Author Cecelia Setty will speak about the fascinating history of Mt. Veeder and the original Mt. Veeder Resort which is now home to Enchanted Hills.
When: Sunday, February 9, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Enchanted Hills Camp
Refreshments will be served
RSVP to afletcher@lighthouse-sf.org
Grape grower Cecelia M. Setty has published two books on Napa’s history. “The Mount Veeder Resort” is about our very own mountain and “Atlas Peak” is about her family’s’ 90 year old ranch. Cecelia was born in Salinas, California and is a descendant of early pioneer families that settled in Napa in 1863-1866.
More About Mt. Veeder
You can also listen to a podcast of Hope Sinclair talking about growing up on the property that is now Enchanted Hills. Hope Sinclair’s father bought the land in 1927 and operated a boy’s camp there for more than 20 years. Hope herself spent much of her girlhood at camp in the 1930′s and 1940′s and developed a detailed love for the nature and history of the place. Listen to her stories of wild fire, a variety of tenacious mountain folk and the use of the land by a Blind Boy Scout troop from Berkeley years before it was purchased by Rose Resnick to open the first camp for the blind in the west coast in 1950. The podcast is found here at http://lbvi.staging.wpengine.com.com/blog/hope-sinclair-interview-august-6-2012-part-1-of-2/
For more information about Enchanted Hills Retreat, please call (415) 694-7310 or go to www.enchantedhillsretreat.com.
