles. What is the origin of the name “Pogonip”?

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