Glenwood, California

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Coordinates: 37°6′29″N 121°59′8″W / 37.10806°N 121.98556°W / 37.10806; -121.98556
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Glenwood
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Glenwood, California, is an unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County. It is located at coordinates 37°6′29″N 121°59′8″W / 37.10806°N 121.98556°W / 37.10806; -121.98556, and is 891 feet above sea level.[2]

History

This historic community, registered as a

lumber mill, winery, store, and the Glenwood Resort Hotel.[1] It was known as Martinville from its foundation in 1851 until the establishment of the post office on August 23, 1880.[3]

Glenwood was a stop on the

ridges of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Tunnel Number 2 exited at Glenwood and Tunnel Number 3 exited from just south of Glenwood.[4]

The railroad was acquired in the 1880s by the

San Francisco earthquake twisted some of the rails and damaged bridges and tunnels along the line.[5] The Southern Pacific repaired the railroad, and it continued operations until March 1940. The routing of State Route 17 (SR 17), completed during 1940, barely bypassed Glenwood, contributing to its decline.[6]

Glenwood officially "disappeared" with the closing of the Glenwood U.S. post office in 1954. Mrs. Margaret Koch, a well-known local-history author and great-granddaughter of founder Charles Martin, served as Glenwood's last

postmistress.[7]

Status

The area is now a sparsely-settled semi-

Highway 17, the exit to Glenwood Drive, also known as Glenwood Highway, passes through the site of the original town and by the historical marker (see image at right). It travels south into the town of Scotts Valley
and intersects with Scotts Valley Drive.

References

  1. ^ a b "Glenwood". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Glenwood, California: Glenwood, California Latitude and Longitude". Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  3. ISBN 0-520-21316-5
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  4. ^ MacGregor, B. A. (2003). The birth of California narrow gauge: A regional study of the technology of Thomas and Martin Carter. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press.
  5. ^ "Patchen, California - History of this early Santa Cruz Mountain town". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey maps, 1919 and 1940
  7. ISBN 978-0-80471-734-2
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