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Coffee Creek Ranch HC 2 Box 4940 Trinity Center, CA 96091 |
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As rich in beauty as in history, this was originally three claims
staked in 1877 by Old Charley Hensley who lost them in a poker game
in 1900 to Ben Pinkham for $1. Ben grew vegetables for the miners,
but realizing the miners needed a winter home close to their mines,
Pinkham's Boarding House was born, a seventeen-room hotel on 140 acres.
Ben's wife, Elizabeth, established the Pinkham School District in 1908.
From 1903 to 1912, "Coffee", California, was the official post office.
Gradually the hotel became popular with city folk. In 1928, when Viva and Raymond Tapie bought the hotel from Viva's mother, they changed the name to Coffee Creek Chalet. After they sold it in 1940, two owners later, the Neubauer's bought it in 1946 changing the name to Coffee Creek Ranch. |
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The San Francisco Boy's Club came every summer 'till about 1954, then they continued to run it as aguest ranch resort 'till they sold to relatives in 1965. Easter Sunday, 1966, the original ranch house burned to the ground in fifteen minutes. A 30-day wonder, it was rebuilt and ready for the first guests June 15th. The oldest building, "Oak Grove Cottage", 1889 still stands across the creek in the pasture and presently being restored by the current owners, Mark and Ruth Hartman who purchased it in 1976. The ranch spans both sides of Coffee Creek, an excellent trout stream! Happy Trails! Your independent cabin is totally secluded with creeks meandering by your door, nestled in a grove of trees or in the apple orchard around the ranch house. Most two bedroom family cabins have either wood stoves or heaters to keep you warm & cozy! Please specify queen or twin beds when reserving. In our large, modern kitchen professional cooks prepare nutritional meals that have earned many compliments from our guests. Always plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables will grace the table year-round, alongside our gourmet meals of the winter season. FRESH BAKED BREAD is our specialty at the ranch prepared from old family recipes! |
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