Warm Springs, Fremont

by Philip Holmes, Patricia Wipfli Schaffarczyk

Overview

The land area of Warm Springs and the warm bubbling waters for which it was named slope from just below Mission Peak to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay. Native Americans established early settlements near the springs. Rancho Agua Caliente defined the borders of the hamlet of Harrisburg, later named Warm Springs. The Warm Springs Health Resort on this land was known worldwide in the 1850s. In 1869, Gov. Leland Stanford purchased the resort area as a private estate that his brother Josiah developed into a famous winery. Henry Curtner farmed large tracts of land planted in wheat, barley, and grapes. Products were shipped from Dixon and Warm Springs Landings to the large markets in San Francisco. The town of Drawbridge was established off its shores as a sportsman's haven and is now a ghost town. A Portuguese festival drew 10,000 people in 1935. The popular Weibel Winery and Hidden Valley Dude Ranch were established just after World War II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738596631
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/04/2013
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,104,020
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Philip Holmes and Patricia Wipfli Schaffarczyk are historians from the Museum of Local History in Fremont. Together they have assembled the best images from the collections to tell the story of the once-tiny village of Warm Springs and nearby Drawbridge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Ohlone, Explorers, Missions, and Ranchos 9

2 Warm Springs Resort 17

3 Landings, Wine Country, and Settlement 23

4 Leland Stanford Legacy 45

5 Ghost Town in the Bay 51

6 Our Fertile Farmland 59

7 Cars, Champagne, and Chips 79

8 Preservation and Restoration 117