Glenwood

The bronze has Charles Martin operating a toll-gate. He kept the southern gate on the Santa Cruz Turnpike Company's mountain toll road, working for Charles McKiernan, known as Mountain Charlie, from whom he had bought land in 1851. In 1880 the South Pacific Coast Railroad opened a tunnel more than a mile long whose east portal lay at the settlement, with a station on land Martin gave. The line closed in 1940 and its tunnel portals were sealed with dynamite. A separate Clampers stone nearby marks the Martin winery's brandy barn.

What the plaque says

Glenwood Historic town founded by Charles C. Martin, who came around Horn 1847, and his wife, Hannah Carver Martin, who crossed the Isthmus. First homesteaded area in 1851 and operated toll-gate and station for stage coaches crossing mountains. Later Martin developed lumber mill, winery, store, and Glenwood Resort Hotel. State Registered Landmark No. 449 Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base provided by Santa Cruz Parlor No. 26, Native Daughters, Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90, Native Sons, and descendants Martin family, Dedicated June 22, 1950

Where it stands

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