News of our readers, Echo Mtn. Echoes Summer 1997

News of our readers

Mt. Lowe Post Office Our first and foremost news is that Eric Sauppe was the winner of our subscription campaign contest started back in November. Eric was one of 18 entries thrown into a hat. Eric won a weekend at Lake Gregory in Land-Sea Discovery Group’s Vacation Home. CONGRATULATIONS!

Land-Sea Discovery Group has joined the Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada. An article by Jake Brouwer about the Mt. Lowe searchlight was reprinted in their magazine along with a request for magic lantern slides depicting Mt. Lowe. One so far was found and purchased for the sum of $20.00.

Thanks to Mike Post for sending a copy of Mountain Memories by Julia Nick Dexter to LSDG. Dexter wrote of her experiences at the HI-LOWE Farm with Ruth Dobbins Lowe, second wife of Thaddeus Lowe Jr.. The Dexter’s built the Lowe cabin. This takes place in the Twin Peaks area in the 1920’

You might be interested to know that among our many subscribers are Donald MacPherson, grandson of David J. MacPherson, Neal Salle, Grandson of Thaddeus Lowe’s brother, Donald Duke, writer and publisher, John Robinson, writer and Charles Seims author of Mt. Lowe Railway to the Clouds.

Elizabeth Herr was kind enough to send some wonderful letters written by Flora G. Fay, later Mrs. Eben Foskett, during several long trips to California in the years from 1892-1897. The letters cover trips to Mt Lowe, Catalina, and Wilson’s Peak. More to come on these later.

On May 17, 1997 Paul Ayers and yours truly set up at Altadena’s Old Fashioned Days celebration. Paul sold his tee shirts and put out the first copies of his book titled Survey of the Remaining Artifacts of the Mt. Lowe Railway, Part 1 Roca – Rubio Pavilion. Book sales were good so you better get one while they last! I set up a Mt Lowe display featuring souvenir items from my collection. Also for sale were books and videos. Despite winds, rain, and then heat, the day went well. Twelve new folks got on the mailing list and three new subscriptions were realized. Perhaps the best part of the day was a father and son discussing the adventures that lay ahead of them on Mt. Lowe. They had already experienced Rubio Canyon and had a good time of it.

I was pleased to also make the acquaintance of Troy Sette a young man who has taken quite an interest in the falls of Rubio Canyon. Troy, an avid climber, has conquered the canyon to beyond Thalehaha Falls. Troy also has interests in caving and our local mines.

Paul Ayers had an article printed in The Lookout, the official newsletter of the hundred peaks section of the Sierra Club.

On May 24, 1997, Land-Sea Discovery Group set up a display of Mt. Lowe souvenirs at the Bellflower Railroadania Show. Susan Brouwer and Michael Patris assisted at the display area, which received a fair amount of attention from the limited attendees to the show. Two videos were played featuring the Mt. Lowe Railroad. It was good to see some old friends and make some new ones, and the stories we heard, were great! The items that were bought and lost, or broken, or given away, as well as the "I have one of these or this or that." I guess that was the best part of the day, lord knows we didn’t make enough to cover costs the second weekend in a row. I suppose we’ll just settle in and concentrate on the paper.

Just a quick THANKS to Edna Smith. Dear Edna quickly raced into the basement of the Archives the morning of Old Fashioned Days, when rain started to come down, so as to fetch some sort of a covering for our valuable display.

Our illustrious webmaster, Gary Mendes of Triple A Internet Masters (AAAIM), has implemented some real nice changes to our web site. If you haven't yet tried out some of the new features, I invite you to go ahead and click on something you haven't before. The Java Script at work on the web site has been improved greatly to reduce your chances of encountering errors. The folks at AAAIM do excellent work and are greatly appreciated by all of us at LSDG. AAAIM does "web site creations, cultivations & care" and complete computer consulting. I recommend you also check out AAAIM's wonderful Altadena site. The lobby to AAAIM's world is http://aaaim.com

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